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Correlation analysis of relative chlorophyll content and yield of maize hybrids of different genotypes

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May 26, 2022

https://doi.org/10.34101/actaagrar/1/10393

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Péter Zagyi,

University of Debrecen, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences and Environmental Management, Institute for Land Use, Engineering and Precision Farming Technology, Debrecen

András Tamás,

University of Debrecen, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences and Environmental Management, Institute for Land Use, Engineering and Precision Farming Technology, Debrecen

Dalma Rácz,

University of Debrecen, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences and Environmental Management, Institute for Land Use, Engineering and Precision Farming Technology, Debrecen

Péter Fejér,

University of Debrecen, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences and Environmental Management, Institute for Land Use, Engineering and Precision Farming Technology, Debrecen

László Radócz,

University of Debrecen, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences and Environmental Management, Institute for Land Use, Engineering and Precision Farming Technology, Debrecen

Éva Horváth

University of Debrecen, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences and Environmental Management, Institute for Land Use, Engineering and Precision Farming Technology, Debrecen

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maize chlorophyll content yield SPAD value

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Zagyi, P., Tamás, A., Rácz, D., Fejér, P., Radócz, L., & Horváth, Éva. (2022). Correlation analysis of relative chlorophyll content and yield of maize hybrids of different genotypes. Acta Agraria Debreceniensis, 1, 211-214. https://doi.org/10.34101/actaagrar/1/10393

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Received 2021-11-30
Accepted 2022-04-07
Published 2022-05-26

Abstract

In 2021, correlation between relative chlorophyll content and yield in three maize hybrids of different genotypes was examined. The data were collected at the Látókép Experimental Station of the University of Debrecen located on the Hajdúság loess ridge in Hungary. The soil of the small plot field strip plot trial, which was set up in 2011, was calcareous chernozem. Apart from the control treatment (without fertilisation), N fertiliser is applied in the form of base and top dressing. The base fertiliser containing 60 and 120 kg ha^-1 N of nutrient applied in spring was followed by top dressing containing +30–30 kg ha^-1 N in V6 and V12 phenophases. SPAD values measured at different phenological stages of the growing season increased by an average of about 28% up to 10 leaf stage for all three hybrids. In the pre-silking period (Vn), the relative chlorophyll content decreased by 8% on average. After an average increase of 14% in the tasselling and silking period, SPAD decreased by an average of about 29% at full maturity (R6).

For the different fertiliser treatments, higher N doses resulted in higher yields. In the basal fertiliser treatment, the A ₆₀ N dose resulted in an average 34% increase in yield, and the A ₁₂₀ N dose resulted in an average 94% increase in yield compared to the control. The 60 kg ha^-1 N basal fertiliser (A₆₀) increased in the V6 phenophase with an additional 30 kg ha^-1 N resulted in an average yield increase of 26%. When 120 kg ha^-1 N of basal fertiliser (A₁₂₀) was increased by an additional 30 kg ha^-1 N in the V6 phenophase, only the Merida hybrid showed a significant yield increase (7%). No further yield increase was observed when V6₉₀ and V6₁₅₀ treatments were increased by an additional 30 kg ha^-1 N in the V12 phenophase. The yield of the Armagnac hybrid decreased by almost 20%, the yield of Fornad by 3% and the yield of Merida by 1%.

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