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Effect of Leaf Stripping, De-tasselling and Topping of Maize on the Yield of Maize and Relay Intercropped Finger Millet

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

K. D. Subedi
K. D. Subedi
Affiliation:
Lumle Agricultural Research Centre, PO Box 1, Pokhara, Kaski District, Nepal
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Summary

A field experiment was conducted to study the effect of leaf stripping, de-tasselling and topping on the yield of maize and finger millet in a maize/finger millet intercropping system at Lumle in Nepal. De-tasselling of maize before pollen shedding reduced the number of barren plants, and increased test weight and grain yield but de-tasselling after pollination had no significant effect. Defoliation of maize by removal of leaves below and above the ear, or by topping 30 days after 50% silking, had no effect on either maize grain yield or on that of the relay planted finger millet. This contradicts the hypothesis that increased light penetration due to reduced shading improves the yield of millet under maize.

Type
Research Article
Information
Experimental Agriculture , Volume 32 , Issue 1 , January 1996 , pp. 57 - 61
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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