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Effects of Seed Bed Preparation and Time of Planting on Maize (Zea mays) in Western Nigeria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

Rattan Lal
Rattan Lal
Affiliation:
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan, Nigeria
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Summary

The variety Nigerian Synthetic-5 was sown on eight occasions, five in the first season and three in the second, at approximately 15-day intervals from 15 April to 15 June, and on 20 August, 4 September and 23 September. The method of seed bed preparation and time of planting both affected yields, effects that could be related to soil temperature and soil moisture reserve during crop development. Maize planted in August produced the highest yield; heaps and ridges gave the lowest yield at all planting dates, while planting on the flat or in furrows produced the highest yield.

Type
Research Article
Information
Experimental Agriculture , Volume 9 , Issue 4 , October 1973 , pp. 303 - 313
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1973

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