Abstract
A study was conducted on research farm of National Maize Research Program (NMRP), Rampur, Chitwan, Nepal during winter season of 2015/16 laid out in split-split plot design with three replications consisting of two FYM levels (FYM at 10 t ha-1 and no FYM application), three nitrogen levels (100, 75 and 50% N of recommended dose P and K remaining constant) and two levels of seed inoculation (Azotobacter chrococcum seed inoculation and no inoculation) with Rampur-2 maize hybrid in Nepal. One of the major factor affecting maize production is weather and this paper is prepared to assess the suitability of weather condition at different growth stages of winter season hybrid maize in condition of western Chitwan, Nepal at NMRP. The result shows that the requirement of the maize crop during different growth stages i.e. temperature, rainfall, relative humidity were fulfilled which helped to obtain remarkably higher grain yield (4.26 t ha-1) in the experiment compared to average national grain yield (2.84 t ha-1) of maize
Highlights
Maize (Zea mays L.) can be grown in any season and is important cereal crop due to fast growing nature, higher yield, palatability and nutritiousness resulting accessible food and feed for humans as well as animals [1]
A study was conducted on research farm of National Maize Research Program (NMRP), Rampur, Chitwan, Nepal during winter season of 2015/16 laid out in split-split plot design with three replications consisting of two FYM levels (FYM at 10 t ha-1 and no FYM application), three nitrogen levels (100, 75 and 50% N of recommended dose P and K remaining constant) and two levels of seed inoculation (Azotobacter chrococcum seed inoculation and no inoculation) with Rampur-2 maize hybrid in Nepal
One of the major factor affecting maize production is weather and this paper is prepared to assess the suitability of weather condition at different growth stages of winter season hybrid maize in condition of western Chitwan, Nepal at NMRP
Summary
Maize (Zea mays L.) can be grown in any season and is important cereal crop due to fast growing nature, higher yield, palatability and nutritiousness resulting accessible food and feed for humans as well as animals [1]. In Nepal maize is grown as a staple food crop for many years. In terms of area and production, maize ranks second to rice [2]. It shares about 6.54 % in Agricultural Gross Domestic Product (AGDP). Maize can grow in a wide range of environment; warm climate with temperature ranging from 21 to 30 °C is most favorable [3]. It was reported [4]that maize growth is best with temperature between 18 °C and 27 °C during day time and around 14°C at night. According to annual report of NMRP [6], the productivity of winter maize is about 6-7 t ha-1 while that of summer maize is around 4.0 t ha-1
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