Comparison of commercial and new corn hybrids (Zea maize L.) under drought stress and normal irrigation conditions

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 PhD student of Nanobiotechnology, University of Tehran;

2 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Agronomy & Plant Breeding- Abouraihan Campus- University of Tehran. Pakdasht- Iran

3 Assistant Prof of Khorasan Razavi Agricultural Research and Natural Resources Institute, Mashhad, Iran

4 Associate Professor of Agricultural Research and Natural Resources Institute. Karaj, Iran.

Abstract

In order to study and compare the effect of drought stress on morphological characteristics, yield and yield components of 28 new (resistant to heat and drought stress) and 6 commercial hybrids (as control) of corn, an experiment was carried out based on CRD with three replications under normal irrigation (50% allowed depletion of soil moisture) and drought stress (80% allowed depletion of soil moisture) conditions in Khorasan Razavi Agricultural Research and Natural Resources Center, Mashhad, Iran in 2009. Results showed that KSC500 hybrid had the greatest seed yield under normal irrigation, while N.11 hybrid demonstrated the greatest seed yield under drought stress condition. Results of orthogonal comparisons between commercial and new hybrids under normal conditions showed that there were significant differences for all studied traits except flag leaf length, tassel length, number of leaves, average number of corncob, cob weight, kernel weight, length and diameter of corncob. Under stress conditions, there were significant differences between these two groups of hybrids only for plant height, number of kernel rows per cob, total number of kernels per cob, cob diameter, kernel depth, cob percentage and total kernel yield. Results showed that in drought sensitive hybrids, seed yield components are affected and determine crop limitations in seed production.

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Environmental Stresses in Crop Sciences
Volume 3, Issue 1 - Serial Number 1
September 2010
Pages 47-57

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History

  • Receive Date: 22 September 2010
  • Revise Date: 13 October 2010
  • Accept Date: 11 November 2010

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