Abstract: Field experiment was carried out during the dry season of 2018 at Federal College of Forestry demonstration farm, Jos, Plateau State, and Irrigation Research Stations of Institute for Agricultural Research (IAR) Kadawa sub-station. The treatments consisted of three maize cultivars (SAMMAZ-18, SAMMAZ-29 and SAMMAZ 40) and three Irrigation Intervals (G = irrigation at all growth, T = except at tasselling and S = except at silking) the treatments were laid out in a split plot design with the variety allocated to the main plot and deficit irrigation to the sub plots and were replicated three times. The result revealed that irrigation at all growth and withdrawing at silking resulted in highest growth, yield attributes and grain yield, a no significant response to deficit irrigation was observed on some yield characters across both locations. It can be recommended that, irrigation at all growth stage or withdrawing irrigation at silking with planting of SAMMAZ – 40 for optimum production of maize under the study areas.
Keywords: Deficit Irrigation, Maize cultivars, Two Different Savannas.
Title: RESPONSE OF IRRIGATED MAIZE (Zea mays L) CULTIVARS TO DEFICIT IRRIGATION IN TWO OF THE NIGERIAN SAVANNAS
Author: A. Y. Yaroson., M. S. Garko., N. H. Kura, M. A. Yawale
International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research and Innovations
ISSN 2348-1218 (print), ISSN 2348-1226 (online)
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