PERFORMANCE OF MEDIUM MATURING MAIZE HYBRIDS UNDER
HARYANA AGRO-CLIMATIC CONDITIONS
R. K. ARYA, M. C. KAMBOJ1 AND SURESH KUMAR
RDS Seed Farm
CCS Haryana Agricultural University
Hisar-125 004 (Haryana), India
*(e-mail : rajesharya@hau.ernet.in)
(Received : 25 June 2015; Accepted : 20 August 2015)
SUMMARY
In the present study, 15 maize hybrids were evaluated at two locations viz., RDS Seed Farm, CCSHAU, Hisar and CCSHAU RRS, Karnal during kharif 2014 with the objective to know the performance of newly developed medium maturing maize hybrids under prevailing Haryana agro-climatic conditions. The analysis of variance revealed significant differences among the genotypes for different characters. In environment I, JKMH 4545 (6776 kg/ha) was at the top followed by PMH 4 (Check) (6429 kg/ha), DKC 9144 (6386 kg/ha) and CMH 10-547 (6356 kg/ha). In environment II, HM 4 (Check) (10546 kg/ha) was top yielder followed by hybrid AQH 4 (10260 kg/ha), HM 10 (Check) (9965 kg/ha) and DKC 9145 (9956 kg/ha). But, on pooled basis, DKC 9145 with an average yield of 7979.5 kg/ha was at the top followed by HM 4 (Check) (7908 kg/ha), JKMH 4545 (7745.5 kg/ha) and DKC 9144 (7728 kg/ha).
Key words:Yield performance, medium maturity, maize, hybrids