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Journal of Agriculture ›› 2023, Vol. 13 ›› Issue (12): 8-12.doi: 10.11923/j.issn.2095-4050.cjas2023-0004

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Effects on Yield Traits of Fresh Maize and Its Evaluation: Different Sowing Dates in Summer

ZONG Donglin1,2(), ZHOU Yefu1,2, ZHOU Jing1,2, TANG Qianhong1,2, HU Xiaokang1,2, WANG Tao1,2()   

  1. 1 College of Agriculture and Biological Science, Dali University, Dali 671003, Yunnan, China
    2 Research Center for Agroecology in Erhai Lake Watershed, Dali University, Dali 671003, Yunnan, China
  • Received:2023-01-03 Revised:2023-05-15 Online:2023-12-20 Published:2023-12-19

Abstract:

The yield, quality, and marketing time of fresh maize directly affect its economic benefits, and the sowing date determines the maturity of fresh maize, and has an impact on the formation of yield traits. Fresh maize ‘SD902’ was used in this experiment to analyze and evaluate the yield and ear traits of different sowing dates in summer (July 15th, July 20th, and July 25th). The results showed that when the sowing date was delayed from July 15th to July 20th, the ear length and ear diameter increased by 5.92% and 4.32%, respectively. The dry weight of bracts, ear cores, grains, and number of grains per ear increased by 25.55%, 39.37%, 23.33%, and 10.71%, respectively. The length of bald tip and the number of rows per spike was decreased by 25.56% and 0.32% respectively. But when the sowing date was delayed to July 25th, although some ear traits showed a downward trend, there was no significant difference. In conclusion, during the summer cultivation process of fresh maize, different sowing dates had significant impacts on the ear length, ear diameter, bracts, ear core, and grain dry weight of fresh maize ear traits. The appropriate sowing date could achieve high yield by increasing ear diameter and grain number.

Key words: fresh maize, sowing date, yield formation, ear traits, comprehensive evaluation