Effect of Seed Rate and Row Spacing on Green Fodder Yield of Promising Line of Maize (MS-2010)

Abstract

A two years field study was conducted to figure out the optimum planting geometry and plant density for a newly developed fodder maize line “MS-2010”. Other objective of this study was to investigate the effect of plant density in terms of seed rate and row spacing on various growth parameters and green fodder yield of maize.  Three levels of seed rate used were S1 (75 Kg/Ha), S2 (100 Kg/Ha) and S3 (125 Kg/Ha) whereas three levels of row spacing were R1 (15cm), R2 (30cm) and R3 (45cm). It was found that seed rate is more significant in determining the effect of planting density on growth parameters of fodder maize. Plant height and leaf area were significantly affected by seed rate. Green fodder yield was affected both by seed rate and row spacing significantly. Moreover, it was also observed that both the seed rate and row spacing interacted with each other significantly to affect the growth parameters and green fodder yield.