Abstract
Field trials with 12 maize hybrids belonging to FAO maturity groups 500, 600 and 700 were established under the agro environmental conditions of Smederevo in 2010 and 2011 to analyse grain yield and moisture content at different plant densities. The hybrids were sown in two independent trials in the two years at 51,000 and 62,000 plants ha-1, respectively, in a randomised block design with three replications. More favourable maize growing conditions i.e. more moderate air temperatures during the growing season, a more even distribution of precipitation and more rainy days were recorded in 2010 than in 2011, which had much lower precipitation amounts, particularly during July and August i.e. critical development stages (flowering and fertilization) of these hybrids. Grain yield of all maize hybrids was higher in 2010, mostly as the result of greater amounts of precipitation and their more even distribution during the growing season. In both years, significantly higher grain yields were obtained by FAO 600 maize hybrids. Grain yield in 2010 was significantly higher at the higher plant density in FAO 500 hybrids, as opposed to FAO 600 hybrids, which showed no significant difference in grain yield across plant densities. Grain moisture content at harvest did not significantly differ between plant densities in either year. Somewhat higher values for grain moisture at harvest in 2010 were recorded for FAO 600 hybrids. In 2011, there were no significant differences in grain moisture content among hybrids, nor between plant densities, mostly due to the very low amount of precipitation in the second part of the growing season.
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Claim · model-written summary
Maize grain yield was higher in 2010 than 2011 for all hybrids.
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e0“Grain yield of all maize hybrids was higher in 2010”
e1“Smederevo in 2010 and 2011”
Claim · model-written summary
FAO 600 hybrids had significantly higher grain yields in both years.
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e0“In both years, significantly higher grain yields were obtained by FAO 600 maize hybrids”
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Higher plant density significantly raised FAO 500 hybrid grain yield in 2010.
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- FAO 500 hybridse0
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- higher plant densitye0
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- Grain yielde0
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- highere0
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- 51,000e1
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e0“Grain yield in 2010 was significantly higher at the higher plant density in FAO 500 hybrids”
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e1“51,000 and 62,000 plants ha-1”
Claim · model-written summary
FAO 600 hybrid grain yield did not differ significantly between plant densities.
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- FAO 600 hybridse0
- Treatment
- plant densitiese0
- Outcome
- grain yielde0
- Direction
- no significant differencee0
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e0“FAO 600 hybrids, which showed no significant difference in grain yield across plant densities”
t0“maize hybrids”
Claim · model-written summary
Grain moisture at harvest did not differ significantly between densities in either year.
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- plant densitiese0
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- Grain moisture content at harveste0
- Direction
- did not significantly differe0
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e0“Grain moisture content at harvest did not significantly differ between plant densities in either year”
t0“maize hybrids”
Claim · model-written summary
FAO 600 hybrids had somewhat higher grain moisture in 2010.
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e0“Somewhat higher values for grain moisture at harvest in 2010 were recorded for FAO 600 hybrids”
t0“maize hybrids”
Claim · model-written summary
Grain moisture did not differ significantly among hybrids in 2011.
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e0“In 2011, there were no significant differences in grain moisture content among hybrids”
t0“maize hybrids”
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