Agro-morphological response of maize to water stress

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 103-111

  Saeed, Muhammad ^a   Masood, Muhammad Tahir ^a   Gill, Muhammad Bashir ^a   Akhtar, Mehboob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031150056     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Alam, A.N., 1985. Evapotranspiration and yield of corn as related to irrigation timing during silking. Dissertation Absts. International, Colorado State Univ. (USA), B-46:1749 B.
2. Anikiev, V.V. and V.V. Dontsov. 1978. Soil moisture deficiency and resistance of maize during different periods of development. In: Problema Zasukhoustoichivosti rastenil, Moscow, USSR. (Field Crop Absts., 32(8): 5296; 1979).
3. Anonymous, 1993. Economic Survey 1992-93, Govt., Pakistan, Finance Division, Economic Advisor,s Wing, Islamabad: 45-46.
4. Bajwa, M.S., A. Akhtar, M.R. Hussain and M.B. Raja. 1987. Effect of irrigation requirement and nitrogen rates on the yield and protein contents of maize. Pak. J. Agri. Res., 8: 325-329.
5. Chiaranda, F.Q., P. Tedeschi and G. Zerbi. 1977. The effect of water deficit at different growth stages of grain maize in yield and its components. Rivsta di agronomic, 11: 237-243.
6. El-Monayeri, A., M. Hagazi, N.H. Ezzat, H.M. Salem and M. Tohaun. 1984. Growth and yield of some wheat and barley varieties grown under different moisture stress levels. Ann. Agric. Sci., Moshtobog, 20: 231-243
7. Fraser, T.E., W.K. Silk and T.L. Rost. 1990. Effects of low water potential on cortical cell length in growing regions of maize roots. Plant Physiol., 93: 648-651.
8. Frederick, J.R., J.D. Hesketh, D.B. Peters and F.E. Below. 1989. Yield and reproductive trait responses of maize hybrids to drought stress. Maydica, 34: 319-328.
9. Grant, R.F. 1989. Water deficit timing effects on yield components in maize. Agron. J., 81: 62-65.
10. Harold, V.E. 1986. Effect of water deficits on yield components and water use efficiency of irrigated corn. Agron. J., 78: 1035-1040.
11. Mahmood, T. 1994. Impact of water and nutrient management on growth, yield and quality of maize (Zea mays L.). Ph.D. thesis, Dept. Agron., Univ. Agric., Faisalabad, Pakistan: 54.
12. McPherson, H.G. and J.S. Boyer. 1977. Regulation of grain yield by photosynthesis in maize subjected to water deficiency. Agron. J., 65: 714-716.
13. Nesmith, D.S. and J.T. Ritchie. 1992. Effect of soil water deficits during tassel emergence on development and yield components of maize. Field Crop Res., 28: 251-256
14. Puste, A.M. and T.K. Kumar. 1988. Grain yield of winter maize and its attributes as influenced by irrigation. Environment and Ecology, 6: 399-401
15. Steel, R.G.D. and J.H. Torrie. 1981. Principles and Procedures of Statistics-A biometrical approach. McGraw Hill International Book Co., Singapore: 377.
16. Villegas, D.C., R.E.Loss, J.J.A. Correa and S. Munoz. 1985. Drought tolerance of maize genotypes in El Cenito, Valle. Acta Agronomica, 35: 7-22.