The experiment was conducted in the experimental area of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka during March to June, 2014 to study the genetic variability, correlation and path co-efficient analysis for yield and yield contributing characters of maize. In this experiment 25 maize genotypes were used as experimental materials. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with three replications. Mean performance, variability, correlation matrix and path analysis on different yield contributing characters and yield of maize genotypes were estimated. The highest grain yield/plant (272.21 g) was recorded in the genotype of BARI Hybrid Maize-6, whereas the lowest grain yield/plant (180.40 g) from the genotype of NZ-003. Phenotypic coefficient of variation was higher than the genotypic coefficient of variation for all the yield contributing traits. In correlation study, significant positive association was recorded for grain yield/plant of maize genotypes with plant height (0.235), tassel height (0.359), number of grains/cob (0.854), cob length (0.390), cob diameter (0.313) and weight of 1000-grains (0.689). Path analysis revealed that days to initiation of male flower had positive direct effect (0.132), days to initiation of female flower had negative direct effect (-0.254), days to maturity had positive direct effect (0.178), plant height had positive direct effect (0.314), tassel height had positive direct effect (0.234), ear length had positive direct effect (0.197), number of grains/cob had negative direct effect (-0.095), cob length had positive direct effect (0.167), cob diameter had positive direct effect (0.168) and that weight of 1000-grains had positive direct effect (0.217) on yield / plant.
, 100-seed weight (g) and yield plant -1 (g).N 1 /300/P-9-5 had maximum yield plant -1 and N 4 parent had minimum yield plant -1 . All the parental lines showed less yield compared to other mutant lines. The phenotypic coefficient of variations (PCV) were higher than genotypic co-efficient of variations (GCV) for all the traits studied indicating that they all interacted with the environment to some extent. All the traits studied expressed moderate to high heritability estimates ranging from 43.68 to 92.87%. High heritability along with high genetic advance was noticed for the traits, number of filled grains panicle -1 , number of unfilled grains panicle -1 and plant height.
A field experiment was conducted at the research farm of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Gazipur during June 2006 to December 2007 to find out the effect of planting time and nitrogen fertilization on the yield and seed quality of T. Aman rice. BR11 ( Mukta) was transplanted at different dates from 5 July to 19 August at 15 days interval. The rates of N used in the experiment were 80, 100, 120, and 140 kg N/ha,. Plant height, number of tillers/hill, grain yield, and yield components parameters varied significantly due to transplanting of rice at variable dates. The optimum time of planting was found to be 4 August compared to other dates of transplanting. Result indicates that this variety planted in optimum time gave higher yield with high quality of rice seed. In comparison to early and late planting, earlier planting of the variety was better as the late planted crops were severely affected by adverse environmental condition during reproductive phase. The poor grain yield in early or late planting was due to higher percentage of spikelet sterility. The varieties responded positively with increment of N levels upto 120 kg N/ha. The higher number of panicles/m2, lower percentage of unfilled grain, and heavier individual grain contributed to increase grain yield of this verity. It is, therefore, suggested to transplant BR11 rice in the first week of August in Aman season. The application of N of 100 -120 kg/ha with three splits is optimum for achieving higher grain yield and better quality of rice seed. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjar.v38i4.19660 Bangladesh J. Agril. Res. 38(4): 673-688, December 2013
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