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Effect of Population Densities and Fertilizers on the yield of Hybrid and Composite Maize.

Volume : 62
Issue: May-may
Pages: 259 - 264
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Abstract


Studies were made at Coimbatore.for four consecutive seasons to fix an optimum fertilizer schedule and population density for hybrid and composite maize under TamilNadu conditions.NPKschedule of 132-66-44 kg/ha along with a spacing of 40 x 25 cm.was found to be the best for maximum grain yields during summer season and 88-44-29 kg/ha.along with a spacing of 60 x 30 cm.for the monsoon season.in general.all the varieties yielde nearly 1000 k.ha.more during the monsoon season than in summer season.

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259 - 264
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© The Author(s), 2026. Published by Madras Agricultural Students' Union in Madras Agricultural Journal (MAJ). This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited by the user.

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