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Differential Phosphorus Acquisition and Phosphorus Efficiency of Maize Genotypes

Volume : 106
Issue: Jul-sep
Pages: 467 - 469
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Abstract


A field experiment was conducted at Chinnamathampalayam village of Periyanaicanpalayam block of Coimbatore district (11°.21’14” N ; 76°97’78” E) to evaluate the maize genotypes (CMH08 - 156, COH (M) 7, COH (M) 8, CMH08 - 337, COH (M) 9 and CO 6) for yield and phosphorus (P) efficiency indices at varied levels of P application viz., (0, 37.5, 56.5 and 75 kg P2O5 ha-1 (0, 50, 75 and 100 per cent of RDP) in a low P soil. Maize genotype, CMH08- 337 recorded the highest grain yield both under P stress (no P) and P sufficient condition (100% RDP). The highest phosphorus efficiency (PE), phosphorus acquisition efficiency (PAE), and grain yield efficiency index (GYEI) were also recorded by the maize genotype CMH08- 337. Based on GYEI, the genotypes CMH08 -337 and COH (M) 8 with GYEI > 1 were grouped under efficient P users and the remaining genotypes, CMH08 - 156, COH (M) 7, COH (M) 9 and CO 6 were grouped under moderately P users.

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467 - 469
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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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Maize Genotypes Phosphorus Acquisition Efficiency Use Efficiency
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