The Influence of Precision Dripping Irrigation System on the Phenology and Yield Indices of Sweet Maize Hybrids

Árpád Illés; Atala Szabó; Seyed Mohammad Nasir Mousavi; Csaba Bojtor; Attila Vad; Endre Harsányi; Lúcia Sinka

doi:10.3390/w14162480

Water (Aug 2022)

The Influence of Precision Dripping Irrigation System on the Phenology and Yield Indices of Sweet Maize Hybrids

Árpád Illés,
Atala Szabó,
Seyed Mohammad Nasir Mousavi,
Csaba Bojtor,
Attila Vad,
Endre Harsányi,
Lúcia Sinka

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Árpád Illés: Institute of Land Use, Engineering and Precision Farming Technology, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences and Environmental Management, University of Debrecen, 138 Böszörményi St., H-4032 Debrecen, Hungary
Atala Szabó: Institute of Land Use, Engineering and Precision Farming Technology, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences and Environmental Management, University of Debrecen, 138 Böszörményi St., H-4032 Debrecen, Hungary
Seyed Mohammad Nasir Mousavi: Institute of Land Use, Engineering and Precision Farming Technology, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences and Environmental Management, University of Debrecen, 138 Böszörményi St., H-4032 Debrecen, Hungary
Csaba Bojtor: Institute of Land Use, Engineering and Precision Farming Technology, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences and Environmental Management, University of Debrecen, 138 Böszörményi St., H-4032 Debrecen, Hungary
Attila Vad: Institutes for Agricultural Research and Educational Farm (IAREF), Farm and Regional Research Institutes of Debrecen (RID), Experimental Station of Látókép, University of Debrecen, H-4032 Debrecen, Hungary
Endre Harsányi: Institute of Land Use, Engineering and Precision Farming Technology, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences and Environmental Management, University of Debrecen, 138 Böszörményi St., H-4032 Debrecen, Hungary
Lúcia Sinka: Institute of Horticulture, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences and Environmental Management, University of Debrecen, 138 Böszörményi St., H-4032 Debrecen, Hungary

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/w14162480
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 14, no. 16
p. 2480

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Sweet maize is an annual plant that is extremely useful and economical for planting and harvesting. However, maize stands are damaged quickly in the case of nutrient and water deficiency. This research was carried out under dripping irrigation conditions and control plots without irrigation, involving seven different maize hybrids. The obtained results showed no existing variation in the dry matter content of cob (DMC) between the irrigated and non-irrigated treatments. Correlation analysis showed that increasing DMC causes decreasing moisture content of cob (MC) of sweet maize with irrigated and non-irrigated treatments. DMC and MC are important factors in the yield index on irrigation treatments. Biplots showed that the Dessert R72 (10.82) hybrid had maximum yield and effect on Brix/Abbe and Brix/Atago Pal-1, while the Messenger hybrids (42.96) had maximum effect on MC. It was also shown that DMC and MC are important factors in the yield index on irrigation treatments on hybrids. The Noa (37.97) and Honey hybrids (27.88) had minimum effect and performance on non-irrigation and irrigation treatments. The Messenger (11.25) and SF1379 hybrids (10.5) had a maximum performance on Brix Abbe and Brix Pal in the irrigation treatment and Dessert R78 (13.5), the Messenger hybrid (11.8) had a maximum performance on Brix/Abbe and Brix/Atago Pal-1 in non-irrigation treatment. The Dessert R78 (13.5) is the best-performing hybrid in terms of the yield of Brix/Abbe and Brix/Atago Pal-1 in the performed irrigation treatments.

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ISSN: 2073-4441 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Technology: Hydraulic engineering; Technology: Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering: Water supply for domestic and industrial purposes
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/water/

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