The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of maize (Zea mays L.) hybrids, plant population, rates of fertilization and irrigation in 1984 and 1985 on soil test levels, soil pH, yield and yield components as well as nutrient uptake. / High rates of fertilization increased soil test P and K but decreased soil test Ca and Mg and soil pH. Irrigation decreased soil test K, Ca and Mg. In both years maximum grain yields (at 15.5% moisture) were obtained when all factors were at high levels. Hybrid Pioneer 3925 and and hybrid CO-OP 2645 produced a maximum yield of 11.9 and 15.2 Mg ha$ sp{-1}$ in 1984 and 1985, respectively. Increasing plant population alone increased grain yield from 9.6 to 10.4 Mg ha$ sp{-1}$ in 1984, bu increases in grain yield with high plant population in 1985 could only be obtained when high rate of nutrients and supplemental irrigation were applied. / Nutrient uptake was usually greater for hybrid 2645 than hybrid 3925 in 1985, and greater for hybrid 3925 than for hybrid 3949 in 1984. Increasing plant population, rate of fertilization as well as available soil moisture generally brought about greater nutrient uptake. Ear leaf nutrient concentration at silking time was influenced by these factors but the differences obtained were not agronomically significant.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.61270 |
| Date | January 1987 |
| Creators | Rémillard, Michel |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Science (Department of Renewable Resources.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 000910097, proquestno: AAIMM75890, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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