Claim · model-written summary
The decrease in kernels per ear largely caused the decrease in maize grain yield.
Verbatim
t0“Differential responses of maize yield”
e4“The decrease in grain yield was largely caused by the decrease in kernels per ear (r2 = 0.88, P < 0.001)”
Title
Differential responses of maize yield to drought at vegetative and reproductive stages
MI Na; Fu CAI; Yushu ZHANG; et al. Plant Soil and Environment 2018. doi:10.17221/141/2018-pse
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- Intervention effect Progressive drought significantly reduced maize grain yield during either the vegetative or the reproductive stage.
- Intervention effect Reproductive-stage progressive drought reduced grain yield by 41.6-46.6%.
- Intervention effect Vegetative-stage progressive drought reduced grain yield by 18.6-26.2%.
- Intervention effect The grain yield reduction from reproductive-stage drought was greater than that from vegetative-stage drought.
- Association The decrease in kernels per ear was associated with the decrease in grain yield (r2 = 0.88, P < 0.001).
- Recommendation Guaranteeing water supply for maize during the reproductive stage is crucially important to avoid yield loss.