Claim · model-written summary
Water deficit significantly decreased grain yield per plant by 32.3%.
Zea maysVerbatim
e0“Water deficit stress caused a significant decrease in grain yield/plant (32.3%), grain yield/ha (26.7%), ears/plant (30.6%), rows/ear (10.2%), kernels/row (9.3%), kernels/plant (43.8%), 100-kernel weight (19.9%), plant height (8.5%), ear height (11.9%), and chlorophyll concentration index (17.3%)”
e1“Maize (Zea mays L.)”
e2“Well Watering (WW) by giving all recommended irrigations and WDS by withholding the 4th and 5th irrigations”
Title
AHMED MEDHAT MOHAMED AL-NAGGAR; AHMED MONGED SOLIMAN; ELHAM MOHAMED HASSAN MOHAMED PLANT CELL BIOTECHNOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2022. doi:10.56557/pcbmb/2022/v23i37-387899
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- Intervention effect Water deficit significantly decreased grain yield per hectare by 26.7%.
- Intervention effect Water deficit significantly decreased ears per plant by 30.6%.
- Intervention effect Water deficit significantly decreased rows per ear by 10.2%.
- Intervention effect Water deficit significantly decreased kernels per row by 9.3%.
- Intervention effect Water deficit significantly decreased kernels per plant by 43.8%.
- Intervention effect Water deficit significantly decreased 100-kernel weight by 19.9%.
- Intervention effect Water deficit significantly decreased plant height by 8.5%.
- Intervention effect Water deficit significantly decreased ear height by 11.9%.
- Intervention effect Water deficit significantly decreased chlorophyll concentration index by 17.3%.
- Intervention effect Water deficit significantly increased anthesis-silking interval by 58.82 %.
- Intervention effect Water deficit significantly increased days to anthesis by 4.29%.
- Intervention effect Water deficit significantly increased days to silking by 6.40%.
- Intervention effect Water deficit significantly increased barren stalks by 20.0%.
- Intervention effect Water deficit significantly increased grain protein content by 16.0%.
- Observation F1 crosses averaged higher than inbreds for most studied traits in both water regimes.
- Observation Inbreds averaged higher grain protein content and days to 50% silking than F1 crosses.
- Observation Genotype rankings changed between WDS and WW conditions.
- Intervention effect Drought reduced yield per hectare by 37.36% in inbreds, more than the 25.67% reduction in F1 hybrids.
- Recommendation The authors recommended high yield, water deficit tolerant inbreds and hybrids for maize breeding.