Research Article
Assessing the Fodder Potentials of Drought-Tolerant Maize (Zea mays L.) Hybrids in West Africa
Table 2
Mean phenotypic parameters of commercial hybrid (n = 11), drought-tolerant (DT) hybrid (41), and local check different cultivar maize group.
| | | Grain yield (t ha−1) | DMY (t ha−1) | ASI | Plant height (cm) | Ear height (cm) | LSS | GMc | NPH | NEH | Leaf (t ha−1) | Stem (t ha−1) | Leave area |
| | Commercial hybrid | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Mean | 1.4 (<0.00001) | 14.1 (<0.00001) | 3.25 (<0.00001) | 154.1 (<0.0020 | 86.4 (<0.001) | 5.8 (<0.0001) | 11.6 (<0.0001) | 32.5 (<0.00001) | 17.9 (<0.0001) | 4.1 (<0.00001) | 10.3 (<0.00001) | 553.3 (<0.00001) | | SEM | 0.11 | 0.73 | 0.26 | 3.10 | 3.06 | 0.16 | 0.13 | 0.61 | 1.06 | 0.19 | 0.58 | 11.34 | | Range | 0.9–1.9 | 10.9–19.5 | 2–4.7 | 139–173.3 | 73.3–101.7 | 4.7–6.3 | 10.8–12.1 | 28.7–35.3 | 11.7–24.3 | 3–5.2 | 7.8–14.5 | 504.8–644.4 |
| | DT hybrid | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Mean | 1.4 (<0.00001) | 13.9 (<0.00001) | 3 (<0.00001) | 154.1 (<0.002) | 82.3 (<0.001) | 6.1 (<0.0001) | 10 (<0.0001) | 31.1 (<0.00001) | 17.2 (<0.00001) | 3.7 (<0.00001) | 10.2 (<0.00001) | 515.7 (<0.00001) | | SEM | 0.20 | 0.48 | 0.26 | 2.02 | 1.31 | 0.19 | 0.62 | 2.12 | 1.86 | 0.23 | 0.40 | 11.31 | | Range | 0.3–2.5 | 11–15.8 | 2.3–5 | 181.8–123.3 | 96.7–63.3 | 5.3–7.3 | 5.2–12.3 | 11.3–35.3 | 5.3–26.7 | 2.7–5.2 | 8–11.9 | 449.3–584.3 |
| | Local check | 0.5 | 13.6 | 4.33 | 171.3 | 96.7 | 6.7 | 8.4 | 31 | 10.3 | 3.5 | 10 | 374.7 |
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DMY = dry matter yield, ASI = anthesis-silking interval, PH = plant height, LSS = leaf senesces score, GMc = grain moisture content, NPH = numbers of plants at harvest, NEH = numbers of ear at harvest, SEM = standard error of mean.
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