This study was conducted at the farm of the Faculty of Agriculture in
Kharabo during 2011 2012 growing season. RCB design with two replicates was
used and the correlation and regression relationship among characters were
tested. Results showed tha
t plant and ear heights were both positively
correlated with some quantitative characters (number of kernels per row،
number of rows per ear, 100 kernel Wight, and kernels weight per ear).
Regression results also showed that the increase in plant and ear height was
associated with an increase in number of rows per ear, kernels weight per ear
and 100 kernel wight. It was concluded that plant height and/or ear height can
be used as a direct selection index for number of rows per ear, kernels weight
per ear and 100 kernel wight.
This study was conducted at the farm of Faculty of Agricultural-Kharabo as
an intensive planting during 2011 and 2012 growth seasons. Using RCB design
with two replications to study some genetic indices and simple linear
correlation between yield
and quality traits of 79 families selected from Sh
population, improved by Full-sib selection. Results revealed that traits, silking
days, protein percentage and oil percentage were affected by additive gene
action while plant height and starch percentage were affected by non-additive
gene action. Results also revealed that grain yield showed positive significant
correlation with starch percentage (r=0.94*) and negative significant
correlation with plant height (r=-0.95*) and protein percentage (r=-0.52*)
indicating that less selection cycles are needed to improve families with high
yield and starch percentage contents with early silking days (intensive planting)
and medium plant height (machining cropper).
A pot exrpriment was conducted in a greenhouse in Tishreen University. The
experiment included three soils differ in their chemical properties: 1) heavy clay red soil
rich in iron oxides; 2) a silty loam basiltic soil; 3) a heavet clay red soil ric
h in total
calcium carbonate (34.8 %). Treatments include application of different levels of triple
super phosphate (TSP, 46 % P2O5) ranged from 0, 20, 40, 60, 80, 100, 150, to 200 mg P/kg
soil. Pots were sowned with maize (2 plants/pot) and grown for 48 days. At harvest, plant
were hatvested before flowering by cutting shoots and extracting roots which were oven
dried and weight were recorded prior to digestion and P determination in shoot and root
tissues. Samples of rhizosphere soils from each pot replicate were taken for P fractionation
and determination.
The response of maize to P application differs at period test according to soil type.
The increase in growth was linear with increasing P level of application in theheavy red
and calcareous red soils, while was polynomial in basilitic soil. The speed of growth
increase in response to P application was influenced by native available P in the soil prior
to application. The application of P led to linear increase in resin-P and MRP fraction in
the bicarbonate extract, but not the Po fraction of the bicarbonate extract. The quantities of
fixed applied P varied according to level of P application, the ratio of P uptake by maize
plants, and chemical properties of the soil type. The proportion of applied P that was fixed
increased linerarly with increasing level of P application. It constitutes 41.7,68.5 and66%
at level of P application (20 mg/kg soil), and decreasing to30.2, 41.9 and 59.1% at level of
P application (200 mg/kg soil) for red, basiltic, and calcerous red soils, respectively.
This research was carried out during the agricultural season 2014 in the
Buqai'a plain in west of Homs governorate, to study the effect of several
systems for intercropping on Corn crop (Zea mays L.( and Soybean crop
(Glycine max L.): (Zea mays li
ne : Soybean line) (Zea mays line : Two
Soybean lines) (Two Zea mays lines + Soybean line) ( Two Zea mays
lines + Two soybean lines) (Single Zea mays crop), (Single soybean
crop).
