Plant Soil Environ., 2006, 52(11):515-522 | DOI: 10.17221/3543-PSE

Effects of hybrid and row spacing on maize forage yield and quality

S. Iptas1, A.A. Acar2
1 Gaziosmanpasa University, Faculty of Agriculture, Tokat, Turkey
2 Aegean Agricultural Research Institute, Menemen-Izmir, Turkey

This study was conducted to determine the effect of row spacing (40, 60 and 80 cm) on forage dry matter (DM) yield and quality of four hybrids grown in the years 2001 and 2002. The highest DM yield was obtained from the Arifiye (24.1 and 22.4 t/ha) while the lowest DM yield was obtained from Pioneer 3163 (19.9 and 19.8 t/ha) in the years 2001 and 2002, respectively. As row spacing increased, DM yield as an average of two years decreased from 27.2 to 16.6 t/ha. No differences were found among row spacing for DM content, harvest index (HI) and ear content. As row spacing increased, whole-plant acid detergent fiber (ADF) and neutral detergent fiber (NDF) content increased from 214 to 227 g/kg and from 420 to 451 g/kg during the year 2001, respectively. However, ADF content decreased from 281 to 267 g/kg and NDF contents decreased from 530 to 515 g/kg with increasing row spacing during the year 2002. In this study, hybrids showed distinct differences for crude protein, ADF and NDF contents in both years. Forage quality parameter including ADF and NDF of Pioneer 3163, TTM 8119 and Karadeniz Yildizi were higher than Arifiye hybrid.

Keywords: silage maize; row spacing; dry matter yield; harvest index; crude protein; acid detergent fiber; neutral detergent fiber

Published: November 30, 2006  Show citation

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Iptas S, Acar AA. Effects of hybrid and row spacing on maize forage yield and quality. Plant Soil Environ. 2006;52(11):515-522. doi: 10.17221/3543-PSE.
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