Effects of Seed Fraction on Sowing Quality and Yield of Three-Line Hybrid Maize
Maize is one of the most productive cereal crops, and is increasingly being grown over large areas. Using the right cultivar of high-quality selected seeds for sowing can be crucial for its productivity. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of kernel fraction on the seed quality, seed...
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| author | Katarzyna Panasiewicz Rafał Sobieszczański Karolina Ratajczak Agnieszka Faligowska Grażyna Szymańska Jan Bocianowski Anna Kolanoś Rafał Pretkowski |
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| description | Maize is one of the most productive cereal crops, and is increasingly being grown over large areas. Using the right cultivar of high-quality selected seeds for sowing can be crucial for its productivity. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of kernel fraction on the seed quality, seed vigor, morphological traits, and seed yield of the trilinear hybrid maize cv. ‘Lokata’. The research factor was the kernel fraction, categorized based on the thousand-kernel weight (TKW) into four groups: I—small; II—medium; III–large; and IV–very large. A three-year experiment showed that increases in the TKW resulted in increases in germination and vigor up to fraction III (large seeds) in maize. Sowing maize seeds with a higher TKW resulted in plants with higher fresh and dry weights in the early stages of maize development; however, this response decreased as growth progressed. The seed yield was significantly correlated with plant height and the number of kernels per cob for all fractions sown, but the fraction did not significantly modify the seed yield of ‘Lokata’ maize. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d843bd2c01ad4ab8aaa42a4c273e80e12025-08-20T02:58:47ZengMDPI AGAgriculture2077-04722025-04-0115997210.3390/agriculture15090972Effects of Seed Fraction on Sowing Quality and Yield of Three-Line Hybrid MaizeKatarzyna Panasiewicz0Rafał Sobieszczański1Karolina Ratajczak2Agnieszka Faligowska3Grażyna Szymańska4Jan Bocianowski5Anna Kolanoś6Rafał Pretkowski7Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agronomy, Horticulture and Biotechnology, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Dojazd 11 Str., 60-632 Poznań, PolandDepartment of Agronomy, Faculty of Agronomy, Horticulture and Biotechnology, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Dojazd 11 Str., 60-632 Poznań, PolandDepartment of Agronomy, Faculty of Agronomy, Horticulture and Biotechnology, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Dojazd 11 Str., 60-632 Poznań, PolandDepartment of Agronomy, Faculty of Agronomy, Horticulture and Biotechnology, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Dojazd 11 Str., 60-632 Poznań, PolandDepartment of Agronomy, Faculty of Agronomy, Horticulture and Biotechnology, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Dojazd 11 Str., 60-632 Poznań, PolandDepartment of Mathematical and Statistical Methods, Poznań University of Life Sciences, 60-637 Poznań, PolandDepartment of Agronomy, Faculty of Agronomy, Horticulture and Biotechnology, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Dojazd 11 Str., 60-632 Poznań, PolandDepartment of Agronomy, Faculty of Agronomy, Horticulture and Biotechnology, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Dojazd 11 Str., 60-632 Poznań, PolandMaize is one of the most productive cereal crops, and is increasingly being grown over large areas. Using the right cultivar of high-quality selected seeds for sowing can be crucial for its productivity. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of kernel fraction on the seed quality, seed vigor, morphological traits, and seed yield of the trilinear hybrid maize cv. ‘Lokata’. The research factor was the kernel fraction, categorized based on the thousand-kernel weight (TKW) into four groups: I—small; II—medium; III–large; and IV–very large. A three-year experiment showed that increases in the TKW resulted in increases in germination and vigor up to fraction III (large seeds) in maize. Sowing maize seeds with a higher TKW resulted in plants with higher fresh and dry weights in the early stages of maize development; however, this response decreased as growth progressed. The seed yield was significantly correlated with plant height and the number of kernels per cob for all fractions sown, but the fraction did not significantly modify the seed yield of ‘Lokata’ maize.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/15/9/972<i>Zea mays</i> L.fractionsgerminationvigorLAIyield components |
| spellingShingle | Katarzyna Panasiewicz Rafał Sobieszczański Karolina Ratajczak Agnieszka Faligowska Grażyna Szymańska Jan Bocianowski Anna Kolanoś Rafał Pretkowski Effects of Seed Fraction on Sowing Quality and Yield of Three-Line Hybrid Maize Agriculture <i>Zea mays</i> L. fractions germination vigor LAI yield components |
| title | Effects of Seed Fraction on Sowing Quality and Yield of Three-Line Hybrid Maize |
| title_full | Effects of Seed Fraction on Sowing Quality and Yield of Three-Line Hybrid Maize |
| title_fullStr | Effects of Seed Fraction on Sowing Quality and Yield of Three-Line Hybrid Maize |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effects of Seed Fraction on Sowing Quality and Yield of Three-Line Hybrid Maize |
| title_short | Effects of Seed Fraction on Sowing Quality and Yield of Three-Line Hybrid Maize |
| title_sort | effects of seed fraction on sowing quality and yield of three line hybrid maize |
| topic | <i>Zea mays</i> L. fractions germination vigor LAI yield components |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/15/9/972 |
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