Abstract
A Study On The Effects Of Plant Spacings On Green Matter Yield And Some Characteristics Of Four Silage Corn Cultivars
The effects of different plant spacing (15, 20, 25, and 30 cm) on green matter yield and some caharacteristics of four silage com cultivars (Sele, RX-770, RX-899 ve RX-947) were studied in Tokat Erbaa condition in 1998-1999. According to results, it was investigated that cultivars used in experiment were different in term of the time to silage maturity, the height of plant, the number of leave, the plant yield, and green matter yield (P<0.05) but not for the ratio of ear. RX-770 cultivar reached silage maturity at firstly (88,2 days) and the highest green matter yield was obtained from RX-947 cultivar (7472,5 kg/de). Applied plant spacings also affected the time to silage maturity, the height of plant, the plant yield, and green matter yield significiantly (P<0.05). The highest green matter yield (7551,9 kg/de) from 15 cm plant spacing and it was found that this yield is higher from the yields at others row spacings significiantly (P<0.05).
Keywords
Com plant- spacing green matter yield
