Production of maize under different farming practices and rainfall effect at different locations

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted during kharifseason 2016 at farmers' fields in district Hamirpur.8 treatment combinations was conducted in random block design with three replications. The experiment was carried out during June to September in Bhoranj, Nadaun and Taunidevi blocks with different dates of sowing viz. Gwardu (L₁ ) 30^th May, Dhamrol (L₂ ) 31^st May, Mann treti (L₃ ) 30^th June and Jhandvi (L₄ ) 6^th June of district Hamirpur. Grain yield stover yield and biological yield was significantly influenced by farming practices and locations at harvest. Farmers' practice (FP2 ) significantly increased the yield over zero budget natural farming (FP1 ) at all locations. The highest yield was recorded in Mann treti with accumulated rainfall of 803.4 mm. This might be due to the probability of getting lesser chance of wet spells by the Met week 39 (25-30 Sep) which are beneficial for getting higher yield as we know maize is sensitive to water logging.