Effects of Organic and Inorganic Fertilizers on Growth and Yield of Two Maize (Zea mays L.) Varieties in Hazara, Pakistan
Keywords:
Organic, inorganic, maize yieldAbstract
Effectiveness of organic and inorganic fertilizers on
growth and yield of maize (Zea maize L.) is investigated in this
study. The field experiments were carried out at the research
area of Awan nursery farm Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
during spring, 2013. The experiments consisted of six treatments:
Control, Fresh Cattle Manure, Kahoon organic fertilizers,
Poultry Manure, Higo-organic fertilizers, and inorganic
fertilizers (NPK). All organic fertilizers were applied at a rate of
10 t ha-1 while recommended dose of NPK at the rate of 120-90-60
kg ha-1. Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) was
adopted with three replications of the treatments. Experiments
were conducted on two different varieties of maize: Azam and
Barani. Important parameters like plant growth and yield were
studied for each variety during the experiments. Results show
that all the parameters studied were higher in Barani as
compared to Azam. The study also reveals that the parameters
such as plant height, cob length, grains per cob, thousand grains
weight and grain yield were significantly affected by use of
different organic and inorganic fertilizers treatments. The
outcome of the study demonstrates that chemical fertilizers NPK
results in maximum cob length and grains per cob followed by
Higo organic fertilizers with slight difference in performance.
However, Higo organic fertilizers resulted in maximum grains
weight and grain yield. It can be concluded that organic
fertilizers can perform better in comparison with inorganic NPK
fertilizers. Based on the parameters investigated the Barani
variety is best suited for the soil of Haripur district.
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