Yield, N uptake and N utilization of early maturing, drought and striga-tolerant maize varieties under low N conditions

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agricultureen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversité de Béninen
cg.contributor.crpMaize
cg.coverage.countryNigeria
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2NG
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africa
cg.creator.identifierAlpha Kamara: 0000-0002-1844-2574
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/00103624.2018.1563095en
cg.identifier.iitathemePLANT PRODUCTION & HEALTH
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn0010-3624en
cg.issue4en
cg.journalCommunications in Soil Science and Plant Analysisen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.iitaPLANT HEALTHen
cg.subject.iitaPLANT PRODUCTIONen
cg.volume50en
dc.contributor.authorKamara, A.en
dc.contributor.authorEwansiha, S.U.en
dc.contributor.authorTofa, A.I.en
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-29T15:28:07Zen
dc.date.available2019-01-29T15:28:07Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/99211
dc.titleYield, N uptake and N utilization of early maturing, drought and striga-tolerant maize varieties under low N conditionsen
dcterms.abstractPerformance under sub-optimal nitrogen (N) conditions, of early maturing maize cultivars bred for tolerance to drought and Striga parasitism in the Nigerian savanna is not known. This study evaluated the tolerance of selected early maturing drought and Striga-tolerant maize cultivars to low N conditions in Northern Nigeria. The cultivars were evaluated at 30 and 100 kg N ha−1. The varieties were compared with an improved maize cultivar that is not tolerant to drought and Striga. Maize grain yield was 26% higher at 100 kg N ha−1 than at 30 kg N ha−1 in 2010 and 161% higher100 kg Nha−1 than at 30 kg Nha−1 in 2011. The drought and Striga-tolerant varieties produced consistently higher yields than the non-drought-tolerant variety particularly at 30 kg Nha−1. These cultivars also accumulated higher amount of N, had higher N-uptake efficiency or N-utilization efficiency than the non-drought-tolerant variety ACR 95 TZE-COMP4 C3. Grains yield at low nitrogen rate was associated with high ears m−2, high dry matter accumulation, high grains m−2, suggesting that these traits are linked to low-N tolerance. The good performance of the drought-tolerant maize varieties under low N suggests that varieties developed for drought tolerance may be tolerant to low-N conditions.en
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Access
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.available2019-01-22
dcterms.bibliographicCitationKamara, A., Ewansiha, S.U., & Tofa, A. (2019). Yield, N uptake and N utilization of early maturing, drought and striga-tolerant maize varieties under low N conditions. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis,1-15.en
dcterms.extentp. 373-387en
dcterms.issued2019-02-21
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dcterms.publisherInforma UK Limiteden
dcterms.subjectmaizeen
dcterms.subjectnitrogenen
dcterms.subjectutilizationen
dcterms.subjectefficiencyen
dcterms.subjectsudanen
dcterms.subjectsavannaen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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