Effect of tillage and land surface modification on growth yield and quality of kharif maize under dryland condition

Abstract

Maize ( Zea mays L.) is an important cereal crop which rank the third after wheat and rice in the world while in India stand third rank next to rice, wheat in terms of area and production. Queen of cereals maize is so named because of its unbelievably high yield potential that out yield any other cereal crop. This potential of maize cannot be manifested up to the brim due to several biotic and a biotic factors amongst which poor nutritional management and selection of genotype is the prime one. Thus proper nutrition and good genotype is very important to get high crop production. The maize ( Zea mays L.) cultivation in India is being practised on 6 million hectare area mainly as rainfed crop during rainy ( Kharif ) season and only 22.8 % maize is grown under irrigated conditions. newline