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Weather factors affecting the development of maize from sowing to flowering

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

M. N. Hough
M. N. Hough
Affiliation:
Agricultural Branch, Meteorological Office, London Road, Bracknell, Berkshire, England
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Summary

The phenological development from sowing to flowering of the eaxly maize hybrid INRA 200 is related to the weather conditions. Plot trial data from Wytham, near Oxford, England, and weather information from that and nearby sites formed the basic data.

The mean rate of development per day from sowing to emergence is related by linear correlation analysis to the mean values of soil temperature at 5 cm depth and soil moisture deficit. A range of temperature thresholds for emergence development exist, which depend upon the soil moisture, and which differ from the true physiological threshold.

Between omergence and flowering the mean rate of development per day is related by linear correlation analysis to mean air temperature, solar radiation and potential transpiration estimated from weather data. All correlations are significant, but the parameters which combine radiation and temperature are statistically better.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 78 , Issue 2 , April 1972 , pp. 325 - 331
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1972

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