Wheat grown in the border rows of wheat strips had higher ear number per meter row, greater kernel number per ear, and greater yield per meter row than wheat in inner rows and sole wheat, indicating reduced competition.
Results of the experiment indicated that phosphorus fertilizer rate had a significant (p < 0.05) effect on plant height, shelling percentage, number of kernel per ear, number of ears per plant, grain yield, dry stubble yield and dry biomass yield.
From the results of the experiment, it is possible to conclude that nitrogen fertilizer rate had a significant effect on plant height, lodging percentage, number of kernel per ear, number of ears per plant, grain yield, dry stubble yield and dry biomass yield of maize.
Tiller dry weights and ear number of NIL qcd11 were the same as of "Nipponbare".
The collection was evaluated for flowering time, internode length, number of ears, number of nodes (phytomeres), number of nodes above the ear, number and proportion of nodes below the ear and plant height.
Maize grain yield and its major components - kernel weight, kernel number per ear, ear number per plant - have been studied by quantitative trait locus (QTL) mapping approaches [ 3].
The data analyzed are from [ 5], a study on a 30-generation artificial selection experiment for maize ear number.
For each embryo transfer, an elaborate record was made, including date time, ear number for surrogate sow, ovulation or not, the number of transferred embryos and so on.
Only NIL qcd4-1 had lower tiller dry weights after heading and ear number than "Nipponbare", and there was no significant difference in grain number per plant between "Nipponbare" and NILs.
