Behavior of corn (Zea mayz) grown under controlled deficit irrigation strategies and in two agroclimatic conditions
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Corn is considered one of the priority crops in the import substitution program carried out by the Cuban state. Water stress is the most limiting factor for corn productivity. The research was carried out at the National Institute of Agricultural Sciences located in the province of Mayabeque, Cuba. At two sowing times, on April 20, assay 1 (A1) and on October 29, 2021, assay 2 (A2). Under semi-controlled conditions, seeds of the corn cultivar P7928 were sown in concrete containers and three controlled deficit irrigation (CDI) treatments were studied, with suspensions of irrigation for 15 days in three stages of crop development, growth (SC), flowering (SF) and grain filling (SLL) and a control irrigated at 100% of the standard crop evapotranspiration (ETc). At the conclusion of the irrigation suspension in each of the stages, soil moisture, physiological traits and yield and their components were evaluated. The results showed that in SC in E2 the stem length, the number of leaves and the leaf area were reduced and in both assays the aerial dry mass, the mass of 100 grains and grams per plant decreased. In SF, the stem length, the relative chlorophyll content (CRC), the mass of 100 grains and the yield in grams per plant were reduced and in SLL, only the CRC.
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