Lubna Hydar^*(1)

(1). Crops Field Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Aleppo University, Aleppo, Syria.

(*Corresponding author: Dr. Lubna Hydar. E-Mail: lubnanaser82@gmail.com).

Received: 07/03/2018                                Accepted: 26/10/2018

Abstract

The present research was carried out at the Farms of Agricultural Secondary School in AL Salamieh city in Hama governorate during two seasons 2014 and 2015, to evaluate the productivity of four sweet corn genotypes i.e. Faihaa1, Konoz, Dimo and Mert under the effect of two row directions, in order to determine the best variety and the most suitable row direction in spring time. The results showed that yield components of north – south- row direction were higher than that of west-east-row direction. The results showed that there was significant increase in number of rows, number of grains in the row and thousand grain weight of ear under the treatment north – south- row direction. Also, the results showed that there was significant increase in number of rows and thousand grain weight in the genotype Mert compared to Konoz, Demo and Faihaa1.

Key words: Sweet corn. Genotypes, Row direction.

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