Yield of open pollinated varieties of maize in organic cultivation

Authors

  • Gilcimar Adriano Vogt Epagri/Estação Experimental Canoinhas
  • Silmar Hemp Epagri/Centro de Pesquisa para Agricultura Familiar
  • Waldir Nicknich Epagri/Centro de Pesquisa para Agricultura Familiar
  • Juliana Bernardi Ogliari UFSC/CCA
  • Antonio Carlos Alves Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52945/rac.v22i2.823

Keywords:

local varieties, Zea mays, landrace, crioule maize

Abstract

The objective of this study was to evaluate grain yield of local varieties (landraces) obtained from
family farms from the Western region of Santa Catarina, including three improved cultivars from Epagri under organic cultivation. The field experiments were carried out in the experimental area at Epagri/Cepaf in Chapecó,
Santa Catarina State, Brazil, in the agricultural years of 2005/06 and 2006/07. Some local varieties yielded more than 6,000kg/ha.

Published

2009-12-22

Issue

Section

Scientific note

How to Cite

Yield of open pollinated varieties of maize in organic cultivation. (2009). Agropecuária Catarinense Journal, 22(2), 76-82. https://doi.org/10.52945/rac.v22i2.823

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