Yield of open pollinated varieties of maize in organic cultivation

DOI: 10.52945/rac.v22i2.823
Published 2009-12-22

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

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.

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Keywords

  • local varieties
  • Zea mays
  • landrace
  • crioule maize