THE INFLUENCE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS OF EASTERN POLAND ON SWEET CORN YIELDS AND LENGTH OF GROWING SEASON

• Main Authors: Robert Rosa, Edyta Kosterna-Kelle, Jolanta Franczuk, Anna Zaniewicz-Bajkowska
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Polish Society of Ecological Engineering (PTIE) 2016-09-01
• Series: Journal of Ecological Engineering
• Subjects: air temperature; growing season; precipitation; yield; Zea mays L. var saccharata
• Online Access: http://www.journalssystem.com/jeeng/The-influence-of-weather-conditions-of-eastern-Poland-on-sweet-corn-yields-and-length-of-growing-season,64501,0,2.html

The aim of the study was to determine the effect of weather components (air temperature, precipitation) on the growth, yield and the length of the growing season of sweet corn cultivated in eastern Poland. The results come from a field experiment conducted in 2006–2011. Weather conditions in the successive years of the study significantly modified the yield of ears, weight and number of formatted ears, high of plants and the length of the growing season of sweet corn. Good yielding of sweet corn favoured years with moderate air temperatures in July and uniform distribution of precipitation during the growing season. The highest yield of ears was found in 2011, the lowest in the very difficult in terms of weather 2006. The shortest growing season was characterized corn grown in the years 2006 and 2010 with the high air temperatures in July and August, the longest in the years 2009 and 2011, in which the temperatures in the period June-August were the lowest of all the years of research. Irrespective of the year of study, cv ‘Sheba F₁’ was formatted eras with higher weight than cv ‘Sweet Nugget F₁’.