Increased planting speed did not affect silage and grain yield of maize, while saving seed and energy

Planting speed did not have significant influence on silage and grain yield of maize. By increasing the planting speed, up to 10% less seed was needed per hectare and fuel and energy use was lower for 15%. However significant increase of silage and grain yield per plant was determined by increasing...

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Published in:	Italian Journal of Agronomy
Main Authors:	Filip Vučajnk, Igor Šantavec, Darja Kocjan Ačko, Jurij Rakun, Jože Verbič, Rajko Bernik, Stanislav Trdan, Matej Vidrih
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2020-07-01
Subjects:	Energy use grain yield maize planting speed plant spacing seed savings
Online Access:	https://www.agronomy.it/index.php/agro/article/view/1612