International Journal of Biology Research

Authors
Dr. Tariq Mahmood, Sohail Rashid, Arbab Jahangeer, Muhammad Arshad, Abdul Rahim Khan, Dr. Abdul Majid, Shahbaz Mustafa

Abstract
A field trial was conducted for two years 2016 and 2017, at Agronomy (Forage Production), Section Ayub Agricultural Research Institute, Faisalabad to see the effect of different planting dates on green fodder yield of maize fodder variety S-2002. Four planting dates D-1, 1^st July, D-2, 15 July, D-3, 30^th July, and D-4, 15 Aug were tested in a plot size of 3m.x 6m. Recommended doses of N, P and irrigations were applied. Lay out of the experiment was randomized complete block design with three repeats. Physical parameters such as final plant height (cm). No of leaves per plant, No of plants per meter square, stem diameter (cm), green fodder yield tons per hectare were recorded. It was revealed from the recorded data that the treatment D-3 (30^th July sowing time) gave maximum plant height 218.75 cm, no of plants per meter square (24.7), No of leaves per plant (13.25), stem diameter (2.86 cm) and green fodder yield (54.9 tons per hectare),which is more than all the treatments in the experiment. Based on these observations, this can easily be concluded that by planting maize fodder variety S-2002 in 30^th July we can easily achieve maximum green fodder yield.