Vol. 11, Issue 10 (2022)

The present investigation was conducted during season of 2021-2022 at Instructional cum Research Farm, DKS College of Agriculture and Research Station, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur, Chhattisgarh with the objectives to find out the effect of date of sowing and spacing on fodder maize. The treatment comprised of three sowing date (D1) 15th July, (D2) 25th July and (D3) 4th August and spacing (S1) 30×10 cm, (S2) 45×10 cm, and (S3) 60×10 cm taken in split plot design with 3 replication. Yield and yield attributing characters like no. of cobs plant-1 and number of seeds cob-1, cob length plant-1 (cm), cob diameter plant-1, number of seeds seed row-1, 100 grain weight (g), grain yield, straw yield and biological yield were recorded significantly maximum under date of sowing 15th July. In case of spacings, all these parameters were significantly maximum in 45×10 cm.