MORPHOMETRIC, PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL CHARACTRIZATION OF LOCAL AND EXOTIC MAIZE HYBRID UNDER HEAT AND WATER-STRESS STRESS CONDITIONS AT POST-ANTHESIS STAGE

S HUSSAIN; A GHANI; M KHALID; SF NAYAB; IU HASSAN; A SATTAR; S KAUSAR; M SALEEM; M ASIF; F AKRAM; M IMRAN; R ULLAH; MI SARWAR; N KAMAL; MA KHAN; MH SAJJAD; MI YOUSAF

doi:10.54112/bcsrj.v2023i1.548

Authors

S HUSSAIN Cotton Research Station (CRS), 63100, Bahawalpur, Pakistan
A GHANI Maize and Millets Research Institute (MMRI), Yusafwala, Sahiwal, 57000, Pakistan
M KHALID Regional Agricultural Research Institute, Bahawalpur, 63100, Pakistan
SF NAYAB Sorghum Research Sub-Station, Dera Ghazi Khan, 32200, Pakistan
IU HASSAN Plant Virology Section, Plant Pathology Research Institute, 38000, Faisalabad.
A SATTAR Soil and Water Testing Laboratory, Lodhran, 59320, Pakistan
S KAUSAR Pesticide Quality Control Laboratory, Bahawalpur, 63100, Pakistan
M SALEEM Soil and Water Testing Laboratory, Pakpattan, 57400, Pakistan
M ASIF Soil and Water Testing Laboratory, Bahawalnagar, 62300, Pakistan
F AKRAM Soil and Water Testing Laboratory, Nankana Sahib, 39100, Pakistan
M IMRAN Soil and Water Testing Laboratory, Rahim Yar Khan, 64200, Pakistan
R ULLAH 11Agricultural Research Station, Bahawalpur, 63100, Pakistan
MI SARWAR Soil and Water Testing Laboratory, Ayub Agricultural Research Institute, 38000, Faisalabad
N KAMAL Wheat Research Sub-Station, Murree, 47150, Pakistan
MA KHAN Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, 63100, Pakistan
MH SAJJAD Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, 38000, Pakistan
MI YOUSAF Cotton Research Station (CRS), 63100, Bahawalpur, Pakistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54112/bcsrj.v2023i1.548

Keywords:

Photosynthesis, Grain Quality, Water Stress, Antioxidant Activity, Maize, Stress Physiology

Abstract

The research project was carried out at the Maize and Millets Research Institute in Yusafwala-Sahiwal during the crop season of 2022) using a split-plot design. The present investigation explored the effects of individual and combined effects of water stress and heat stresses on morpho-phenological, physiological and biochemical traits in eight local (YH-5482, YH-5427, YH-5407, FH-1046, YH-5399, JPL-1908, SB-9663 and YH-1898) and two exotic maize hybrids (NK-8441 and P-1543). Significant variations were observed among maize hybrids under discrete and shared effects of water stress and heat stresses for key morphometric and other agronomically important, grain-related traits. Correlation analysis exposed strong positive correlation of grain yield with SPAD value (r= 0.88**), Proline (r= 0.79**), transpiration rate (r= 0.78**), superoxide dismutase (r= 0.73**), stomatal conductance (r= 0.72**) while negatively correlated with hydrogen peroxide (r= -0.87**). Cluster analysis grouped local and exotic maize hybrids into three groups under stress conditions and exposed that local maize genotypes/hybrids, predominantly YH-5427, YH-5482 and YH-5395 were the maximum stress tolerance under individual as well as combined heat + water-stress conditions.

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