Published in Scientific Papers. Series A. Agronomy, Vol. LXIV, Issue 1
Written by Mihai POPESCU, Stelica CRISTEA
This paper aims to bring to the fore new data on the content of starch, protein and lipids in corn grains from 24 hybrids from different maturity groups, grown in period 2018-2019 in ten areas of our country, in different pedoclimatic conditions. The highest average obtained regarding the starch content in the two years of study (2018-2019) was 68,865% for the P9241 hybrid, and the lowest 66.315%% for the LG30315 hybrid, resulting in a variability of 2.55%. Although the maize hybrid EVO3617, obtained the highest average protein content in the two years of study, in terms of lipids, obtained the lowest content (3,920%). During the study period, it was found that tardy hybrids have grains with a higher protein content compared early hybrids. To the 24 corn hybrids studied in the two years, the lipid content showed a variability of 0.475%, being the lowest compared to the variability of the starch and protein content.
[Read full article] [Citation]
