department of agronomy

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EFFECT OF PLANTING TIME, FERTILITY LEVEL AND PLANT
POPULATION ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF WINTER POPCORN
(Zea mays L. Everta) UNDER LATE SOWN CONDITION

ABSTRACT
of
THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS
FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF
Doctor of Philosophy
in
Agronomy

Submitted by
Sandeep Kumar Singh

DEPARTMENT OF AGRONOMY
INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES
BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY
VARANASI - 221 005
U.P. (INDIA)

I.D. No. PA- 0831 2014 Enrolment No. 309556
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Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, 2014.
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UNDERTAKING BY THE CANDIDATE
I, Sandeep Kumar Singh, I.D. No. PA-0831 and enrolment number 309556
declare that I have pursued my research work under the supervision of Dr. R.N. Singh
from 31.12.2008 to 30.11.2014. I hereby supplicate my thesis entitled “Effect of
Planting time, Fertility level and Plant population on Growth and Yield of
Winter Popcorn (Zea mays L. Everta) under late sown condition” for the award of
Ph.D. degree.

Date:
Place: (Sandeep Kumar Singh)
CANDIDATES’S DECLARATION
I, Sandeep Kumar Singh, I.D. No. PA-0831 and enrolment number 309556,
certify that the work embodied in this Ph.D. thesis is my own bonafide work carried
out by me under the supervision of Dr. R. N. Singh for a period of 6 years and 5
months from 31.12.2008 to .12.2014 at Banaras Hindu University. The matter
embodied in this Ph.D. thesis has not been submitted for the award of any other
degree/diploma.
I declare that I have faithfully acknowledged, given credit to and referred to
the research workers wherever their works have been cited in the text and the body of
the thesis. I further certify that I have not willfully lifted up some other’s work, para,
text, data, results, etc. reported in the journals, books, magazines, reports,
dissertations, thesis, etc., or available at web sites and included them in this Ph.D.
thesis and cited as my own work.
Date: ……… (Signature of the Candidate)
Place: Varanasi (Sandeep Kumar Singh)

CERTIFICATE FROM SUPERVISOR
This is to certify that the above statement made by the candidate is correct to
the best of our knowledge.

Supervisor’s Signature
(Name & designation)

(Signature of HOD/ Coordinator of the school with seal)
COURSE / COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION COMPLETION
CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that Mr. Sandeep Kumar Singh, I.D. No. PA-0831 and
enrolment number 309556, a bonafide research scholar of this department, has
successfully completed the course work/ comprehensive examination requirement
which is a part of his Ph.D. programme.

Date: (Signature of the Head of the Department)
Place: Varanasi
PRE-SUBMISSION SEMINAR COMPLETION CERTIFICATE
This is to certify that Mr. Sandeep Kumar Singh, I.D. No. PA-0831 and
enrolment number 309556, a bonafide research scholar of this department, has
successfully completed the pre-submission seminar requirement which is a part of his
Ph.D. programme.

Date: (Signature of the Head of the Department)
Place: Varanasi
COPYRIGHT TRANSFER CERTIFICATE
Title of the thesis: Effect of planting time, fertility level and plant population on
growth and yield of winter popcorn (Zea mays L. Everta) under
late sown condition
Candidate’s Name: Sandeep Kumar Singh

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under copyright that may exist in and for the above thesis submitted for the award of
the Ph.D. degree.

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Notice: However, the author may reproduce or authorize others to reproduce
material extracted verbatim from the thesis or derivative of the thesis
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Effect of Planting time, Fertility level and Plant population on
Growth and Yield of Winter Popcorn (Zea mays L. Everta)
under late sown condition

Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements
for the award of the degree of
Doctor of Philosophy
in
Agronomy

2014

by
Sandeep Kumar Singh

APPROVED BY ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Chairman : Dr. R.N. Singh
Professor
Department of Agronomy

Members
: Dr. J.P. Singh
Professor
Department of Agronomy

: Dr. J.S. Bohra
Professor
Department of Agronomy

: Dr. A.P. Singh
Professor
Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry

External Examiner :
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I bow head and offer flowers of reverence to Mahamana Pt. Madan Mohan
Malviya ji, a man of great vision and founder of the Banaras Hindu University for
his life time sacrifice and effort in establishing such a great temple of learning for
the cause of millions of students like me,
I feel immense pleasure to express my deepest sense of gratitude to my
supervisor Dr. Ram Naresh Singh, Department of Agronomy for his inspiring &
noble guidance, thought provoking discussion, enthusiastic interest, constructive
criticism, unending zeal & constant encouragement during the entire course of
investigation and preparation of manuscript . His noble guidance & untiring efforts
helped me greatly during the course. I feel myself wordless in expressing my thanks
to him.
It is my sublime privilege to express my sincere thanks to Ex. Prof. Kalyan
Singh, Department of Agronomy, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu
University, for his invaluable, inspiring & ingenious guidance, unending zeal &
constant encouragement to meet the challenges during the period of this
investigation. I will always remain deeply indebted to him for his affection &
generation bestowed upon me.
I am also extremely thankful to Prof. Avijit Sen, Head, Department of
Agronomy and Dr. S.P. Singh, Professor, Institute of Agricultural Sciences,
Banaras Hindu University, for providing all the necessary facilities & suggestions
during the course of investigation.
I am also indebted to members of my research program committee Dr. J.S.
Bohra, Professor, Department of Agronomy, Dr. J.P. Singh, Professor, Department
of Agronomy, Dr. A. P. Singh, Professor and also to Dr. P. K. Sharma, Associate
Professor, Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry for their help &
valuable suggestions as and when required.
I am grateful to all teachers of the Department of Agronomy for providing
me the necessary help and guidance during the period of my investigation.
I am overwhelmed with rejoice to avail this rare opportunity to evince my
profound sense of veneration and gratitude to my beloved parents
Shri Bansh Narayan Singh and Smt. Shyam Lata Devi whose persistent
inspiration, selfless sacrifices, continuous encouragement and blessings brought me
here. I am also indebted to my younger brothers Neeraj Kumar Singh and Vinay
Kumar Singh for their unbounded love and affection.
I also express my special regards my father in law and mother in law Shri Jai
Kumar Singh, Shyam Lata Singh for their immense love and affection which always
animated me to rise against all problems and face them with smiles.
I especially thanks my wife Smt. Suman Singh for her selfless sacrifice and
moral support and of course for keeping me relieved of outside pressures during the
study period.
If I count the stars appearing in my galaxy of sky, I must say they are my
seniors and extend my hearties obligation to Dr. Uma Shanker Ram, Dr. Dinesh
Singh, Ramesh Kumar Yadav, Dr. Harsh Kumar Gautam and Dr. Mahesh Kumar
Singh for their heartily advice, assistance and co-operation in preparation of this
thesis. I also wish to my friends Dr. Sabhajeet, Vishnu Lakhera, Ashish dixit,
Dr. Santosh Kumar and Junior Birendra, Mahendra, Showkat, Saurabh and
Pankaj for their heartily advice, during the study period is unforgettable.
I am in short of words to express my feelings and gratitude to my employer
senior staffs/Shri Amresh Kumar GM(R), L.C. Verma AGM(QC), Ritesh Kumar
M(QC), Anand Kumar Agrawal AGM(QC), Himalaya Singh and my brother cum
staff Parikshit Sahoo, Amit Kumar and Ranjeet Kumar for their sacrifice, kindness,
affection and pampered support, which have been the vital source of inspiration
that helped me to set higher.
Last but not the least, I am thankful to all staff members, Department of
Agronomy, I.Ag.Sci., BHU, Varanasi for their suggestions at various stages of my
study. I am indebted to Banaras Hindu University for awarding me UGC
fellowship to complete the research work.
It’s like drop in the ocean by my all regards to Baba Vishwanath for
providing me energy and patience without which it would have been none.

Date: ………………….
Place: B.H.U., Varanasi (Sandeep Kumar Singh)