Abstract
A comparative study on growth and yield performance of maize cultivars, Neelum, Sunehri, UM-31, Baymesal and Akbar was conducted in a sandy clay loam field. The crop was sown on August 8, 1989 in the pattern of 90 cm apart double-row strips and harvested on November 17, 1989. A basal fertilizer dose of 150-100 kg NP ha-1 was used. The highest grain yield of 40.67 q ha-1 was obtained from Neelum which was statistically equal to that obtained from Sunehri (39.25 q ha-1). The yield differences among UM-31, Baymesal and Akbar were found to be non-significant. Akbar and Baymesal gave significantly higher harvest index than rest of the three maize cultivars which were at par with one another. Neelum produced maximum while UM-31 minimum grain,
