Claim · model-written summary
Recommended NPK with Zn and B gave significantly higher LAI at 90 days, 2.46cm2, statistically similar to the other micronutrient treatments.
- Organ / stage
- 90 days after sowinge0
- Treatment
- recommended dose of NP2O5K2O + Zn + Be0
- Outcome
- leaf area indexe0
- Direction
- highere0
- Value
- 2.46cm2e0
- Comparator
- recommended dose of NP2O5K2O + Zne0
Zea maysNot reportedMaterialGeneCompoundInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleSettingQualifier
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Verbatim
e0“At 90 days after sowing the leaf area index (LAI) was significantly higher with recommended dose of NP2O5K2O + Zn + B (2.46cm2) which was statistically similar with recommended dose of NP2O5K2O + Zn (2.39cm2) and recommended dose of NP2O5K2O + B (2.22cm2).”
t0“MAIZE (ZEA MAYS L.)”
Title
EFFECT OF ZINC AND BORON ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF MAIZE (ZEA MAYS L.) IN PYUTHAN, NEPAL
Avinash Kafle; Deepak khatri; Pankaj Kumar Yadav; et al. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND SOIL CHEMISTRY 2022. doi:10.26480/ppsc.02.2022.29.36
Other claims from this paper (15)
- Observation NPK with Zn and B gave the highest early plant height.
- Observation Plant height was statistically similar across treatments at later growth.
- Observation Farmer practice had the longest time to 50% tasseling, 74 days.
- Observation NPK with Zn and B had the shortest time to 50% tasseling, 69days.
- Observation The shortest anthesis silking interval was 2.75days with NPK plus Zn and B.
- Observation Cob length with recommended NP2O5K2O + Zn+ B was 16.650cm.
- Observation Cob length with recommended NP2O5K2O + B was 16.725cm.
- Observation Cob length with recommended NP2O5K2O + Zn was 16.5cm.
- Observation Sterility with recommended NP2O5K2O +Zn+ B was 9.5%.
- Observation Sterility with recommended NP2O5K2O + B was 9.5%.
- Observation Sterility with Rec. NPK +Zn was 11.2%.
- Intervention effect NPK with Zn and B gave the highest grain yield, 9.01ton/ha, compared with farmer practice.
- Intervention effect NPK with Zn and B gave the highest harvest index, 0.45, compared with farmer practice.
- Intervention effect NPK with Zn and B gave the highest benefit cost ratio, 1.92, compared with farmer practice.
- Recommendation The authors recommend NPK 150:60:40 plus Zn and B to maximize maize yield.