Claim · model-written summary
Soil and foliar zinc sulphate significantly improved green fodder yield in both maize cultivars.
- Taxon
- fodder maizet0
- Treatment
- Soil and foliar applied zinc sulphatee0
- Outcome
- green foddere0
- Direction
- improvede0
- Qualifier
- both the cultivars testede0
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Verbatim
e0“Soil and foliar applied zinc sulphate had significantly improved green fodder, dry matter yield and quality parameters viz leaf length, leaf width, leaf stem ratio of both the cultivars tested.”
t0“fodder maize”
Title
Enhancing productivity and quality of fodder maize through soil and foliar zinc nutrition
Rakesh Kumar; D. K. Rathore; B. S. Meena; et al. Indian Journal of Agricultural Research 2016. doi:10.18805/ijare.v50i3.10747
Other claims from this paper (3)
- Intervention effect Soil and foliar zinc sulphate significantly improved dry matter yield in both maize cultivars.
- Intervention effect Soil and foliar zinc sulphate significantly improved leaf length, width and leaf-stem ratio in both cultivars.
- Recommendation The authors conclude that zinc fertilization can enhance maize fodder productivity and quality.