Abstract
A field experiment was conducted at Forage Research and Management Centre, NDRI, Karnal during Kharif season of 2014 and 2015 to study the effect of zinc application on productivity and quality of fodder maize. The treatment consists of two fodder maize cultivars African tall and J-1006 in main plot and six zinc sulphate treatments viz. No zinc sulphate, 10 kg/ha ZnSO4 as basal dose, 20 kg/ha ZnSO4 as basal dose, 0.5% one foliar spray of ZnSO4 at 30 DAS, 0.5% two foliar spray of ZnSO4 at 30 and 45 DAS and 10 kg/ha ZnSO4 as basal dose+0.5% one foliar spray at 30 DAS in subplots of split plot design. 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. From the results of two year study, it can be concluded that maize fodder productivity and quality can be enhanced with Zinc fertilization.
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Soil and foliar zinc sulphate significantly improved green fodder yield in both maize cultivars.
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- fodder maizet0
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- Soil and foliar applied zinc sulphatee0
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- green foddere0
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- improvede0
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- both the cultivars testede0
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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.”
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Soil and foliar zinc sulphate significantly improved dry matter yield in both maize cultivars.
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- fodder maizet0
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- Soil and foliar applied zinc sulphatee0
- Outcome
- dry matter yielde0
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- improvede0
- Qualifier
- both the cultivars testede0
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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”
Claim · model-written summary
Soil and foliar zinc sulphate significantly improved leaf length, width and leaf-stem ratio in both cultivars.
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- fodder maizet0
- Treatment
- Soil and foliar applied zinc sulphatee0
- Outcome
- leaf length, leaf width, leaf stem ratioe0
- Direction
- improvede0
- Qualifier
- both the cultivars testede0
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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”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors conclude that zinc fertilization can enhance maize fodder productivity and quality.
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e0“maize fodder productivity and quality can be enhanced with Zinc fertilization”
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