Abstract
A field experiment was conducted for two years (2013 and 2014) to study the effect of foliar spray of potassium and zinc on maize crop under rainfed environment. Nine treatments were examined as: control, recommended rate of zinc (RRZn) to soil @ 15 kg Zn2SO4 ha -1 , foliar zinc spray (FZS) @ 0.1%, recommended rate of potassium to soil (RRK) @ 75 kg K2O ha -1 , RRK + RRZn, RRK+ FZS, foliar potassium spray (FKS) at 1% concentration, FKS + RRZn, FKS + FZS. The experiments were arranged in split plot with three replications. All integrated and individual foliar sprays of potassium and zinc surpassed all other treatments. Among all foliar treatments, integrated use of foliar potassium and zinc spray at 25 and 50 days after sowing (DAS) @ 1.0 and 0.1%, respectively enhanced all plant growth, yield, physiological and quality traits of maize. The highest 1000 grain weight (g) and grain yield (kg ha -1 ) were recorded under the combined foliar spray of potassium and zinc (FKS + FZS), followed by FKS + RRZn and RRK+ FZS. Greater net benefit and benefit cost ration were examined under all foliar sprays. Foliar spray of potassium and zinc is a fertilizer use efficient technique for increasing the maize yield attributes and net income under rainfed conditions.
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Claim · model-written summary
Integrated foliar potassium and zinc at 25 and 50 days enhanced maize growth traits.
- Treatment
- integrated use of foliar potassium and zinc spray at 25 and 50 days after sowing (DAS) @ 1.0 and 0.1%e0
- Outcome
- plant growthe0
- Direction
- enhancede0
Zea maysNot reportedComparator
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t0“Maize”
e0“integrated use of foliar potassium and zinc spray at 25 and 50 days after sowing (DAS) @ 1.0 and 0.1%, respectively enhanced all plant growth, yield, physiological and quality traits of maize”
Claim · model-written summary
The integrated foliar sprays enhanced maize physiological and quality traits.
- Treatment
- integrated use of foliar potassium and zinc spray at 25 and 50 days after sowing (DAS) @ 1.0 and 0.1%e0
- Outcome
- physiological and quality traitse0
- Direction
- enhancede0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
t0“Maize”
e0“integrated use of foliar potassium and zinc spray at 25 and 50 days after sowing (DAS) @ 1.0 and 0.1%, respectively enhanced all plant growth, yield, physiological and quality traits of maize”
Claim · model-written summary
The combined foliar spray produced the highest 1000 grain weight.
- Treatment
- combined foliar spray of potassium and zinc (FKS + FZS)e0
- Outcome
- 1000 grain weighte0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Comparator
- FKS + RRZn and RRK+ FZSe0
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Verbatim
t0“Maize”
e0“The highest 1000 grain weight (g) and grain yield (kg ha -1 ) were recorded under the combined foliar spray of potassium and zinc (FKS + FZS), followed by FKS + RRZn and RRK+ FZS”
Claim · model-written summary
The combined foliar spray produced the highest grain yield.
- Treatment
- combined foliar spray of potassium and zinc (FKS + FZS)e0
- Outcome
- grain yielde0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Comparator
- FKS + RRZn and RRK+ FZSe0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Maize”
e0“The highest 1000 grain weight (g) and grain yield (kg ha -1 ) were recorded under the combined foliar spray of potassium and zinc (FKS + FZS), followed by FKS + RRZn and RRK+ FZS”
Claim · model-written summary
Foliar sprays gave greater net benefit and benefit cost ratio.
Not reportedComparator
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t0“Maize”
e0“Greater net benefit and benefit cost ration were examined under all foliar sprays”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend foliar potassium and zinc to increase maize yield attributes and net income under rainfed conditions.
- Treatment
- Foliar spray of potassium and zince0
- Outcome
- increasing the maize yield attributes and net incomee0
- Setting
- rainfed conditionse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Maize”
e0“Foliar spray of potassium and zinc is a fertilizer use efficient technique for increasing the maize yield attributes and net income under rainfed conditions”
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