Abstract
Boron deficiency drastically affects the yield and quality of many crops especially maize. The low availability of boron in soils is one of the major causes of poor quality and low yield of maize in Pakistan. A wirehouse experiment was carried out at Department of Crop Physiology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad to optimize the dose of boron to increase quality and yield of maize. Two recommended local maize hybrids Monsanto-919 and Monsanto-5219 were evaluated in a randomized complete block design with factorial arrangements. The Boron was applied as borax @ 0, 0.3, 0.6, 0.9, 1.2 and 1.5 kg ha¯¹ at tasseling stage. Although both hybrids showed non-significant differences in yield attributes exogenous boron supply @ 0.6 kg boron ha¯¹ increased grain yield by 27% as compared to control treatment in both the hybrids. It increased grain oil, protein and starch contents by 10%, 12% and 16% respectively.
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Both maize hybrids showed non-significant differences in yield attributes.
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Claim · model-written summary
Boron at 0.6 kg ha-1 increased grain yield by 27% compared with the control in both hybrids.
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e0“exogenous boron supply @ 0.6 kg boron ha¯¹ increased grain yield by 27% as compared to control treatment”
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Boron increased grain oil content by 10%.
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- 0.6 kg boron ha¯¹e0
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- increasede1
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e0“exogenous boron supply @ 0.6 kg boron ha¯¹ increased grain yield by 27% as compared to control treatment”
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Boron increased grain protein content by 12%.
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- 0.6 kg boron ha¯¹e0
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e0“exogenous boron supply @ 0.6 kg boron ha¯¹ increased grain yield by 27% as compared to control treatment”
e1“It increased grain oil, protein and starch contents by 10%, 12% and 16% respectively”
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Claim · model-written summary
Boron increased grain starch content by 16%.
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- 0.6 kg boron ha¯¹e0
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- starche1
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- 16%e1
- Comparator
- control treatmente0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“exogenous boron supply @ 0.6 kg boron ha¯¹ increased grain yield by 27% as compared to control treatment”
e1“It increased grain oil, protein and starch contents by 10%, 12% and 16% respectively”
t0“maize”
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