Effect of Zinc and Boron and on Grain Quality of Maize (Zea mays L.)
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https://doi.org/10.59797/ija.v70i1.5969Keywords:
Maize, Zinc, Boron, Soil Application, Foliar Application, quality.Abstract
An experiment was carried out to investigate the “Effect of zinc and boron on grain quality of maize (Zea mays L.) during the kharif season of 2018-2019 and 2019-20 at the agronomy research farm of IFTM University, Lodhipur Rajput, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh. Ten treatments (T1-no fertilizer; T2-zinc @ 5 kg ha-1 (SA); T3-zinc @ 1 kg ha-1 (FA); T4-zinc @ 1 + 1 kg ha-1 (2 FA); T5-zinc @ 5 kg ha-1 (SA) + zinc @ 1 kg ha-1 (FA); T6-boron @ 0.5 kg ha-1 (SA); T7-boron @ 0.1 kg ha-1 (FA); T8-boron @ 0.2 kg ha-1 (2 FA); T9-boron @ 0.5 kg ha-1 (SA) and boron @ 0.1 kg ha-1 (FA); and T10-zinc @ 5 kg ha-1 + boron @ 0.5 kg ha-1 (SA) were composed in randomized block design (RBD) with three replications. The findings showed that adding varying amounts and applying them in different ways to zinc and boron greatly enhanced the grain quality of maize. With the application of Zn @ 5 kg ha-1 (SA) + zinc @ 1 kg ha-1 (FA), the maximum zinc content (25.90 and 25.95 mg kg-1) and zinc uptake (121.47 and 133.69 g ha-1) were reported in 2018–19 and 2019–20, respectively. Furthermore, Highest B content (50.51 and 50.55 mg kg-1) and B uptake (245.17 and 270.53 g ha-1) were noted with the application of B @ 0.5 kg ha-1 (SA) and B @ 0.1 kg ha-1 (FA), in 2018–19 and 2019–20, respectively. The highest protein content (10.21 and 10.27%) in grain and protein yield (549.91 and 599.97 kg ha-1) were observed under T10-Zn @ 5 kg ha-1 (SA) + B 0.5 kg ha-1 (SA) in 2018–19 and 2019–20, respectively.
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