Vol. 6 (4) : July-August 2015 issue
Green Farming Vol. 6 (4) : 748-752 (July-August, 2015)
Evaluation of different sources of silicon on yield and chemical composition of maize (Zea mays L.)
DHARMESHKUMAR PRAJAPATI1, K.C. PATEL2, M.B. VIRADIYA3* and MAHESH CHAND AGARWAL4
Deptt. of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, BACA, Anand Agricultural University, Anand - 388 110 (Gujarat)
Designation : 1SRF, 2,3Assoc. Professor *(manishviradiya@gmail.com), 4Ph.D. Scholar
Subject : Agronomy and Crop Production
Paper No. : P-2618
Total Pages : 5
Received : 06 September 2014
Revised accepted : 21 February 2015
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Citation :
DHARMESHKUMAR PRAJAPATI, K.C. PATEL, M.B. VIRADIYA and MAHESH CHAND AGARWAL. 2015. Evaluation of different sources of silicon on yield and chemical composition of maize (Zea mays L.). Green Farming Vol. 6 (4) : 748-752 ; July-August, 2015
ABSTRACT
An experiment was carried out to study the evaluation of different sources of silicon on yield and chemical composition of maize at Department of Agric. Chemistry and Soil Science, B.A. College of Agric. Anand Agricultural University, Anand during April-June, 2012. The experiment was laid out in Factorial Completely Randomized design with three replications. Treatments consisted of four levels of organic and Calcium silicate. The results indicated that the FYM application at F5.0 level gave significantly higher green and dry shoot weight than F2.5 level and the green and dry shoot weight of maize were significantly increased with increasing levels of calcium silicate. N, P and S content in maize shoot also significantly influenced by application of different level of FYM and enriched FYM with PS whereas application of calcium silicate was found non-significant on N content, while the P and S content were significantly influenced with increasing levels of calcium silicate. Total uptake of nutrients viz., N, P and S was significantly influenced by application of FYM @ 5.0 t ha-1 over FYM @ 2.5 t ha-1 and calcium silicate at increasing levels gave significantly higher N, P and S uptake by maize than control.
Key words :
Calcium silicate, Maize, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Rice straw, Silicon and sulphur.