Nazim Hussain
Department of Agronomy, University College of Agriculture, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Mullan, Pakistan
Muhammad Aslam Khan
Department of Agronomy, University College of Agriculture, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Mullan, Pakistan
Muhammad Amjad Javed
Department of Agronomy, University College of Agriculture, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Mullan, Pakistan
ABSTRACT
A field experiment was conducted to study the effect of nutrient mixture Plant Care sprayed on foliage at different physiological growth stages of wheat. The composition of the nutrient mixture Plant Care was N 200 g, P2O5 200 g, K2O 200 g, Zn 750 mg, Iron 1500 g, Copper 750 mg, Boron 300 mg, Manganese 750 mg, Magnesium 375 mg and Molybdenum 8 mg. The results indicated that there were non-significant differences in number of plants m 2, total number of tillers per plant and number of fertile tillers per plant. A significant improvement in number of grains per spike and 1000 grain weight was found when the nutrient mixture was sprayed on wheat foliage at three growth stages i.e. at tillering, booting and milking. Spraying micronutrients at tillering and/or booting and milking growth stage(s) increased the grain yield of wheat. The foliar spray of micronutrients at the same stages also gave maximum biological and straw yields. The values of harvest index were non-significant with each other. The maximum net profit was gathered in foliar spray of micronutrients at tillering+booting+milking growth stages of wheat. The booting stage appeared the most suitable physiological stage for foliar application of micronutrients. The other stage for the application of micronutrients might be tillering.
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Nazim Hussain, Muhammad Aslam Khan and Muhammad Amjad Javed, 2005. Effect of Foliar Application of Plant Micronutrient Mixture on Growth and
Yield of Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 8: 1096-1099.
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2005.1096.1099
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=pjbs.2005.1096.1099
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2005.1096.1099
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=pjbs.2005.1096.1099
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