Influence of various mineral phosphorus sources on growth and yield of Maize (Zea mays L.) in rainfed conditions of Rawalakot, Azad Jammu and Kashmir
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Inappropriate use of fertilizers is one of the reasons for low production in maize, therefore the proper use of fertilizer sources is required to boost crop production and improved soil fertility. The experiment was performed at agronomic station, University of Poonch, Rawalakot, Pakistan. Among all the Phosphorus fertilizer sources, NPK showed more significantly results for all measured variables i.e. days to 50% tasseling, days to 50% silking, days of maturity, plant height, fresh weight plant-1, stem dry weight, cob fresh weight, number of cobs plant-1, leaf area, number of grains cob-1, 1000 kernel weight, biological yield, grain yield and phosphorus use efficiency. The tested variety, DK-919 performed better for all measured traits under rainfed conditions. Tukey’s Honest significant difference test at 5% possibility was used to estimate the results.
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