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Effect of Available Sail Moisture on the Uptake of Nutrients by Maize

Volume : 61
Issue: Aug-aug
Pages: 376 - 380
Published: October 12, 2023
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Abstract


A field experiment was conducted with maize Hi-starch under five levels of aval lable soil moisture and uniform doses of N, P and K fartdiners to study the uptake of t P, K, Ca and iron. The results indicated that there was decrease in oercentage of nitro- gan with age of plants and increase with de rose in soil moisture regime. 1ha per centage of P was more in the lower mistura regines and decreases with the maturity of crau. Potash uptake was more in the fower moisture regime and calcium and iron percentage decreases as the orop reaches maturity.

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376 - 380
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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Madras Agricultural Students' Union in Madras Agricultural Journal (MAJ). This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited by the user.

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