<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>A field study was conducted at the Department of Agronomy of Poznań University of Life Sciences to determine the effect of the depth of NP fertilizer application in maize cultivation on the dynamics of initial maize growth, expressed in dry matter of a single plant at two juvenile maize stages. The adopted assumptions were verified on the basis of a four-year field experiment using four depths of NP fertilizer application, two nitrogen fertilizers and two nitrogen dose application dates. Thermal conditions in the early maize growing season had a significant effect on maize response to the depth of application of a phosphorus starting dose. Row fertilization (regardless of the depth of fertilizer application) was more effective than broadcast fertilization at both studied developmental stages.</p></abstract>

A field study was conducted at the Department of Agronomy of Poznań University of Life Sciences to determine the effect of the depth of NP fertilizer application in maize cultivation on the dynamics of initial maize growth, expressed in dry matter of a single plant at two juvenile maize stages. The adopted assumptions were verified on the basis of a four-year field experiment using four depths of NP fertilizer application, two nitrogen fertilizers and two nitrogen dose application dates. Thermal conditions in the early maize growing season had a significant effect on maize response to the depth of application of a phosphorus starting dose. Row fertilization (regardless of the depth of fertilizer application) was more effective than broadcast fertilization at both studied developmental stages.

Assessment of the impact of NP fertilizer application depth on the rate of initial dry matter accumulation of maize (<italic>Zea mays</italic> L.)

Department of Mathematical and Statistical Methods

Biometrical Letters

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Assessment of the impact of NP fertilizer application depth on the rate of initial dry matter accumulation of maize ( L.)

A field study was conducted at the Department of Agronomy of Poznań University of Life Sciences to determine the effect of the depth of NP fertilizer...

Assessment of the impact of NP fertilizer application depth on the rate of initial dry matter accumulation of maize (Zea mays L.)

Published Online: Dec 31, 2020

Page range: 253 - 260

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bile-2020-0016

Keywords
fertilizer application, maize, plant growth phase, single plant dry weight, Tukey’s test

© 2020 Katarzyna Ambroży-Deręgowska et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Assessment of the impact of NP fertilizer application depth on the rate of initial dry matter accumulation of maize (Zea mays L.)

Published Online: Dec 31, 2020

Page range: 253 - 260

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bile-2020-0016

Keywordsfertilizer application, maize, plant growth phase, single plant dry weight, Tukey’s test

© 2020 Katarzyna Ambroży-Deręgowska et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
fertilizer application, maize, plant growth phase, single plant dry weight, Tukey’s test