Nitrogen level impact on the production of double row fodder of maize
1 Multidisciplinary Postgraduate Program for Environmental Sciences, Autonomous University of San Luis Potosí, Mexico, Av. Manuel Nava 201, 2o. floor, University Zone, C.P. 78000, San Luis Potosí, México.
2 Autonomous University of San Luis Potosí. Faculty of Agronomy and Veterinary Medicine, Carretera San Luis Potosí-Matehuala Km. 14.5 C.P. 78321. Soledad de Graciano Sánchez, San Luis Potosí, Mexico.
3 Autonomous University of San Luis Potosí. Faculty of Agronomy and Veterinary Medicine, Carretera San Luis Potosí-Matehuala Km. 14.5 C.P. 78321. Soledad de Graciano Sánchez, San Luis Potosí, Mexico.
4 University of Granma, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Km 17½ Carretera Bayamo-Manzanillo, Bayamo, Granma, Cuba.
Research Article
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2022, 13(01), 223–230
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2022.13.1.0768
Publication history:
Received on 01 December 2021; revised on 05 January 2022; accepted on 07 January 2022
Abstract:
Maize is the most important crop in Mexico, being central to the diets of consumers, particularly smallholders, and an undetermined amount is allocated as straw, green fodder, and, to a lesser extent, as silage for animal feed. Nitrogen fertilizer is considered one of the most important factors affecting growth, grain yield, and maize biomass production. In this context, the main objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of different levels of nitrogen fertilizer on maize production. A randomized complete block experimental design consisted of three treatments of nitrogen (180, 160, and 80 kg/ha) with three replications and morphological (plant height, stem thickness, and rate of growth), yield, and yield components (cob weight, length, thickness, number of rows per cob, and plant biomass) variables were used. The results suggest that the increase in nitrogen levels increases all the parameters of maize production. However, at 160 kg/ha, the greatest production of fodder was recorded with 5.99 tons/ha, superior to the one reported at 180 kg/ha, which was 5.47 tons/ha. We conclude that the maize fodder production can be optimized with the use of 160 kg/ha in the conditions of the altiplano of San Luis Potosí (Mexico).
Keywords:
Zea Mays; Plant Biomass; Yield; Animal Feed
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