Pre planting application of Multicote Agri resulted in 10% yield increase, even though nitrogen application rate was reduced significantly
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Crop/cultivar |
Forage Corn |
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| Country / location / date | México, Villa de Reyes, SLP. AGROALDIME | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Objectives |
Increase or at least maintain total yield with reduced N application rate and less applications |
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| Haifa product tested | Multicote Agri 27-10-10 (4) (30-0-0, coated percentage) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Application method | Base Dressing, pre planting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tested treatment | Haifa- Multicote Agri – pre planting
Granular fertilizers – Base-dresing + Top-dressing
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Control treatment results |
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| Characteristic of best treatment | Although the application rates of N was reduced by 30% , the total yield was increased by 10% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Conclusions | This experiment clearly showed that the high efficiency use of Multicote Agri (applied as pre planting) allows to reduce significantly the nutrients application rates without any reduction in crop yield | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reference | Manuel Rosillo |
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