The Evaluation of the Effects of Zn, and Amino Acid-Containing Foliar Fertilizers on the Physiological and Biochemical Responses of a Hungarian Fodder Corn Hybrid
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
3. Discussion
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Details of the Field Experiment
4.2. Relative Chlorophyll Content (SPAD Units)
4.3. The Photochemical Efficiency of Photosystem II (PSII)
4.4. Determination of Proline Content of Leaves
4.5. Determination of Malondialdehyde (MDA) Concentration
4.6. Antioxidant Enzymes Assays
4.7. Measurements of Quality Parameters and Yield
4.8. Statistical Analysis
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
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Parameters | Treatments | |||
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Control | Zn | Zn+AS1 | Zn+AS2 | |
Moisture % | 12.6 ± 1.30 a | 13.3 ± 1.34 a | 13.2 ± 1.14 a | 13.2 ± 0.59 a |
Protein % | 5.47 ± 0.49 a | 5.36 ± 0.36 a | 5.42 ± 0.50 a | 5.30 ± 0.33 a |
Starch % | 64.7 ± 0.51 a | 64.7 ± 0.64 a | 64.6 ± 0.48 a | 64.4 ± 0.57 a |
Oil % | 3.22 ± 0.42 a | 3.11 ± 0.33 a | 3.25 ± 0.34 a | 3.40 ± 0.36 a |
Grain/cob (db) | 557 ± 43.2 a | 596 ± 30.8 b,c | 583 ± 32.2 b | 608 ± 43.6 c |
Grain/cob (g) | 245 ± 30.9 a | 269 ± 21.7 b | 261 ± 19.4 b | 269 ± 19.8 b |
Thousand-seed weight (g) | 37.0 ± 5.92 a | 30.0 ± 4.79 a | 43.0 ± 6.81 a | 28.5 ± 4.56 a |
Grain weight/cob (g) 14% | 24 ± 28.3 a | 257 ± 15.9 b | 248 ± 17.6 b | 256 ± 16.09 b |
Thousand-seed weight at 14% moisture (g) | 416 ± 34.8 a | 430 ± 23.0 a | 425 ± 40.2 a | 422 ± 28.3 a |
Ear weight (g) | 275 ± 33.6 a | 309 ± 22.9 b | 296 ± 23.9 b | 306 ± 22.5 b |
Cob weight (g) | 30.6 ± 5.48 a | 36.2 ± 6.15 b | 34.6 ± 4.98 b | 35.3 ± 2.62 b |
Grain:cob | 12.6 ± 1.30 a | 13.3 ± 1.34 a | 13.2 ± 1.14 a | 13.2 ± 0.59 a |
Yield t/ha at 14% moisture | 17.3 ± 2.09 a | 18.9 ± 1.25 b | 18.4 ± 1.30 b | 19.0 ± 1.19 b |
Composition | AS1 | AS2 |
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Total amino acids (m/m%) | 47.00 | 21.67 |
N (m/m%) | 3.20 | 8.0 |
P (m/m%) | 3.90 | 0.5 |
K (m/m%) | 3.20 | 0.2 |
Alanine % | 5.26 | 2.64 |
Arginine % | 1.52 | <0.10 |
Aspartic acid % | 3.80 | 1.18 |
Cysteine % | <0.04 | <0.10 |
Glycine % | 2.98 | 0.28 |
Glutamine % | 12.95 | 16.15 |
Histidine % | 0.96 | 0.13 |
Leucine + isoleucine % | 2.27 | 0.23 |
Lysine % | 2.14 | <0.10 |
Methionine % | 0.90 | <0.10 |
Phenylalanine % | 1.42 | <0.10 |
Proline % | 4.23 | 1.04 |
Serine % | 2.19 | - |
Threonine % | 2.24 | - |
Tryptophan % | 0.34 | - |
Tyrosine % | 1.71 | - |
Valine % | 2.29 | - |
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Tóth, B.; Moloi, M.J.; Mousavi, S.M.N.; Illés, Á.; Bojtor, C.; Szőke, L.; Nagy, J. The Evaluation of the Effects of Zn, and Amino Acid-Containing Foliar Fertilizers on the Physiological and Biochemical Responses of a Hungarian Fodder Corn Hybrid. Agronomy 2022, 12, 1523. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12071523
Tóth B, Moloi MJ, Mousavi SMN, Illés Á, Bojtor C, Szőke L, Nagy J. The Evaluation of the Effects of Zn, and Amino Acid-Containing Foliar Fertilizers on the Physiological and Biochemical Responses of a Hungarian Fodder Corn Hybrid. Agronomy. 2022; 12(7):1523. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12071523
Chicago/Turabian StyleTóth, Brigitta, Makoena Joyce Moloi, Seyed Mohammad Nasir Mousavi, Árpád Illés, Csaba Bojtor, Lóránt Szőke, and János Nagy. 2022. "The Evaluation of the Effects of Zn, and Amino Acid-Containing Foliar Fertilizers on the Physiological and Biochemical Responses of a Hungarian Fodder Corn Hybrid" Agronomy 12, no. 7: 1523. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12071523