Journal
PESQUISA AGROPECUARIA BRASILEIRA
Volume 52, Issue 12, Pages 1185-1191Publisher
EMPRESA BRASIL PESQ AGROPEC
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-204X2017001200007
Keywords
Glycine max; Zea mays; foliar fertilization; magnesium sulfate
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- Produquimica Industria e Comercio S.A.
- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq) [308007/2016-6]
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The objective of this work was to evaluate the effect of magnesium foliar spray on yield performance of soybean (Glycine max) and corn (Zea mays) cultivated in soil with adequate levels of base saturation and magnesium content in Brazil. The field trials were conducted on a Typic Hapludox cultivated with soybean and corn in the 2013/2014 and 2014/2015 crop seasons, respectively. Treatments consisted of Mg rates (50, 100, 250, 500, 1,000 and 1,500 g ha(-1) and a control without Mg) applied during the V4, R1, and R5.1 (soybean) or V4 and R2 (corn) phenological growth stages as magnesium sulfate heptahydrate (MgSO4 center dot 7H(2)O). The SPAD index, leaf Mg content, grain yield, and 100-grain weight were evaluated. The Mg foliar spray increased the SPAD index in soybean and the leaf Mg content in corn. The Mg rates of 540 and 890 g ha(-1) increased in 325 and 737 kg ha(-1) the yield performance of soybean and corn, respectively, regardless of the phenological growth stages. The Mg application during the reproductive stages increased in 2% the 100-grain weight for both crops. Foliar spraying of Mg improves the yield performance in soybean and corn crops.
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