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Site-specific fertilizer nitrogen (N) management using chlorophyll meter (SPAD meter) can help drawing in-season need - based N topdressing decisions. However, SPAD meter based threshold chlorophyll value to trigger supplement N in spring maize is indistinct. Field studies were conducted for two years in sub-tropical and sub-humid climate to study variations in spectral properties and to establish threshold SPAD value for need-based N management in spring maize cultivars. Results specified that N concentration of topmost fully expanded leaf was closely correlated with SPAD meter readings from six-leaf stage (V6) to tasseling stages (VT). The Cate-Nelson plot expressed SPAD 50 as the threshold value to determine plant N need at different growth stages. Need-based topdressings of 30 kg N ha −1 , whenever SPAD reading fell below the threshold 50 improved grain yield production by 7.6 to 10.2 per cent over soil test-based N application. SPAD threshold 45 guided N management was inadequate to meet plant N demand, whereas SPAD threshold 55 guided N application lead to N doses in excess of crop requirement without yield benefits. SPAD threshold 50 guided N management ensured better demand-supply synchrony throughout the growth stages and thus reported better N recovery and agronomic efficiencies over soil test-based N management.

Chlorophyll meter based precision nitrogen management in spring maize