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Treatment of Corn Seed With Phosphate 1
Author(s) -
Guttay J. R.,
Stritzel J. A.,
Englehorn A. J.,
Black C. A.
Publication year - 1957
Publication title -
agronomy journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.752
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1435-0645
pISSN - 0002-1962
DOI - 10.2134/agronj1957.00021962004900020011x
Subject(s) - phosphorus , agronomy , acre , phosphate , greenhouse , yield (engineering) , chemistry , biology , zoology , horticulture , materials science , organic chemistry , metallurgy
Synopsis The weight of young corn plants in soil cultures in the greenhouse was found to increase with the content of phosphorus present naturally in the seed independently of seed weight. In field experiments, supplementation of the natural phosphorus content of each seed with 6 mg. of P as NaH 2 PO 4 ·H 2 O applied in a glue coating resulted in an average corn yield 4.5 bu. per acre above that produced from seed treated with glue alone.