Corn (Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)

Study details

  • Research institution: Physioatac Consultoria Agrícola
  • Researcher: Gabriel Schaich
  • Date: September 2019 – February 2020
  • Location: Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
  • Soil: pH 5.9
  • Fertilizers: Granubor ®, ulexite, and and KCl compacted + boron (0.5% B + 58% K2O)
  • Crop variety: Hybrid AG 9025 Pro3
  • Trial design: Randomized complete block design with 4 reps. Treatments were soil applied in September 2019.


Results

At a boron rate of 1 kg/ha, Granubor resulted in the highest grain yield, with advantage of 295 kg/ha over the control. Also Granubor resulted in the highest grain yield, with a yield advantage of 169 and 293 kg/ha over the ulexite and KCl compacted + boron treatments, respectively.

Graph of corn field trial results
 

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