COATING SEEDS WITH SILICON ENHANCES THE CORN YIELD OF THE SECOND CROP

Lennis Afraire Rodrigues; Izabela Cristina de Oliveira; Graziely Alves Nogueira; Tiago Roque Benetoli da Silva; Ana Carina da Silva Cândido; Charline Zaratin Alves

doi:10.1590/1983-21252019v32n405rc

Authors

Lennis Afraire Rodrigues Department of Agronomy, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Chapadão do Sul, MS https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1509-3775
Izabela Cristina de Oliveira Department of Agronomy, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Chapadão do Sul, MS https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4666-801X
Graziely Alves Nogueira Department of Agronomy, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Chapadão do Sul, MS https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6985-3317
Tiago Roque Benetoli da Silva Department of Science Agronomic, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Umuarama, PR https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2015-2103
Ana Carina da Silva Cândido Department of Agronomy, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Chapadão do Sul, MS https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9230-4807
Charline Zaratin Alves Department of Agronomy, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Chapadão do Sul, MS https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6228-078X

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/1983-21252019v32n405rc

Keywords:

Zea mays. Silicate. Silicate fertilization.

Abstract

The application of silicon is becoming popular in agriculture as an alternative for integrated crop management, owing to the diverse benefits resulting from the accumulation of silicon in grasses and the resultant resistance conferred in plants against biotic and abiotic stresses. The objective of this study was to evaluate whether the application of silicon, via seed coating and leaf application, influences the production and yield components of maize in the second crop. The experimental design was divided into split plots, in which the plots were composed of phyllosilicate doses (0, 5, 10, 15, and 20 g kg^-1 of seeds) in the seed coatings and the subplots were composed of foliar applications of potassium silicate (1.0 L ha^-1 in pre-dip and 15 days after). We evaluated the plant height, spike insertion height, spike and corncob diameter, number of rows per spike, number of grains per row, the mass of 100 grains, and productivity. The foliar application of potassium silicate had no effect on the yield and yield components of the corn crop. The use of phyllosilicate via seed coating increased the production components and yield of the second corn crop.

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