Maize Grain Composition with Additions of NPK Briquette and Organically Enhanced N Fertilizer
NPK fertilizer briquettes (NPKBriq) and organically enhanced N fertilizer (OENF), as newly developed fertilizer products, are reported to increase maize (<i>Zea mays</i> L.) yield and N use efficiency, but their effects on maize grain composition are unknown. The objective of this study...
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| author | Xiaohui Wang Shuangli Liu Xinhua Yin Nacer Bellaloui John H. Winings Sampson Agyin-Birikorang Upendra Singh Joaquin Sanabria Alemu Mengistu |
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| description | NPK fertilizer briquettes (NPKBriq) and organically enhanced N fertilizer (OENF), as newly developed fertilizer products, are reported to increase maize (<i>Zea mays</i> L.) yield and N use efficiency, but their effects on maize grain composition are unknown. The objective of this study was to determine the effects of NPKBriq and OENF on the protein, oil, fiber, ash, and starch of maize grain. A field study was conducted at Jackson and Grand Junction, TN, during 2012 and 2013, with NPKBriq, OENF, ammonium sulfate ((NH<sub>4</sub>)<sub>2</sub>SO<sub>4</sub>) (+P and K), and urea (+P and K) as the main treatments and 0, 85, 128, and 170 kg N ha<sup>−1</sup> as the sub treatments under a randomized complete block split plot design with four replicates. The fiber concentration was more responsive to the fertilizer source than the protein, oil, ash, and starch concentrations. OENF resulted in a higher fiber concentration than NPKBriq at 85 kg N ha<sup>−1</sup> in 2013, averaged over the two sites. Both OENF and NPKBriq had nearly no significant effects on the concentrations of the quality attributes compared with ammonium sulfate and urea. In conclusion, the nutrient-balanced NPKBriq exerts the same or greater effects on maize grain quality relative to the commonly used nutrient management practices of urea (+P and K) and ammonium sulfate (+P and K) under normal weather conditions. OENF is an alternate N source to urea and ammonium sulfate for similar to higher maize grain quality. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-34c465e354b74a489ef5951cc3ea47312023-11-20T03:53:46ZengMDPI AGAgronomy2073-43952020-06-0110685210.3390/agronomy10060852Maize Grain Composition with Additions of NPK Briquette and Organically Enhanced N FertilizerXiaohui Wang0Shuangli Liu1Xinhua Yin2Nacer Bellaloui3John H. Winings4Sampson Agyin-Birikorang5Upendra Singh6Joaquin Sanabria7Alemu Mengistu8Research Center of Agricultural Environment and Resources, Jilin Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changchun 130033, ChinaDepartment of Plant Sciences, The University of Tennessee, 605 Airways Blvd., Jackson, TN 38301, USADepartment of Plant Sciences, The University of Tennessee, 605 Airways Blvd., Jackson, TN 38301, USACrop Genetics Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Stoneville, MS 38776, USADepartment of Plant Sciences, The University of Tennessee, 605 Airways Blvd., Jackson, TN 38301, USASoil and Plant Nutrition Division, Fertilizer Research Programs, International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC), P.O. Box 2040, Muscle Shoals, AL 35662, USASoil and Plant Nutrition Division, Fertilizer Research Programs, International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC), P.O. Box 2040, Muscle Shoals, AL 35662, USASoil and Plant Nutrition Division, Fertilizer Research Programs, International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC), P.O. Box 2040, Muscle Shoals, AL 35662, USACrop Genetics Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Jackson, TN 38301, USANPK fertilizer briquettes (NPKBriq) and organically enhanced N fertilizer (OENF), as newly developed fertilizer products, are reported to increase maize (<i>Zea mays</i> L.) yield and N use efficiency, but their effects on maize grain composition are unknown. The objective of this study was to determine the effects of NPKBriq and OENF on the protein, oil, fiber, ash, and starch of maize grain. A field study was conducted at Jackson and Grand Junction, TN, during 2012 and 2013, with NPKBriq, OENF, ammonium sulfate ((NH<sub>4</sub>)<sub>2</sub>SO<sub>4</sub>) (+P and K), and urea (+P and K) as the main treatments and 0, 85, 128, and 170 kg N ha<sup>−1</sup> as the sub treatments under a randomized complete block split plot design with four replicates. The fiber concentration was more responsive to the fertilizer source than the protein, oil, ash, and starch concentrations. OENF resulted in a higher fiber concentration than NPKBriq at 85 kg N ha<sup>−1</sup> in 2013, averaged over the two sites. Both OENF and NPKBriq had nearly no significant effects on the concentrations of the quality attributes compared with ammonium sulfate and urea. In conclusion, the nutrient-balanced NPKBriq exerts the same or greater effects on maize grain quality relative to the commonly used nutrient management practices of urea (+P and K) and ammonium sulfate (+P and K) under normal weather conditions. OENF is an alternate N source to urea and ammonium sulfate for similar to higher maize grain quality.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/10/6/852proteinoilfiberashstarchNPK briquette |
| spellingShingle | Xiaohui Wang Shuangli Liu Xinhua Yin Nacer Bellaloui John H. Winings Sampson Agyin-Birikorang Upendra Singh Joaquin Sanabria Alemu Mengistu Maize Grain Composition with Additions of NPK Briquette and Organically Enhanced N Fertilizer Agronomy protein oil fiber ash starch NPK briquette |
| title | Maize Grain Composition with Additions of NPK Briquette and Organically Enhanced N Fertilizer |
| title_full | Maize Grain Composition with Additions of NPK Briquette and Organically Enhanced N Fertilizer |
| title_fullStr | Maize Grain Composition with Additions of NPK Briquette and Organically Enhanced N Fertilizer |
| title_full_unstemmed | Maize Grain Composition with Additions of NPK Briquette and Organically Enhanced N Fertilizer |
| title_short | Maize Grain Composition with Additions of NPK Briquette and Organically Enhanced N Fertilizer |
| title_sort | maize grain composition with additions of npk briquette and organically enhanced n fertilizer |
| topic | protein oil fiber ash starch NPK briquette |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/10/6/852 |
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