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ABDUL SHAKOOR KARRIMI, A. PRATAP KUMAR REDDY, Y. REDDIRAMU AND
V. UMAMAHESH
Department of Agronomy
S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati, 517 502, Chittoor Dt., Andhra Pradesh, India.
A field experiment was conducted during kharif, 2017 to study the agronomic fortification of zinc and iron as influenced by yield and quality of sweet corn (Zea mays L.). The yield of sweet corn was higher with 0.5 per cent foliar application of ZnSO +0.2 per cent FeSO at booting and silking along with RDF (N, P O and K O 180:60:50 kg ha-1) compared to rest of the treatments. Maximum grain protein content was recorded with the application of recommended dose of fertilizer (N, P O and K O 180:60:50 kg ha-1). The higher zinc and iron content (83.1mg kg, 99.77 mg kg) in the seed was recorded with foliar application 0.5 per cent of ZnSO + 0.2 per cent FeSO at booting and silking along with RDF (N, P O and K O 180:60:50 kg ha).