🌾 The 4 keys to maximising grain maize yield #GRDC #shorts #maize

Name: 🌾 The 4 keys to maximising grain maize yield #GRDC #shorts #maize
Uploaded: 2024-11-04T22:30:18+00:00
Duration: 38 s
Channel: Gerri the NVT Guru
Description: Gerri the NVT Guru covers four ways to boost grain maize yield: pick the right variety, manage irrigation timing, get nutrition right, and control pests…

4 Nov 2024 · 1 min

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Gerri the NVT Guru covers four ways to boost grain maize yield: pick the right variety, manage irrigation timing, get nutrition right, and control pests. Grain maize needs about 400 kg N/ha for 16-19 t/ha yields, but research shows no gain above 280 kg N/ha.

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Variety selection; irrigation and timing; nutrition; pest control.

About 400 kg of N per hectare.

About 280 kg of N per hectare.

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The four keys to maximising grain yield production for maize is variety, selection, irrigation and timing. The next one is nutrition your end requirements and the last one is pest control. The key learnings in the Maize Management guide was around nutritional requirements. Grain maize yields of 16 to 19 tonnes per hectare has a nutritional requirement of about 400 kg of N per hectare, but researchers found that anything above 280 kg of N per hectare there was no significant yield difference.