Enhancing Growth, Yield, and Nutrient Quality of Fodder Maize Through Foliar Application of Ortho Silicic Acid

Abstract

Agriculture has neglected silicon (Si) fertilization due to the widespread belief that soil has enough of Si and it is bene cial under any kind of biotic or abiotic stress, often neglecting its usefulness under optimum and stress-free conditions. A two-year eld experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of foliar spray of orthosilicic acid (OSA) on the growth, yield, nutrient content, and quality of fodder maize. The experiment was conducted in Zaid season at the