The Crude Protein Content of Maize with Interseeding Cover Crop Technology

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Keywords:

cover crops, protein content of maize, protect plants, maize, interseeding cover crops

Abstract

Maize is one of the plants with the largest sowing area in Hungary. Due to climate change, growing corn is becoming more and more risky. One of the mitigation options for climate exposure is the cultivation of cover crops. How different protective plants affect the protein content of maize. We set up our cover crop experiments in Szeged, chernozem soil. We tested a small-plot cover crop maize experiment in four replicates, in random block arrangement. The experiment aims to examine the protect plants planted between two rows when the maize is 6-8 leaves old.  The experiment includes 20 cover crops and a control treatment. The crude protein content (%) of the maize was determined during the period of full ripening with a Foss Infratec1241 NIR grain analyzer. We used IBM SPSS Statistics 29 software, We analyzed the effect of cover crops on the crude protein content (%) of corn by means of One-Way ANOVA. In the first year the highest protein content of maize was obtained with the use of oil radish and white mustard  cover crops ( p 〱0,05 significance level). A crude protein difference of nearly 1.5% was observed with the use of different protect plants.

Author Biographies

  • Mária Ágnes Fodor, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Gödöllő Campus, Gödöllő, Páter Károly street 1.

    correspondence
    Fodor.Maria.Agnes@phd.uni-mate.hu

  • Apolka Ujj, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Gödöllő Campus, Gödöllő, Páter Károly street 1.

    Ujj.Apolka@uni-mate.hu

  • Katalin Irmes, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Gödöllő Campus, Gödöllő, Páter Károly street 1.

    Irmes.Katalin@uni-mate.hu

  • Lajos Szentpéteri, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Gödöllő Campus, Gödöllő, Páter Károly street 1.

    Szentpeteri.Lajos@uni-mate.hu

  • Attila Rácz, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Gödöllő Campus, Gödöllő, Páter Károly street 1.

    Racz.Attila@uni-mate.hu

  • István Kristó, Cereal Research Non-Profit Ltd., Szeged, Alsó Kikötő line 9

    istvan.kristo@gabonakutato.hu

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2024-06-28