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Superphosphate (SP) fertilizers have been used widely to improved food crop production in Indonesia. However, the high cost of SP is now focusing attention on rock phosphate (RP) fertilizer as a natural phosphorus (P) source and because of its relatively low cost. A field experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of RP and SP-36 fertilizers and interaction between treatments on the productivity of maize on a Latosolic soil (low available Bray-II extractable P). A split-plot design with three blocks as replicates was used, with sources of P fertilizer as main plots and four levels of P fertilizer as subplots. Results showed that RP and SP-36 fertilizers increased maize grain yield, dry matter (DM) stover yield, and crude protein (CP) contents of maize stover over those of the control that did not receive P fertilizer. Superphosphate-36 application resulted in higher maize grain yield, DM yield, and CP contents of maize stover than crops treated with RP fertilizer at the same rate. The highest P-use efficiency for grain and stover was obtained with RP and SP-36 fertilizers that provided 66 kg P ha−1.
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Lukiwati, D.R. (2002). Effect of rock phosphate and superphosphate fertilizer on the productivity of maize var. Bisma. In: Adu-Gyamfi, J.J. (eds) Food Security in Nutrient-Stressed Environments: Exploiting Plants’ Genetic Capabilities. Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences, vol 95. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1570-6_20
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