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ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Boron Soil-Foliage Fertilization Improves
the Nutritional Quality of Maize Grains
1
Department of Field Crops, Faculty of Agriculture, Hatay Mustafa Kemal University, Hatay, Türkiye
2
Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Hatay Mustafa Kemal University, Hatay, Türkiye
3
Department of Food Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Hatay Mustafa Kemal University, Hatay, Türkiye
4
Department of Chemical Engineering, Louisiana Technical University, Ruston, USA
5
Department of Environmental Sciences, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University Sheringal,
Dir Upper, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 18000, Pakistan
6
School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Perth, WA 6009, Australia
7
Department of Plant Production, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University,
P.O. Box 2460, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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Department of Field Crops, Faculty of Agriculture, Siirt University, Siirt, Türkiye
Submission date: 2024-02-09
Final revision date: 2024-06-27
Acceptance date: 2024-07-22
Online publication date: 2024-10-31
Publication date: 2025-07-22
Corresponding author
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2025;34(5):5627-5637
KEYWORDS
TOPICS
ABSTRACT
Foliage and soil-applied boron (B) can potentially boost the nutritional quality of maize; however,
research gaps exist regarding B dose optimization for maize in the Mediterranean environment.
A trial was performed at the Agronomic Research Area, Hatay (Mediterranean region), Turkey, during
the autumn seasons of 2018 and 2019 to investigate the effect of basal and foliage B fertilization
on the nutrient contents of maize grains. Di-sodium octaborax tetrahydrate (Na2B8O13.4H2O) was used
as a source of boron. The experiment consisted of five levels of soil-applied boron (0, 3000, 6000, 9000,
and 12000 g ha-1), which were subjected in the main plots, and three levels of foliar-applied boron
(0, 3000, 6000 g ha-1), which were assigned in the sub-plots. Ears were harvested and randomly selected
for analysis of protein, starch, fat, and mineral elements of maize grain. The quality traits of maize
grain were significantly influenced by different levels of B. The maximum nutritional quality traits were
recorded for the treatment of soil-applied B (9000 g ha-1). The soil-applied B (9000 g ha-1) and foliar
spray (3000 g ha-1 B) significantly improved the quality traits of maize, especially starch, P, K, Ca, B,
Cu, and Fe content. Hence, soil and foliar application of B could be considered an effective approach for
achieving maize grain of higher nutritional quality under Mediterranean agro-climatic conditions.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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