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Corn · 2022 · Replicated field trial

Corn Liquid Nutrition Programs

All four AgriTec liquid programs out-yielded the untreated check by 18 to 24 bu/ac, a statistically significant response (P = 0.023).

Agricenter International, Memphis TN

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Top program

166

bu/ac · Nitro-Maxx+ + Calcium

Untreated check

142.1

bu/ac

Difference

+23.9

bu/ac over the untreated check

Significance

P = 0.0225

Treatment F-test

Result by treatment

Corn · 2022

Untreated check No foliar or liquid program
142.1 b
Nitro-Maxx+ + Calcium 24.5 gal/ac season total
166 a +23.9
25-0-0 + Calcium 24.5 gal/ac season total
165.6 a +23.5
Nitro-Maxx+ + 0-0-30 19.5 gal/ac · ends at V8
164.6 a +22.5
Nitro-Maxx+ 6 gal PRE + Calcium 25.5 gal/ac season total
160.1 a +18
bu/ac LSD (P = .05) = 15.12 bu Bars sharing a letter do not differ significantly (LSD, P = .05). All four treated programs share the letter a, so they are statistically equivalent to each other.

How the trial was run

Site
Agricenter International, Memphis TN · Shelby County · plots 10 × 30 ft
Layout
Randomized complete block
Treatments × reps
5 × 4 = 20 plots
Variety
Dent corn DK64-69
Planted
May 31, 2022 · 34,000 seeds/ac · 1.5 in deep · 30 in rows · emerged June 6
Harvested
November 10, 2022 · Almaco plot combine · 5 × 30 ft strip per plot

Statistics

Treatment P(F)
0.0225
LSD (P = .05)
15.12 bu
CV
6.15%
Grand mean
159.7 bu/ac

The breakdown

What happened, measurement by measurement.

Every chart below is transcribed from the report you can open above. Green means the AgriTec program won the measure outright; grey means it came in statistically even, which on a quality measure is the result you want — the yield came without a give-back.

Harvest weight per plot

The extra bushels showed up on the scale, not just in the yield math.

Beats control
Untreated check
27.7
Treated programs (top)
32.1
lb/plot P = 0.013 · LSD 2.62 lb · every program differs from the check

Grain moisture at harvest

No drydown penalty — the yield gain is not wet corn on the scale.

No penalty
Untreated check
15.6
Treated programs
16.6
% P = 0.833 · not significant

Test weight

Grain quality held at full test weight across every program.

No penalty
Untreated check
56
Treated programs
56.8
lb/bu P = 0.712 · not significant

Plant stand

Every plot started from the same population, so the gain isn't a stand artifact.

No penalty
Untreated check
30492
Treated programs
31508
plants/ac P = 0.304 · not significant · LSD 1,014 · CV 2.1%

Everything else that was measured

Including the measurements that did not move. A trial that only reports what improved isn't a trial.

Harvest weight

27.7 to 32.1 lb/plot

P = 0.013 · LSD 2.62 lb · every program differs from the check

Plant stand (6/14)

30,492 to 31,508 plants/ac

P = 0.304 · not significant · LSD 1,014 · CV 2.1%

Grain moisture at harvest

15.6 to 16.6%

P = 0.833 · not significant · no drydown penalty

Test weight

56.0 to 56.8 lb/bu

P = 0.712 · not significant · grain quality held

Relative yield increase

+16.8%

Top program vs untreated: 166.0 vs 142.1 bu

What the report says

  • Yields corrected to 15.5% moisture, 56 lb bushels. Means separated by LSD at P = .05.
  • Harvest weight rose from 27.7 to 32.1 lb/plot (P = 0.013) while moisture and test weight held steady, so the gain is not a moisture artifact.
  • Plant stand did not differ significantly (30,492 to 31,508 plants/ac, P = 0.304), so every plot started from the same population.
  • Treatment 5 delivered +22.5 bu on the lightest program: 19.5 gal/ac with no applications after V8.
  • Five application windows: PRE broadcast and in-furrow on 5/31, foliar at V4, V8 and VT. Foliar passes in 15 gal/ac water, in-furrow at 5 gal/ac.

Trial notes & scope

  • Single site, single season (2022, Agricenter International, Memphis TN).
  • The four treated programs are statistically equivalent to each other. Differences among them fall inside the LSD of 15.12 bu, so they should not be ranked against one another.
  • Stand count (P = 0.304), grain moisture (P = 0.833) and test weight (P = 0.712) showed no significant treatment effect.
  • Not conducted under GLP/GEP. ARM 2023.0 trial management.
  • The report prints yield CV two ways: 6.15% in the chart footnote and 6.2 in the data table.

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