Intervention effectmodel-written summary

Banded zinc application increased total carbohydrates, starch and protein contents in corn.

A claim from Chemical composition of corn and sorghum grains cultivated in Oxisol with different application methods and doses of zinc · 2013

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Banded zinc application increased total carbohydrates, starch and protein contents in corn.

Treatment
banded application method of Zn in soile0
Outcome
contents of total carbohydrates, starch and proteine0
Direction
greatere0

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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Zea mays subsp. mays
Zea mays subsp. mays · TaxonDominicus Johannes Bergsma · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

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“The banded application method of Zn in soil promoted greater contents of total carbohydrates, starch and protein in both cultures.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1176–1306
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“corn and sorghum grains”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 24–47

Title

Chemical composition of corn and sorghum grains cultivated in Oxisol with different application methods and doses of zinc

Aline P Puga; Renato de Mello Prado; Ben-Hur Mattiuz; et al. Ciencia e investigación agraria 2013. doi:10.4067/s0718-16202013000100008

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zinc atom · quality: protein · Zea mays (maize)Results differ

42 papers: 37 positive, 5 negative or no effect

36 papers in the same direction as this claim · 5 in the opposite direction

  1. no effect
    Zinc application did not affect calcium and crude protein content.

    Influence of seed rate, nitrogen and zinc on fodder maize (Zea mays) in temperate conditions of western Himalayas · 2001

    Opposite direction

  2. negative
    Low zinc caused more maize protein components to disappear.

    Effect of Low Zinc and Zinc Deficiency on Maize Growth · 2003

    Opposite direction

  3. no effect
    Low zinc treatment altered the protein and amino acid content of Mudan 9 only a little

    Effect of Zinc on C,N Metabolism of Different Varied Maize (Zea mays L.) Genotype Seedlings · 2010

    Opposite direction

  4. no effect
    Zinc did not significantly affect crude protein or acid detergent fiber.

    Influence of Zinc Fortification on Yields and Quality of Fodder Maize · 2019

    Opposite direction

  5. no effect
    Zn, Fe and bioinoculant treatments had no significant impact on maize protein content.

    Biofortification of zinc, iron, arbuscular mycorrhiza and Trichoderma on quality parameters and available soil nutrient status in soil of maize · 2024

    Opposite direction

  6. positive
    Under zinc deficiency, total protein was significantly reduced in DAC but not PAC.

    Zinc deficiency tolerance in maize is associated with the up‐regulation of Zn transporter genes and antioxidant activities · 2018 · compared with Zn‐sufficient plants

    Same directionAbout lacking this nutrient, so it counts the other way round

  7. positive
    Protein content was significantly higher among treatments.

    Effect of different chelated zinc sources on the growth and yield of maize (Zea mays L.) · 2009

    Same direction

  8. positive
    Protein content significantly increased with S and Zn over control.

    Effect of sulphur and zinc nutrition on yield and quality of maize in Typic Ustochrept soil of Kanpur · 2002 · compared with control

    Same direction

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