Intervention effectmodel-written summary

Combined zinc and AMF enhanced wheat growth and yield under drought.

A claim from Zn Fertilizer and Mycorrhizal Inoculation Effect on Bread Wheat Cultivar Grown under Water Deficit · 2023

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Combined zinc and AMF enhanced wheat growth and yield under drought.

Taxon
Bread WheatTriticum aestivumt0
Treatment
Zn application and AMF inoculatione0
Interactor
AMFe0symbiont
Outcome
all plant growth parameters and yielde0
Direction
enhancede0

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Triticum aestivum
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Verbatim

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“Zn application and AMF inoculation, separately and combined, enhanced all plant growth parameters and yield.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 636–744
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“Bread Wheat”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 52–63

Title

Zn Fertilizer and Mycorrhizal Inoculation Effect on Bread Wheat Cultivar Grown under Water Deficit

Neila Abdi; Angeline Van Biljon; Chrisna Steyn; et al. Life 2023. doi:10.3390/life13051078

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zinc atom · yield · Triticum aestivum (wheat)Results differ

511 papers: 456 positive, 55 negative or no effect

455 papers in the same direction as this claim · 49 in the opposite direction · 6 reporting no difference from an alternative

  1. no effect
    Skipping flowering and heading irrigation with 0.04% zinc gave wheat yield identical to regular irrigation with 0.04% or 0.06% zinc.

    Effect of foliar application of zinc on yield of wheat grown by avoiding irrigation at different growth stages · 2016 · compared with regular irrigation with 0.04% and 0.06% foliar application of zinc

    No difference from an alternativeCited by this paper

  2. positive
    Zinc deficiency decreased wheat grain yield.

    Effects of Zinc Deficiency and Drought on Grain Yield of Field‐grown Wheat Cultivars in Central Anatolia · 2007

    Same directionCited by this paperAbout lacking this nutrient, so it counts the other way round

  3. no effect
    Zinc application yielded hardly any benefit.

    Landscape positions dictating crop fertilizer responses in wheat-based farming systems of East African Highlands · 2020

    Opposite direction

  4. negative
    Zinc inhibited non mycorrhizal wheat root dry yield.

    Arbuscular mycorrhizal strategy for zinc mycoremediation and diminished translocation to shoots and grains in wheat · 2017

    Opposite direction

  5. no effect
    Foliar Zn had no significant effect on wheat grain yield.

    Foliar zinc fertilization improves the zinc nutritional value of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) grain · 2011

    Opposite direction

  6. no effect
    Zinc supply had little effect on wheat biomass.

    Plant growth and cation composition of two cultivars of spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) differing in P uptake efficiency · 2001

    Opposite direction

  7. no effect
    Soil Zn fertilisers had no significant effect on grain Zn concentration or yield.

    Site-Specific Factors Influence the Field Performance of a Zn-Biofortified Wheat Variety · 2020

    Opposite direction

  8. no effect
    Soil Zn application did not significantly affect wheat grain yield.

    Relevance for food sciences of quantitative spatially resolved element profile investigations in wheat ( Triticum aestivum ) grain · 2013

    Opposite direction

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mycorrhiza · yield · Triticum aestivum (wheat)Positive and negative results

103 papers: 95 positive, 8 negative or no effect

94 papers in the same direction as this claim · 7 in the opposite direction · 1 reporting no difference from an alternative

  1. positive
    Mycorrhizal inoculation increased grain number per ear by 31.11% in wheat cultivars.

    Alleviation of drought stress effects on wheat using arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis · 2012 · compared with non-inoculated counterparts

    Same directionCited by this paper

  2. no effect
    Low AM fungal colonisation did not affect early wheat growth, pre-anthesis P and Zn uptake, or yield.

    Increasing mycorrhizal colonisation does not improve growth and nutrition of wheat on Vertosols in south-eastern Australia · 2002

    Opposite direction

  3. no effect
    AMF inoculation did not increase wheat grain or shoot yields under metal treatments.

    Potential of AM Fungi in Phytoremediation of Heavy Metals and Effect on Yield of Wheat Crop · 2014

    Opposite direction

  4. no effect
    AMF seed coating did not improve N assimilation, grain yield or root weight of wheat, and the N assimilation benefit was not visible even without N

    Improving nitrogen use efficiency using precision nitrogen management in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) · 2021

    Opposite direction

  5. no effect
    Mycorrhizal wheat had no yield penalty across soil treatments.

    Response of wheat to arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi inoculation and biochar application: Implications for soil carbon sequestration · 2024

    Opposite direction

  6. negative
    AM inoculum reduced yield in ploughed plots from 4.3 to 3.5 t ha −1.

    Experimental evaluation of biological regeneration of arable soil: The effects of grass-clover leys and arbuscular mycorrhizal inoculants on wheat growth, yield, and shoot pathology · 2022

    Opposite direction

  7. no effect
    AMF inoculation did not increase wheat yield under elevated ozone.

    [Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal effects on wheat growth in response to elevated tropospheric O3 concentration]. · 2009

    Opposite direction

  8. negative
    Plots with foliar phosphorus but without mycorrhiza had the minimum grain yield of 6.67 ton ha -1.

    Wheat performance as affected by pre-plant and foliar application of phosphorus under inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) and non-inoculation · 2014

    Opposite direction

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inoculation · yield · Triticum aestivum (wheat)Positive and negative results

614 papers: 549 positive, 65 negative or no effect

548 papers in the same direction as this claim · 60 in the opposite direction · 5 reporting no difference from an alternative

  1. negative
    Fusarium inoculation significantly lowered winter wheat yield by 24.2-45.0% relative to uninoculated check plots.

    Effects of Field Application of Tebuconazole on Yield, Yield Components and the Mycotoxin Content of Fusarium-infected Wheat Grain · 2000 · compared with Check plots

    Opposite direction

  2. negative
    Inoculation with F. culmorum significantly reduced wheat yield.

    Fusarium ear blight of wheat: the use of quantitative PCR and visual disease assessment in studies of disease control · 1999

    Opposite direction

  3. negative
    Biofertilizer as a soil mix reduced wheat growth and yield versus conventional N.

    Chemical and Biological Enhancement Effects of Biochar on Wheat Growth and Yield under Arid Field Conditions · 2021 · compared with control (conventional N fertilization)

    Opposite direction

  4. no effect
    Inoculation had negligible effect on grain yield and nitrogen uptake.

    Effects of Field Inoculation with VAM and Bacteria Consortia on Root Growth and Nutrients Uptake in Common Wheat · 2018

    Opposite direction

  5. negative
    In field plots, WSMV reduced forage yield in susceptible wheat.

    Effects of Wheat streak mosaic virus on Root Development and Water-Use Efficiency of Hard Red Winter Wheat · 2010 · compared with noninoculated plots

    Opposite direction

  6. negative
    Locally adapted and Australian standards showed comparable yield reduction after inoculation.

    Variability of Fusarium Crown Rot Tolerances Among Cultivars of Spring and Winter Wheat · 2009 · compared with Australian standards

    Opposite direction

  7. no effect
    Inoculated and control wheat plants did not differ in dry matter production or total N content.

    Alteration of size of wheat root systems and nitrogen fixation by associative nitrogen-fixing bacteria measured under field conditions · 1988 · compared with control plants

    Opposite direction

  8. negative
    Pathogen inoculations reduced wheat 1000-kernel weight, weight and number of kernels per head.

    Fusarium Head Blight of Common Polish Winter Wheat Cultivars – Comparison of Effects of Fusarium avenaceum and Fusarium culmorum on Yield Components · 2002

    Opposite direction

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