Intervention effectmodel-written summary

Soil plus foliar zinc application increased grain zinc concentration to 62.3 mg kg-1 in 2013-14.

A claim from Biofortification of Wheat Cultivars to Combat Zinc Deficiency · 2017

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Soil plus foliar zinc application increased grain zinc concentration to 62.3 mg kg-1 in 2013-14.

Treatment
soil+foliar applicatione0
Outcome
Grain zinc concentratione0
Direction
increasede0
Value
62.3e0
Qualifier
2013-14e0
Comparator
controle0

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Triticum aestivum
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Verbatim

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“Grain zinc concentration increased from (33.1, 33.7 mg kg-1) at control to (62.3, 63.1 mg kg-1) at soil+foliar application in 2013-14 and 2014-15 respectively.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1113–1272
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“Wheat”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 20–25

Title

Biofortification of Wheat Cultivars to Combat Zinc Deficiency

Muhammad U. Chattha; Muhammad U. Chattha; Muhammad U. Hassan; et al. Frontiers in Plant Science 2017. doi:10.3389/fpls.2017.00281

Other claims from this paper (10)

Record rev-619a2b2de72e4fca18e90e154d475b69193fda95e55ab9f43781079428825821 · schema claims-v0.9 · position 7 in the model’s answer

application · nutrient: content · Triticum aestivum (wheat)Positive and negative results

275 papers: 257 positive, 18 negative or no effect

256 papers in the same direction as this claim · 17 in the opposite direction · 1 reporting no difference from an alternative

  1. positive
    Foliar ZnSO 4 yielded about two-fold greater shoot zinc concentrations than root zinc supply or foliar ZnO.

    Zinc Mobility in Wheat: Uptake and Distribution of Zinc Applied to Leaves or Roots · 2001 · compared with plants supplied with Zn in the root environment or via foliar spray of ZnO

    Same directionCited by this paper

  2. positive
    Soil zinc application raised zinc concentration in shoots and grain from about 10 to 18 mg per kg dry weight.

    Effect of different zinc application methods on grain yield and zinc concentration in wheat cultivars grown on zinc‐deficient calcareous soils · 1997

    Same directionCited by this paper

  3. positive
    Greenhouse zinc and manganese sprays increased their respective grain concentrations.

    Alleviation of drought stress in winter wheat by late foliar application of zinc, boron, and manganese · 2012

    Same directionCited by this paper

  4. positive
    Foliar-applied zinc under plough tillage gave the maximum grain zinc content of wheat (31%).

    Zinc-Induced Effects on Productivity, Zinc Use Efficiency, and Grain Biofortification of Bread Wheat under Different Tillage Permutations · 2020

    Same directionCites this paper

  5. positive
    Combined soil and foliar zinc increased wheat shoot zinc concentration and accumulation.

    Yield, zinc efficiencies and biofortification of wheat with zinc sulfate application in soil and foliar nanozinc fertilisation · 2022 · compared with control

    Same directionCites this paper

  6. positive
    Combined soil and foliar zinc application reduced wheat grain Cd accumulation.

    Roles of Soil and Foliar Spray of Zinc Nutrition in Cadmium Reduction of Wheat Grain · 2026

    Same directionCites this paper

  7. negative
    Foliar application led to less than 1% of fertilizer nitrogen absorbed into wheat grain.

    EFFECTS OF FOLIAR- AND SOIL-APPLIED NITROGEN AND SOIL NITRATE-NITROGEN LEVEL ON THE PROTEIN CONTENT OF NEEPAWA WHEAT · 1972

    Opposite direction

  8. no effect
    Foliar P addition did not downregulate root P uptake in wheat (isotopic dilution test of the substitution hypothesis)

    Assessment of foliar-applied phosphorus fertiliser formulations to enhance phosphorus nutrition and grain production in wheat · 2020

    Opposite direction

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