Claim · model-written summary
Kelatex Zn Forte at 1.0% maintained SPAD chlorophyll index.
- Taxon
- ´Valencia´ orangee2
- Material
- ´Valencia´e2
- Treatment
- Kelatex Zn Forte (1.0%)e0
- Outcome
- chlorophyll index (SPAD readings)e0
- Direction
- no_changeinferrede0
- Comparator
- a control treatment with no Zn applicatione1
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Verbatim
e0“The chlorophyll index (SPAD readings) decreased in most treatments, except in leaves sprayed with ZnSO4H2O (0.3%) and Kelatex Zn Forte (1.0%)”
e1“a control treatment with no Zn application”
e2“´Valencia´ orange”
Title
Aminochelated and microparticulated zinc applied to citrus grown in calcareous soil
Osbaldo Martínez-Ríos; José Isabel Cortés-Flores; Alfredo López-Jiménez; et al. Agroindustrial science 2025. doi:10.17268/agroind.sci.2025.01.10
Other claims from this paper (16)
- Intervention effect Aton Zn at 0.3% increased leaf Zn.
- Intervention effect Kelatex Zn Forte at 0.5% increased leaf Zn.
- Intervention effect ZnSO4H2O at 0.3% and 0.5% increased leaf Zn.
- Intervention effect Kelatex Zn Forte at 1.0% increased root Zn.
- Intervention effect Most zinc treatments decreased SPAD chlorophyll index.
- Intervention effect ZnSO4H2O at 0.3% maintained SPAD chlorophyll index.
- Intervention effect ZnSO4H2O at 0.5% increased leaf N.
- Intervention effect No zinc treatment increased P levels.
- Intervention effect Aton Zn at 0.3% and 0.5% increased foliar K.
- Intervention effect Basfoliar Zn 75 Flo at 0.1% increased foliar K.
- Intervention effect ZnSO4H2O at 0.3% increased foliar K.
- Intervention effect Leaf Mn, Cu and B concentrations remained unchanged across treatments.
- Intervention effect Kelatex Zn Forte at 0.5% increased foliar Fe.
- Intervention effect ZnSO4H2O at 0.3% increased foliar Fe.
- Intervention effect Zinc application had no significant effect on tree growth.
- Recommendation Kelatex Zn Forte at 1.0% shows promise for increasing leaf and root zinc while maintaining chlorophyll index.