Claim · model-written summary
Joint P and Zn fertilization enhanced translocation of these nutrients to grain relative to control plants
- Treatment
- joint fertilization with P and Zne2
- Outcome
- translocation of these nutrients to graine2
- Direction
- enhancede2
- Comparator
- control plantse2
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Verbatim
t0“maize grown on Mediterranean soils”
e2“joint fertilization with P and Zn enhanced translocation of these nutrients to grain and significantly increased aboveground dry matter (30% in LCV, 50% in FER and 250% in INM) and grain Zn availability in comparison with control plants”
Title
Antonio Rafael Sánchez-Rodríguez; María-Dolores Rey; Hasna Nechate-Drif; et al. Scientific Reports 2021. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-86766-2
Other claims from this paper (11)
- Intervention effect Zn alone or P alone reduced aboveground dry matter and yield at harvest by 8-85% in LCV and FER soils relative to unfertilized plants
- Intervention effect Zn alone or P alone impaired translocation of phosphorus and zinc to grain relative to unfertilized plants
- Intervention effect Joint P and Zn fertilization increased aboveground dry matter by 30% in LCV soil relative to control plants
- Intervention effect Joint P and Zn fertilization increased aboveground dry matter by 50% in FER soil relative to control plants
- Intervention effect Joint P and Zn fertilization increased aboveground dry matter by 250% in INM soil relative to control plants
- Intervention effect Joint P and Zn fertilization increased grain Zn availability relative to control plants
- Intervention effect Joint application of P and Zn increased grain P (LCV) and Zn (LCV and FER) use efficiency relative to P alone and Zn alone
- Association Yield increased by 31% in LCV and 121% in FER relative to control plants, not significantly
- Intervention effect Zn alone significantly increased the abundance of storage, lys-rich and cell wall proteins affecting grain quality in mature grains
- Intervention effect Joint P and Zn fertilization increased the abundance of these grain proteins to a lesser extent than Zn alone
- Recommendation Zn fertilization is crucial to ensure grain quality on soils with limited Zn availability, so P-Zn interactions should be considered