Claim · model-written summary
In the second experiment, Zn seed treatment raised maize plant vigor indices by +3–9% over controls in all soils.
- Treatment
- Zn seed treatmente5
- Outcome
- plant vigor indicese5
- Direction
- highere5
- Value
- +3–9%e5
- Comparator
- controlse5
- Setting
- all the soilse5
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Verbatim
e5“higher plant vigor indices were detected in all the soils for the NP starter fertilization (+22–27%) and for the Zn seed treatment (+3–9%) than in the controls”
t0“early maize development and grain yield”
Title
Luca Capo; Michela Battisti; Massimo Blandino Field Crops Research 2024. doi:10.1016/j.fcr.2023.109245
Other claims from this paper (14)
- Intervention effect Zn fertilization significantly enhanced the early vigor and yield of maize, less than NP fertilizer did, compared with an untreated control in North Italy.
- Intervention effect Maize growth was quicker for seed and soil Zn applications than for foliar application or the untreated control.
- Intervention effect The former application (seed and soil Zn applications) significantly increased maize plant height at stem elongation by 32%.
- Intervention effect The former application (seed and soil Zn applications) shortened the planting-flowering period of maize by 1 day.
- Intervention effect The former application (seed and soil Zn applications) increased maize grain yield by 4%.
- Intervention effect NP starter fertilization shortened the maize planting-flowering period by 4.5 days compared with unfertilized control.
- Intervention effect NP starter fertilization increased maize yield by 10% compared with unfertilized control.
- Intervention effect In the second experiment, NP starter fertilization raised maize plant vigor indices by +22–27% over controls in all soils.
- Intervention effect NP starter fertilization reduced maize grain moisture at harvest by 2.3%.
- Intervention effect NP starter fertilization increased maize grain yield by 14%.
- Intervention effect Zn treatment significantly increased maize kernel weight.
- Intervention effect Zn treatment did not affect maize grain yield or grain moisture content.
- Association The interaction between NP fertilization and Zn treatment was never significant for maize.
- Intervention effect The combination of NP and Zn starter fertilization resulted in a further advantage for maize in all considered production situations.