Claim · model-written summary
chlorophyll content increased after zinc, compost and rice husk application.
- Taxon
- wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)
Triticum aestivume1 - Treatment
- Zn addition along with compost and rice huske0
- Outcome
- chlorophyll contente0
- Direction
- enhancementse0
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Verbatim
e0“Furthermore, significant enhancements in chlorophyll content, nitrogen, potassium, and zinc levels in the plant were estimated after Zn addition along with compost and rice husk.”
t0“wheat growth and zinc uptake”
e1“wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivated in calcareous soils”
e2“"Akbar" variety of wheat”
Title
Optimizing wheat growth and zinc uptake with compost and rice husk in alkaline conditions
Muhammad Athar; Shehnaz Fatima; Anaam Zahra; et al. BMC Plant Biology 2025. doi:10.1186/s12870-025-06537-3
Other claims from this paper (14)
- Intervention effect plant height increased 19.9% under combined compost, rice husk and zinc relative to control.
- Intervention effect spike length increased 59% under combined compost, rice husk and zinc relative to control.
- Intervention effect number of spikelet's increased 36% under combined compost, rice husk and zinc relative to control.
- Intervention effect 1000-grain weight increased 24% under combined compost, rice husk and zinc relative to control.
- Intervention effect grain zinc content increased 48.9% under combined compost, rice husk and zinc relative to control.
- Intervention effect nitrogen increased after zinc, compost and rice husk application.
- Intervention effect potassium increased after zinc, compost and rice husk application.
- Intervention effect zinc levels in the plant increased after zinc, compost and rice husk application.
- Intervention effect overall plant growth improved with RH, CP and Zn.
- Intervention effect soil organic matter improved with RH, CP and Zn.
- Intervention effect zinc concentrations in alkaline soil improved with RH, CP and Zn.
- Intervention effect grain of wheat improved with RH, CP and Zn.
- Observation available phosphorus in zinc deficient soil was enhanced.
- Observation potassium contents in zinc deficient soil was enhanced.