Intervention effectmodel-written summary

The zinc treatment produced significantly more spikes per m2, 319.

A claim from Productivity of wheat (Triticum aestivum) as influenced by zinc fertilization under semi-arid conditions of Kandahar, Afghanistan · 2023

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivesignificant (as stated)measured

Claim · model-written summary

The zinc treatment produced significantly more spikes per m2, 319.

Taxon
wheat (Triticum aestivum)Triticum aestivumt0
Treatment
2.5 kg Zn/ha as basal + 2 foliar sprays @ 0.5% through ZnSO4e1
Outcome
number of spikes/m2e0
Direction
highere1
Value
319e0
Comparator
rest of the treatmentse1

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Triticum aestivum
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Verbatim

e0

“number of spikes/m2 (319)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 532–557
e1

“2.5 kg Zn/ha as basal + 2 foliar sprays @ 0.5% through ZnSO4 , were significantly higher over rest of the treatments”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 668–784
t0

“wheat (Triticum aestivum)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 16–41

Title

Productivity of wheat (Triticum aestivum) as influenced by zinc fertilization under semi-arid conditions of Kandahar, Afghanistan

NAJIBULLAH HEMMAT; KHALILULLAH KHALEEQ; NASIR AHMAD NASRAT; et al. Indian Journal of Agronomy 2023. doi:10.59797/ija.v68i2.363

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  4. positive
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  5. positive
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  6. positive
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  7. positive
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  8. positive
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  1. positive
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  2. positive
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  3. positive
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  8. no effect
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  2. positive
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  3. positive
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  5. negative
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