Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend combined Fe and urea foliar application to raise lentil yield and Fe and Zn enrichment.
- Taxon
- Lentil
Lens culinarist0 - Treatment
- combined foliar application of 0.5% FeSO4.7 H2O and 2% urea at flowering + pod formation stagese0
- Outcome
- increasing grain yield and enrichment of lentils with Fe and Zne0
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Verbatim
t0“Lentil ( Lens culinaris Medik.)”
e0“the combined foliar application of 0.5% FeSO4.7 H2O and 2% urea at flowering + pod formation stages may prove to be a feasible option for increasing grain yield and enrichment of lentils with Fe and Zn”
Title
Effect of Iron and Urea Application on Iron Biofortification of Lentil ( Lens culinaris Medik.)
Amandeep Kaur; Guriqbal Singh; Kuldeep Singh; et al. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis 2023. doi:10.1080/00103624.2023.2254330
Other claims from this paper (6)
- Intervention effect Combined foliar Fe and urea at flowering and pod formation was most effective for grain yield.
- Intervention effect Combined foliar Fe and urea at flowering and pod formation was most effective for Fe.
- Intervention effect Combined foliar Fe and urea at flowering and pod formation was most effective for zinc (Zn).
- Intervention effect Foliar Fe and urea at flowering and pod formation raised Fe concentration in whole by 36% versus control.
- Intervention effect Foliar Fe and urea at flowering and pod formation raised split by 32.9% versus control.
- Intervention effect Foliar Fe and urea at flowering and pod formation raised protein content by 21% versus control.