Intervention effectmodel-written summary

The zinc sulfate application increased primary and secondary branch numbers over other treatments.

A claim from Growth and Development of Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) Varieties Affected as Agronomic Biofortification through Zinc and Iron · 2025

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

The zinc sulfate application increased primary and secondary branch numbers over other treatments.

Taxon
chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)Cicer arietinumt0
Treatment
ZnSO4 @ 25 kg/ha (SA) + 0.5% FeSO4 (FA)e0
Outcome
number of primary and secondary branches/plante0
Direction
highere0
Comparator
rest of treatmentse0

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Cicer arietinum
Cicer arietinum · TaxonSanjay Acharya · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)”

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“application of ZnSO4 @ 25 kg/ha (SA) + 0.5% FeSO4 (FA) and FeSO4 @ 25 kg/ha (SA) + 0.5% FeSO4 (FA) recorded higher plant height, dry matter accumulation, SPAD Chlorophyll Meter Reading, number of nodules/plant, fresh and dry weight of nodules/plant, number of primary and secondary branches/plant over rest of treatments”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 833–1153

Title

Growth and Development of Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) Varieties Affected as Agronomic Biofortification through Zinc and Iron

REKHA KHARRA; U.N. SHUKLA; MEENAKSHI MEENA Journal of Experimental Agriculture International 2025. doi:10.9734/jeai/2025/v47i53420

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salicylic acid · growth · Cicer arietinum (chickpea)Results differ

23 papers: 20 positive, 3 negative or no effect

19 papers in the same direction as this claim · 3 in the opposite direction

  1. negative
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iron(2+) sulfate (anhydrous) · growth · Cicer arietinum (chickpea)Results agree

6 papers: 6 positive, 0 negative or no effect

5 papers in the same direction as this claim

  1. positive
  2. positive
  3. positive
  4. positive
  5. positive
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zinc sulfate · growth · Cicer arietinum (chickpea)Results agree

16 papers: 16 positive, 0 negative or no effect

15 papers in the same direction as this claim

  1. positive
  2. positive
  3. positive
  4. positive
  5. positive
  6. positive
  7. positive
  8. positive

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