Intervention effectmodel-written summary

Soil zinc plus 2.5 kg/ha foliar nanozinc improved zinc use efficiency.

A claim from Yield, zinc efficiencies and biofortification of wheat with zinc sulfate application in soil and foliar nanozinc fertilisation · 2022

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Soil zinc plus 2.5 kg/ha foliar nanozinc improved zinc use efficiency.

Treatment
soil Zn application and 2.5 kg/ha foliar nano Zne0
Outcome
Zinc use efficiency (ZnUE)e0
Direction
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Triticum aestivum
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“Zinc use efficiency (ZnUE), Zn utilisation efficiency and applied Zn recovery improved with soil Zn application and 2.5 kg/ha foliar nano Zn”

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“wheat”

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Title

Yield, zinc efficiencies and biofortification of wheat with zinc sulfate application in soil and foliar nanozinc fertilisation

Arshad Jalal; Fernando Shintate Galindo; Leandro Alves Freitas; et al. Crop and Pasture Science 2022. doi:10.1071/cp21458

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zinc atom · nutrient: content · Triticum aestivum (wheat)Results differ

380 papers: 347 positive, 33 negative or no effect

346 papers in the same direction as this claim · 33 in the opposite direction

  1. negative
    Deficient zinc pretreatment increased net zinc uptake in both genotypes.

    Uptake of zinc from chelate-buffered nutrient solutions by wheat genotypes differing in zinc efficiency · 1996

    Opposite directionCited by this paperAbout lacking this nutrient, so it counts the other way round

  2. no effect
    Zn-EDTA applied to the soil only had little residual effect on the other Zn fractions.

    Combined soil and foliar ZnSO 4 application improves wheat grain Zn concentration and Zn fractions in a calcareous soil · 2019

    Opposite directionCited by this paper

  3. positive
    Soil Zn application increased wheat grain Zn concentration only in the Zn-deficient location.

    Biofortification and Localization of Zinc in Wheat Grain · 2010 · compared with locations without soil Zn deficiency

    Same directionCited by this paper

  4. positive
    Zinc fertilization significantly increased grain zinc concentration and bioavailability in both cultivars.

    Zinc-biofortified wheat required only a medium rate of soil zinc application to attain the targets of zinc biofortification · 2020

    Same directionCited by this paper

  5. positive
    Foliar zinc increased bread wheat grain zinc from 31.0 to 63.0 mg kg−1.

    Zinc biofortification of bread wheat, triticale, and durum wheat cultivars by foliar zinc fertilization · 2019 · compared with 31.0

    Same directionCited by this paper

  6. positive
    Increasing nano Zn up to 3 kg ha −1 with P. fluorescens increased zinc partitioning index.

    Integrated use of plant growth-promoting bacteria and nano-zinc foliar spray is a sustainable approach for wheat biofortification, yield, and zinc use efficiency · 2023

    Same directionCites this paper

  7. positive
    Zinc application significantly increased grain Zn concentration.

    Zinc bioavailability response curvature in wheat grains under incremental zinc applications · 2012

    Same directionCited by this paper

  8. positive
    One heading application increased grain zinc by 5.8 to 9.5 mg kg −1, or 17–47%, over control.

    Agronomic and economic response of bread wheat to foliar zinc application · 2020 · compared with unfertilized control

    Same directionCited by this paper

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nanoparticle · nutrient: content · Triticum aestivum (wheat)Positive and negative results

105 papers: 101 positive, 4 negative or no effect

100 papers in the same direction as this claim · 4 in the opposite direction

  1. positive
    Increasing nano Zn up to 3 kg ha −1 with P. fluorescens increased zinc partitioning index.

    Integrated use of plant growth-promoting bacteria and nano-zinc foliar spray is a sustainable approach for wheat biofortification, yield, and zinc use efficiency · 2023

    Same directionCites this paper

  2. no effect
    TiO2 nanoparticles did not significantly increase titanium uptake in either plant species, despite average concentrations doubling.

    Vertical transport and plant uptake of nanoparticles in a soil mesocosm experiment · 2016

    Opposite direction

  3. negative
    Arsenic oxide nanoparticles induced arsenic uptake and accumulation in wheat.

    Soil enrichment with actinomycete mitigates the toxicity of arsenic oxide nanoparticles on wheat and maize growth and metabolism · 2021

    Opposite direction

  4. negative
    Fe3O4 nanoparticles (1 and 4 mg/l) significantly reduced light absorption at 645 and 663 nm in wheat.

    Impact of Different Nanoparticles on Common Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Plants, Course, and Intensity of Photosynthesis · 2022

    Opposite direction

  5. no effect
    Nano ZnO application caused non-significant changes in soil available N, P, K, S and Zn content.

    Effect of Nano ZnO on Growth and Yield of Wheat under Salt Affected Soils · 2025

    Opposite direction

  6. positive
    Without water deficit stress, 100 mg/L ZnO NPs gave the lowest Cd in wheat.

    Foliar exposure of zinc oxide nanoparticles improved the growth of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and decreased cadmium concentration in grains under simultaneous Cd and water deficient stress · 2020

    Same direction

  7. positive
    Nano manganese produced 22% grain manganese translocation efficiency, above salt, bulk, and control treatments.

    Effects of Manganese Nanoparticle Exposure on Nutrient Acquisition in Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) · 2018 · compared with salt-Mn

    Same direction

  8. positive
    ZnO nanoparticles increased grain Zn concentration by an average 10 mg/kg.

    Using Synchrotron-Based Approaches To Examine the Foliar Application of ZnSO4 and ZnO Nanoparticles for Field-Grown Winter Wheat · 2017

    Same direction

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application · nutrient: content · Triticum aestivum (wheat)Positive and negative results

275 papers: 257 positive, 18 negative or no effect

256 papers in the same direction as this claim · 17 in the opposite direction · 1 reporting no difference from an alternative

  1. positive
    Soil plus foliar zinc application increased grain zinc concentration to 62.3 mg kg-1 in 2013-14.

    Biofortification of Wheat Cultivars to Combat Zinc Deficiency · 2017 · compared with control

    Same directionCited by this paper

  2. positive
    Foliar micronutrients increased zinc content of wheat flour by 21%.

    Foliar application of micronutrients enhances crop stand, yield and the biofortification essential for human health of different wheat cultivars · 2019 · compared with control without foliar feeding

    Same directionCited by this paper

  3. positive
    Foliar zinc increased bread wheat grain zinc from 31.0 to 63.0 mg kg−1.

    Zinc biofortification of bread wheat, triticale, and durum wheat cultivars by foliar zinc fertilization · 2019 · compared with 31.0

    Same directionCited by this paper

  4. positive
    Combined soil and foliar ZnSO4 application increased grain Zn concentration in winter wheat, rather than Zn-EDTA.

    Combined soil and foliar ZnSO 4 application improves wheat grain Zn concentration and Zn fractions in a calcareous soil · 2019 · compared with Zn‐EDTA

    Same directionCited by this paper

  5. positive
    Soil plus foliar zinc application gave the highest grain zinc concentration, 33.7 to 37.60 µg g-1, among the zinc application techniques.

    Soil and foliar zinc application techniques influence the productivity, zinc concentration, and protein content in the grains of bread wheat varieties · 2023 · compared with these various application techniques

    Same directionCites this paper

  6. negative
    Foliar application led to less than 1% of fertilizer nitrogen absorbed into wheat grain.

    EFFECTS OF FOLIAR- AND SOIL-APPLIED NITROGEN AND SOIL NITRATE-NITROGEN LEVEL ON THE PROTEIN CONTENT OF NEEPAWA WHEAT · 1972

    Opposite direction

  7. no effect
    Foliar P addition did not downregulate root P uptake in wheat (isotopic dilution test of the substitution hypothesis)

    Assessment of foliar-applied phosphorus fertiliser formulations to enhance phosphorus nutrition and grain production in wheat · 2020

    Opposite direction

  8. no effect
    Zn concentration in wheat was not changed when plants were sprayed at early stem elongation.

    Effects of foliar application of zinc sulfate at different phenological stages on yield formation and grain zinc content of bread wheat (cv. Kohdasht) · 2014

    Opposite direction

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