Intervention effectmodel-written summary

Treatment 9 increased maize stover yield to 8.53 t/ha.

A claim from Effect of Biofertilizers and Zinc on Growth and Yield of Maize (Zea mays L.) · 2023

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Taxon: Zea mays L.Zea mayst0
Treatment: PSB (10 g) + VAM (10 g) + Zinc 0.6%e1
Interactor: VAMe1symbiont
Second interactor: PSBe1symbiont
Outcome: stover yielde1
Direction: highere1
Value: 8.53 t/hae1
Comparator: other treatmentse1

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Verbatim

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“Maize (Zea mays L.)”
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“The results showed that treatment 9 with the application of PSB (10 g) + VAM (10 g) + Zinc 0.6% recorded significantly higher plant height (213.08 cm), higher plant dry weight (106.76 g) ,maximum number of cobs/plant (2.20), higher cob length (17.63 cm), maximum number of seed/cob (294.56), higher seed index (39.56 g), higher seed yield (2.30t/ha), higher stover yield (8.53 t/ha), higher harvest index (21.26%) compared to other treatments”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 781–1223

Title

Effect of Biofertilizers and Zinc on Growth and Yield of Maize (Zea mays L.)

Polam Nagarjuna; Victor Debbarma International Journal of Plant & Soil Science 2023. doi:10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i183401

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Intervention effect Treatment 9 (PSB, VAM and 0.6% zinc) significantly increased maize plant height to 213.08 cm.
Intervention effect Treatment 9 increased maize plant dry weight to 106.76 g.
Intervention effect Treatment 9 gave the maximum number of cobs per plant (2.20).
Intervention effect Treatment 9 increased maize cob length to 17.63 cm.
Intervention effect Treatment 9 gave the maximum number of seeds per cob (294.56).
Intervention effect Treatment 9 increased maize seed index to 39.56 g.
Intervention effect Treatment 9 increased maize seed yield to 2.30 t/ha.
Intervention effect Treatment 9 increased maize harvest index to 21.26%.
Intervention effect Treatment 9 gave the maximum gross returns of 1,08772.00 INR/ha.
Intervention effect Treatment 9 gave the maximum net returns of 72,573.00 INR/ha.
Intervention effect Treatment 9 gave a benefit cost ratio of 2.00, higher than other treatments.
Intervention effect The control with RDF 120:60:40 kg/ha NPK recorded the minimum values of the measured parameters.

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zinc atom · yield · Zea mays (maize)Results differ

441 papers: 391 positive, 50 negative or no effect

390 papers in the same direction as this claim · 47 in the opposite direction · 3 reporting no difference from an alternative

positive
stover yield was higher at 10.11 t ha-1.
Response of maize (Zea mays L.) to foliar application of zinc and planting geometry · 2019
Same directionCited by this paper
negative
Adding Zn to the intermediate Fe level accentuated Fe deficiency and depressed corn yield.
Nutrient Balance Involving Phosphorus, Iron, and Zinc · 1965 · compared with intermediate Fe level
Opposite direction
negative
Corn yield at zero zinc and 3.0 mM phosphorus was significantly lower than at 1.0 mM phosphorus.
Potential for Phosphorus Toxicity in Zinc‐Stressed Corn and Potato · 1981 · compared with 1.0 m M P
Opposite direction
no effect
Most foliar Zn applications had no grain-yield effect.
Effect of Foliar Micronutrients (B, Mn, Fe, Zn) on Maize Grain Yield, Micronutrient Recovery, Uptake, and Partitioning · 2021
Opposite direction
negative
In a pot experiment the highest Zn rate (250 ppm) slightly reduced corn yield.
EFFECTS OF SOIL PROPERTIES AND AMENDMENTS ON THE AVAILABILITY OF ZINC IN SOILS · 1974
Opposite direction
negative
Zn alone or P alone reduced aboveground dry matter and yield at harvest by 8-85% in LCV and FER soils relative to unfertilized plants
Combining P and Zn fertilization to enhance yield and grain quality in maize grown on Mediterranean soils · 2021 · compared with unfertilized (control) plants
Opposite direction
no effect
Maize grain yield did not respond to zinc application.
Yield-limiting plant nutrients for maize production in northwest Ethiopia · 2022
Opposite direction
no effect
Soil Zn did not affect maize yield at any Cd concentration.
Cadmium‐zinc interaction in maize grown on sewer water irrigated soil · 1993
Opposite direction

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mycorrhiza · yield · Zea mays (maize)Results differ

113 papers: 104 positive, 9 negative or no effect

103 papers in the same direction as this claim · 9 in the opposite direction

positive
T6 led other treatments in cob length at 18.94 cm.
Effect of different levels of phosphorus and biofertilizers (PSB and VAM) on growth and yield of hybrid maize (Zea mays L.) · 2018 · compared with all other treatments
Same directionCited by this paper
no effect
Mycorrhizal inoculation did not significantly affect corn yield.
Prediction of phosphorus uptake by a mechanistic model in a low phosphorus highly weathered soil as affected by mycorrhizae inoculation · 1994
Opposite direction
negative
Mycorrhiza alone as a biostimulant lowered maize yields relative to fertilizer variants without mycorrhiza or with mycorrhiza plus soil bacteria in the dry years 2015 and 2016.
On the Negative Impact of Mycorrhiza Application on Maize Plants (Zea mays) Amended with Mineral and Organic Fertilizer · 2023 · compared with all fertilizer variants without the mycorrhiza or with mycorrhiza in combination with soil bacteria
Opposite direction
no effect
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi had no significant effect on plant height, number of leaves and cob length of sweet corn.
Efektivitas aplikasi kompos kulit kopi dan Fungi mikoriza arbuskular terhadap produktivitas jagung manis · 2019
Opposite direction
no effect
Mycorrhizal fungi had no significant effect on corn stem diameter, leaf number or 100 seed weight.
Investigation of mycorrhizal effect on agronomic traits and protein percent of corn varieties in Sistan · 2012
Opposite direction
no effect
Adding agrolyser and AMF after four weeks did not increase 2018 early season maize yield.
GENOTYPIC RESPONSE OF MAIZE TO MICRO AND MACRO NUTRIENTS AS INFLUENCED BY ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA FUNGI (GLOMUS FACULTATIVE) IN A RAINFOREST LOCATION · 2020
Opposite direction
no effect
TI1 did not significantly differ from TI2 or TI3 in stem dry weight and harvest index of corn.
Effects of different management practices on the growth and yield of corn · 2024 · compared with TI2 and TI3
Opposite direction
negative
With mycorrhizal inoculation, inserting two rows of mungbean gave maize yield 6% or 490 kg below monoculture.
GROWTH AND YIELD OF MAIZE (ZEA MAYS L.) INOCULATED BY MYCORRHIZAE AND INTERCROPPING WITH MUNGBEAN IN DRY LAND · 2021 · compared with monoculture
Opposite direction

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