Abstract
Abstract Carrier‐free 59 Fe and 65 Zn were added to Dinuba fine sandy loam (neutral), Hacienda loam (calcareous), and Yolo loam (slightly acid), and equilibrated through drying and wetting cycles. Bush bean ( Phaseolus vulgaris L., var. ‘Improved Tendergreen’), corn ( Zea mays L., var. ‘Golden Cross Bantam’), and soybean ( Glycine max Merr., var. ‘PI‐54619‐5‐1’ and ‘Hawkeye’) were grown in 59 Fe‐containing soil and bush bean ( P. vulgaris L.), corn ( Z. mays L.) and cotton ( Gossypium hirsutum L., var. ‘Acala 442’) were grown in 65 Zn‐containing soil. One‐half of those with 59 Fe received Na 2 EDDHA equivalent to 4.4 kg of Fe/ha had there been a 1:1 metal chelate and one‐half of those with 65 Zn received Na 2 EDTA equivalent to 5.5 kg of Zn/ha had metal been added with the chelating agent. The chelating agents had many different effects depending on soil and on crop. Chelating agents increased the specific activity of 59 Fe in the bush bean and soybeans. The specific activity of 59 Fe in corn was unchanged by chelating agent but was much higher than in bush bean and soybean with or without chelating agents. When carrier Fe was added, the behavior of 59 Fe was essentially unchanged. The specific activity of 65 Zn in plants in most cases was increased by the EDTA. The EDTA increased both 65 Zn and total Zn in corn, but the specific activity generally was unchanged by the chelate.
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Claim · model-written summary
Chelating agents increased 59Fe specific activity in bush bean.
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e0“Chelating agents increased the specific activity of 59 Fe in the bush bean and soybeans.”
Claim · model-written summary
Chelating agents increased 59Fe specific activity in soybeans.
- Taxon
- soybeans
Glycine maxe0 - Treatment
- Chelating agentse0
- Outcome
- specific activity of 59 Fee0
- Direction
- increasede0
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e0“Chelating agents increased the specific activity of 59 Fe in the bush bean and soybeans.”
Claim · model-written summary
Chelating agent left corn 59Fe specific activity unchanged.
- Taxon
- corn
Zea mays subsp. mayse0
- Treatment
- chelating agente0
- Outcome
- specific activity of 59 Fee0
- Direction
- unchangede0
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e0“The specific activity of 59 Fe in corn was unchanged by chelating agent but was much higher than in bush bean and soybean with or without chelating agents.”
Claim · model-written summary
Corn 59Fe specific activity was much higher than in bush bean and soybean.
- Taxon
- corn
Zea mays subsp. mayse0
- Outcome
- specific activity of 59 Fee0
- Direction
- much highere0
- Comparator
- bush bean and soybeane0
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e0“The specific activity of 59 Fe in corn was unchanged by chelating agent but was much higher than in bush bean and soybean with or without chelating agents.”
Claim · model-written summary
Adding carrier Fe left 59Fe behavior essentially unchanged.
- Taxon
- PlantsViridiplantaet0
- Treatment
- carrier Fee0
- Outcome
- behavior of 59 Fee0
- Direction
- essentially unchangede0
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e0“When carrier Fe was added, the behavior of 59 Fe was essentially unchanged.”
t0“Plants”
Claim · model-written summary
EDTA increased 65Zn specific activity in plants in most cases.
- Taxon
- plantsViridiplantaee0
- Treatment
- EDTAe0
- Outcome
- specific activity of 65 Zne0
- Direction
- increasede0
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e0“The specific activity of 65 Zn in plants in most cases was increased by the EDTA.”
Claim · model-written summary
EDTA increased corn 65Zn.
- Taxon
- corn
Zea mays subsp. mayse0
- Treatment
- EDTAe0
- Outcome
- 65 Zne0
- Direction
- increasede0
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e0“The EDTA increased both 65 Zn and total Zn in corn, but the specific activity generally was unchanged by the chelate.”
Claim · model-written summary
EDTA increased total Zn in corn.
- Taxon
- corn
Zea mays subsp. mayse0
- Treatment
- EDTAe0
- Outcome
- total Zne0
- Direction
- increasede0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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e0“The EDTA increased both 65 Zn and total Zn in corn, but the specific activity generally was unchanged by the chelate.”
Claim · model-written summary
Corn 65Zn specific activity was generally unchanged by chelate.
- Taxon
- corn
Zea mays subsp. mayse0
- Treatment
- chelatee0
- Outcome
- specific activitye0
- Direction
- unchangede0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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e0“The EDTA increased both 65 Zn and total Zn in corn, but the specific activity generally was unchanged by the chelate.”
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