Paper · 1983 · Canadian Journal of Soil Science

INFLUENCE OF SOIL MASS AND DIMENSIONS ON ZINC RESPONSE IN CORN (Zea mays)

G. J. RACZ; A. S. NYAKI; L. A. LOEWEN-RUDGERS

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Abstract

Zn increased shoot dry matter yield of 62-day-old corn grown in the greenhouse on Almasippi loamy fine sand (Gleyed Carbonated Rego Black) containing 0.77 ppm DTPA-extractable Zn whereas corn in the field on the same soil had not responded to Zn. Soil mass or dimensions had little influence upon degree of response to Zn. When no Zn was applied, Zn uptake was not influenced by soil mass, suggesting that the amount of plant-available soil Zn did not increase with increasing soil mass. Results from this study provided little evidence that restricted soil mass, limiting the amount of available soil Zn, was the primary cause of greater response to Zn fertilization in pot as compared to field experiments. Key words: Corn, soil-mass, zinc

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Zinc increased shoot dry matter yield of greenhouse corn.

Organ / stage
shoote0
Treatment
Zne0
Outcome
shoot dry matter yielde0
Direction
increasede0
Qualifier
62-day-olde0
Setting
greenhousee0

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Zea mays subsp. mays
Zea mays subsp. mays · TaxonDominicus Johannes Bergsma · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Zn increased shoot dry matter yield of 62-day-old corn grown in the greenhouse on Almasippi loamy fine sand (Gleyed Carbonated Rego Black) containing 0.77 ppm DTPA-extractable Zn”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Field-grown corn on the same soil did not respond to zinc.

Treatment
Zne0
Outcome
responded to Zne0
Direction
not respondede0
Setting
fielde0

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Zea mays subsp. mays
Zea mays subsp. mays · TaxonDominicus Johannes Bergsma · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“corn in the field on the same soil had not responded to Zn.”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Soil mass or dimensions had little effect on corn zinc response.

Treatment
Soil mass or dimensionse0
Outcome
degree of response to Zne0
Direction
little influencee0

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Zea mays subsp. mays
Zea mays subsp. mays · TaxonDominicus Johannes Bergsma · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Soil mass or dimensions had little influence upon degree of response to Zn.”

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“CORN (Zea mays)”

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Associationobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Without added zinc, corn zinc uptake did not vary with soil mass.

Treatment
soil masse0
Outcome
Zn uptakee0
Direction
not influencede0
Qualifier
When no Zn was appliede0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Zea mays subsp. mays
Zea mays subsp. mays · TaxonDominicus Johannes Bergsma · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“When no Zn was applied, Zn uptake was not influenced by soil mass”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 323–388 · show in text ↑
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“CORN (Zea mays)”

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Mechanismauthor interpretationoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Restricted soil mass was poorly supported as the cause of the stronger pot response to zinc fertilization.

Outcome
greater response to Zn fertilizatione0
Qualifier
restricted soil mass, limiting the amount of available soil Zne0
Comparator
field experimentse0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Zea mays subsp. mays
Zea mays subsp. mays · TaxonDominicus Johannes Bergsma · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

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“Results from this study provided little evidence that restricted soil mass, limiting the amount of available soil Zn, was the primary cause of greater response to Zn fertilization in pot as compared to field experiments.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 488–708 · show in text ↑
t0

“CORN (Zea mays)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 58–73 · show in text ↑

zinc atom · nutrient: content · Zea mays (maize)Results differ

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