Abstract
Abstract A field experiment was conducted at University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan, to investigate the effect of foliar application of silicon on yield and quality of fine rice (Oryza sativa L.). The research was designed as randomized complete block design (RCBD) having three replications and 6m x 4.5m net plot size was maintained. Foliar applications of silicon’s aqueous solution were used as treatments comprised of control, 0.25%, 0.50%, 1.00% silicon solutions. Nursery of 30 days old seedling nursery was transplanted to the plots under aerobic condition and 22.5cm hill to hill distance was maintained. Sodium silicate (20.35% Si) as the source of silicon (soluble in warm water) was used. Fertilizer inputs as nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium were uniformly applied at the rate of 100, 67, 67 kg ha -1 while all other agronomic practices were kept constant for all the treatments. The data from the field (yield components) as well as lab analysis (quality parameters) was recorded according to the standard procedures. Fisher’s analysis of the variance technique was used for statistical analysis and treatment’s mean differences were compared using least significant difference (LSD) test at 5% probability level. Silicon showed no significant effect on plant height, harvest index, number of kernels and opaque kernels percentage. Silicon (0.50% silicon solution) produced maximum grain diameter and grain protein while silicon @ 1.00% silicon solution resulted maximum in number of productive tillers, straw yield, spike per panicle, 1000 grain weight, paddy yield and grain starch. All others parameters have overlapping results of different silicon levels.
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Claim · model-written summary
Foliar silicon had no significant effect on plant height, harvest index or number of kernels of rice.
- Taxon
- rice
Oryza sativae0 - Treatment
- foliar application of silicone0
- Outcome
- plant height, harvest index, number of kernelse1
- Direction
- no significant effecte1
- Setting
- University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistane0
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e0“A field experiment was conducted at University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan, to investigate the effect of foliar application of silicon on yield and quality of fine rice (Oryza sativa L.)”
e1“Silicon showed no significant effect on plant height, harvest index, number of kernels and opaque kernels percentage”
Claim · model-written summary
Foliar silicon had no significant effect on opaque kernels percentage of rice.
- Taxon
- riceOryza sativae0
- Treatment
- foliar application of silicone0
- Outcome
- opaque kernels percentagee1
- Direction
- no significant effecte1
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“A field experiment was conducted at University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan, to investigate the effect of foliar application of silicon on yield and quality of fine rice (Oryza sativa L.)”
e1“Silicon showed no significant effect on plant height, harvest index, number of kernels and opaque kernels percentage”
Claim · model-written summary
The 0.50% silicon solution gave the maximum grain diameter and grain protein of rice.
- Taxon
- riceOryza sativae0
- Treatment
- Silicon (0.50% silicon solution)e2
- Outcome
- grain diameter and grain proteine2
- Direction
- maximume2
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“A field experiment was conducted at University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan, to investigate the effect of foliar application of silicon on yield and quality of fine rice (Oryza sativa L.)”
e2“Silicon (0.50% silicon solution) produced maximum grain diameter and grain protein while silicon @ 1.00% silicon solution resulted maximum in number of productive tillers, straw yield, spike per panicle, 1000 grain weight, paddy yield and grain starch”
Claim · model-written summary
The 1.00% silicon solution gave the maximum number of productive tillers, straw yield and spikes per panicle of rice.
- Taxon
- riceOryza sativae0
- Treatment
- silicon @ 1.00% silicon solutione2
- Outcome
- number of productive tillers, straw yield, spike per paniclee2
- Direction
- maximume2
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“A field experiment was conducted at University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan, to investigate the effect of foliar application of silicon on yield and quality of fine rice (Oryza sativa L.)”
e2“Silicon (0.50% silicon solution) produced maximum grain diameter and grain protein while silicon @ 1.00% silicon solution resulted maximum in number of productive tillers, straw yield, spike per panicle, 1000 grain weight, paddy yield and grain starch”
Claim · model-written summary
The 1.00% silicon solution gave the maximum 1000 grain weight, paddy yield and grain starch of rice.
- Taxon
- riceOryza sativae0
- Treatment
- silicon @ 1.00% silicon solutione2
- Outcome
- 1000 grain weight, paddy yield and grain starche2
- Direction
- maximume2
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“A field experiment was conducted at University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan, to investigate the effect of foliar application of silicon on yield and quality of fine rice (Oryza sativa L.)”
e2“Silicon (0.50% silicon solution) produced maximum grain diameter and grain protein while silicon @ 1.00% silicon solution resulted maximum in number of productive tillers, straw yield, spike per panicle, 1000 grain weight, paddy yield and grain starch”
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