Abstract
Millets being less expensive compared to cereals and constitute a major component of diet for the poorer sections of the population, is one of the major choice of fortification with micronutrients such as zinc. In view of this, finger millet, widely grown and commonly consumed in India was explored as a vehicle for fortification with zinc. A field experiment was conducted at Agricultural Research Station, Vizianagaram during Kharif 2013-14 to verify the stability of bio-fortification of Zinc on the grain yield and grain zinc content in finger millet. Zinc application through soil as well as foliar spray was comparatively studied in finger millet. The results indicated that soil application of ZnSO4 @ 12.5 kg ha -1 at the time of sowing enhances the grain yield by 13.3% grain zinc content by 8.95%, while foliar spray of ZnSO4 @ 0.5% increased the grain zinc content by 10.2% and not the grain yield.
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Claim · model-written summary
Soil ZnSO4 at sowing increased grain yield by 13.3%.
- Taxon
- finger millet
Eleusine coracanat0 - Treatment
- soil application of ZnSO4 @ 12.5 kg ha -1e0
- Outcome
- grain yielde0
- Direction
- enhancese0
- Value
- 13.3%e0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“soil application of ZnSO4 @ 12.5 kg ha -1 at the time of sowing enhances the grain yield by 13.3%”
t0“FINGER MILLET”
Claim · model-written summary
Soil ZnSO4 at sowing increased grain zinc content by 8.95%.
- Taxon
- finger milletEleusine coracanat0
- Treatment
- soil application of ZnSO4 @ 12.5 kg ha -1e0
- Outcome
- grain zinc contente0
- Direction
- enhancese0
- Value
- 8.95%e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“soil application of ZnSO4 @ 12.5 kg ha -1 at the time of sowing enhances the grain yield by 13.3% grain zinc content by 8.95%”
t0“FINGER MILLET”
Claim · model-written summary
Foliar ZnSO4 increased grain zinc content by 10.2%.
- Taxon
- finger milletEleusine coracanat0
- Treatment
- foliar spray of ZnSO4 @ 0.5%e0
- Outcome
- grain zinc contente0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 10.2%e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“foliar spray of ZnSO4 @ 0.5% increased the grain zinc content by 10.2%”
t0“FINGER MILLET”
Claim · model-written summary
Foliar ZnSO4 did not increase grain yield.
- Taxon
- finger milletEleusine coracanat0
- Treatment
- foliar spray of ZnSO4 @ 0.5%e0
- Outcome
- grain yielde0
- Direction
- note0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“foliar spray of ZnSO4 @ 0.5% increased the grain zinc content by 10.2% and not the grain yield.”
t0“FINGER MILLET”
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