Abstract
Thirty field experiments were conducted during rabi seasons of 2014–15 and 201516 across farmers’ fields of four villages of district Faridabad, Haryana, India using wheat as test crop to evaluate the effects of soil and foliar mode of application of zinc fertilizer on grain yield and Zn concentration. The application of Zn fertilizer in soil increased grain yield of wheat significantly over control at few locations during both the years where low Zn soils existed i. e. from 3.9 to 12.6% and 3.3 to 10.5% during 2014–15 and 2015–16, respectively, over no soil Zn addition. However, foliar treatment of Zn fertilizer on grain yield was quiet less effective. The foliar Zn application resulted in significant increases in grain Zn content over control at all locations. Maximum increase in grain Zn concentration with foliar spray of Zn was 125.73 and 122.82% higher during 2014–15 and 2015–16, respectively, over control. It was found that foliar application of Zn is an important agronomic practice for the farmers to enrich wheat grains with zinc. Increasing grain yield by soil application and grain Zn concentration by foliar application of zinc fertilizer also provides additional positive impacts in terms of economic benefits and to secure nutritional quality and mitigate hidden hunger.
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Claims 7
Claim · model-written summary
Soil Zn increased wheat grain yield at low-Zn locations in 2014–15 by 3.9 to 12.6% over no soil Zn.
- Taxon
- wheat
Triticum aestivume0 - Treatment
- Zn fertilizer in soile0
- Outcome
- grain yielde0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 3.9 to 12.6%e0
- Qualifier
- 2014–15e0
- Comparator
- no soil Zn additione0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The application of Zn fertilizer in soil increased grain yield of wheat significantly over control at few locations during both the years where low Zn soils existed i. e. from 3.9 to 12.6% and 3.3 to 10.5% during 2014–15 and 2015–16, respectively, over no soil Zn addition.”
Claim · model-written summary
Soil Zn increased wheat grain yield at low-Zn locations in 2015–16 by 3.3 to 10.5% over no soil Zn.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivume0
- Treatment
- Zn fertilizer in soile0
- Outcome
- grain yielde0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 3.3 to 10.5%e0
- Qualifier
- 2015–16e0
- Comparator
- no soil Zn additione0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The application of Zn fertilizer in soil increased grain yield of wheat significantly over control at few locations during both the years where low Zn soils existed i. e. from 3.9 to 12.6% and 3.3 to 10.5% during 2014–15 and 2015–16, respectively, over no soil Zn addition.”
Claim · model-written summary
Foliar Zn was less effective for grain yield.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivumt0
- Treatment
- foliar treatment of Zn fertilizere0
- Outcome
- grain yielde0
- Direction
- less effectivee0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“foliar treatment of Zn fertilizer on grain yield was quiet less effective.”
t0“wheat grains”
Claim · model-written summary
Foliar Zn significantly increased grain Zn content at all locations.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivumt0
- Treatment
- foliar Zn applicatione0
- Outcome
- grain Zn contente0
- Direction
- increasese0
- Qualifier
- at all locationse0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The foliar Zn application resulted in significant increases in grain Zn content over control at all locations.”
t0“wheat grains”
Claim · model-written summary
Maximum grain Zn increase from foliar spray was 125.73% in 2014–15.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivumt0
- Treatment
- foliar spray of Zne0
- Outcome
- grain Zn concentratione0
- Direction
- increasee0
- Value
- 125.73e0
- Qualifier
- 2014–15e0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Maximum increase in grain Zn concentration with foliar spray of Zn was 125.73 and 122.82% higher during 2014–15 and 2015–16, respectively, over control.”
t0“wheat grains”
Claim · model-written summary
Maximum grain Zn increase from foliar spray was 122.82% in 2015–16.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivumt0
- Treatment
- foliar spray of Zne0
- Outcome
- grain Zn concentratione0
- Direction
- highere0
- Value
- 122.82%e0
- Qualifier
- 2015–16e0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Maximum increase in grain Zn concentration with foliar spray of Zn was 125.73 and 122.82% higher during 2014–15 and 2015–16, respectively, over control.”
t0“wheat grains”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend foliar Zn to enrich wheat grains with zinc.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivume0
- Treatment
- foliar application of Zne0
- Outcome
- enrich wheat grains with zince0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“foliar application of Zn is an important agronomic practice for the farmers to enrich wheat grains with zinc.”
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