Abstract
Maximizing onion (Allium cepa L.) seed production through foliar application of zinc and boron in Swat Valley at Agricultural Research Institute Mingora-Swat, Pakistan was executed during 2013-14. The onion bulbs of cv. Swat-1 were used as planting material. NPK applied @ 120:60:60 kg/ha as urea, di-ammonium phosphate and potassium sulphate, respectively, while zinc was applied @ 0, 0.3, 0.7 kg/ha as heptahydrated zinc sulphate (ZnSO4.7H2O) and 0, 0.1, 0.3 kg/ha boron in the form of borax (H3BO3). Randomized complete block design was used for the experiment with factorial arrangement and replicated 3 times. 3 4 m was the plot size. Results revealed that both zinc and boron significantly affected all the parameters under studied. However, maximum number of leaves/plant, maximum number of flowers/plant, maximum seeds/umbel, maximum seed weight/umbel and maximum seed yield were recorded by the combined application of Zn and B at 0.7 and 0.3 kg/ha, respectively. Moreover, maximum concentration of zinc in seeds were found in treatment plots where Zn @ 0.7 kg/ha and B @ 0.3 kg/ha were applied simultaneously. Zinc-boron concentration in leaves at flowering stage and in seeds at harvest showed significant positive linear relationship to each other. The results suggested that maximum onion seeds yield under the condition of the experiment were produced when 0.7 kg/ha Zn and 0.3 kg/ha boron were applied.
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Claims 8
Claim · model-written summary
Combined 0.7 kg/ha zinc and 0.3 kg/ha boron maximized leaves per plant.
- Taxon
- onion
Allium cepae1 - Treatment
- combined application of Zn and B at 0.7 and 0.3 kg/hae0
- Outcome
- number of leaves/plante0
- Direction
- maximume0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“maximum number of leaves/plant, maximum number of flowers/plant, maximum seeds/umbel, maximum seed weight/umbel and maximum seed yield were recorded by the combined application of Zn and B at 0.7 and 0.3 kg/ha, respectively.”
e1“onion (Allium cepa L.)”
Claim · model-written summary
The combined zinc and boron rates maximized flowers per plant.
- Taxon
- onionAllium cepae1
- Treatment
- combined application of Zn and B at 0.7 and 0.3 kg/hae0
- Outcome
- number of flowers/plante0
- Direction
- maximume0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“maximum number of leaves/plant, maximum number of flowers/plant, maximum seeds/umbel, maximum seed weight/umbel and maximum seed yield were recorded by the combined application of Zn and B at 0.7 and 0.3 kg/ha, respectively.”
e1“onion (Allium cepa L.)”
Claim · model-written summary
The combined zinc and boron rates maximized seeds per umbel.
- Taxon
- onionAllium cepae1
- Treatment
- combined application of Zn and B at 0.7 and 0.3 kg/hae0
- Outcome
- seeds/umbele0
- Direction
- maximume0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“maximum number of leaves/plant, maximum number of flowers/plant, maximum seeds/umbel, maximum seed weight/umbel and maximum seed yield were recorded by the combined application of Zn and B at 0.7 and 0.3 kg/ha, respectively.”
e1“onion (Allium cepa L.)”
Claim · model-written summary
The combined zinc and boron rates maximized seed weight per umbel.
- Taxon
- onionAllium cepae1
- Treatment
- combined application of Zn and B at 0.7 and 0.3 kg/hae0
- Outcome
- seed weight/umbele0
- Direction
- maximume0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“maximum number of leaves/plant, maximum number of flowers/plant, maximum seeds/umbel, maximum seed weight/umbel and maximum seed yield were recorded by the combined application of Zn and B at 0.7 and 0.3 kg/ha, respectively.”
e1“onion (Allium cepa L.)”
Claim · model-written summary
The combined zinc and boron rates maximized seed yield.
- Taxon
- onionAllium cepae1
- Treatment
- combined application of Zn and B at 0.7 and 0.3 kg/hae0
- Outcome
- seed yielde0
- Direction
- maximume0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“maximum number of leaves/plant, maximum number of flowers/plant, maximum seeds/umbel, maximum seed weight/umbel and maximum seed yield were recorded by the combined application of Zn and B at 0.7 and 0.3 kg/ha, respectively.”
e1“onion (Allium cepa L.)”
Claim · model-written summary
Combined 0.7 kg/ha zinc and 0.3 kg/ha boron maximized seed zinc concentration.
- Taxon
- onionAllium cepae1
- Treatment
- Zn @ 0.7 kg/ha and B @ 0.3 kg/hae0
- Outcome
- concentration of zinc in seedse0
- Direction
- maximume0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“maximum concentration of zinc in seeds were found in treatment plots where Zn @ 0.7 kg/ha and B @ 0.3 kg/ha were applied simultaneously.”
e1“onion (Allium cepa L.)”
Claim · model-written summary
Leaf zinc-boron concentration at flowering was positively related to seed concentration at harvest.
- Taxon
- onionAllium cepae1
- Organ / stage
- leaves at flowering stagee0
- Outcome
- Zinc-boron concentration in leaves at flowering stage and in seeds at harveste0
- Direction
- positivee0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Zinc-boron concentration in leaves at flowering stage and in seeds at harvest showed significant positive linear relationship to each other.”
e1“onion (Allium cepa L.)”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend 0.7 kg/ha zinc with 0.3 kg/ha boron for maximum onion seed yield under the trial conditions.
- Taxon
- onionAllium cepae0
- Treatment
- 0.7 kg/ha Zn and 0.3 kg/ha borone0
- Outcome
- maximum onion seeds yielde0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“maximum onion seeds yield under the condition of the experiment were produced when 0.7 kg/ha Zn and 0.3 kg/ha boron were applied.”
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