Abstract
Background: Zn deficiency was predominant in soils of Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh, which causes yield reduction in most of the crops especially in finger millet. Zinc has important role in enzyme activation viz., oxidoreductase, transferases, hydrolases, lyases, isomerases and ligases. The deficient soil gives us the zinc deficient food which is said to be the major root cause for malnutrition among the children. Hence present study was intended to find out most appropriate method and time of zinc fertilization for higher productivity, grain quality and zinc fortification with two major finger millet varieties viz., vakula and tirumala. Methods: The field experiment was laid out in split plot design with three replications and two varieties viz., vakula (V1) and tirumala (V2) with seven zinc application treatments which includes: control (T1); NPK (30-30-20) + FYM @ 10t ha-1 (T2); T2 + soil application (SA) of ZnSO4 @ 25 kg ha-1 as basal (T3); T2 + SA of chelated zinc sulphate @ 5 kg ha-1 as basal (T4); T2 + FA of 0.2% ZnSO4 at ear head emergence stage (T5); T2 + foliar application (FA) of 0.2% ZnSO4 at grain filling stage (T6); T2 + FA of 0.2% ZnSO4 at ear head emergence and grain filling stages (T7). Result: Foliar application of 0.2% ZnSO4 at ear head emergence and grain filling stages registered significantly highest grain and straw yield of 3150 kg ha-1 and 7364 kg ha-1, respectively compared to control and other zinc fertilization treatments. Between the two tested varieties tirumala variety recorded higher grain yield (2298 kg ha-1) compared to vakula variety (2230 kg ha-1).
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Foliar zinc sulfate at ear emergence and grain filling gave the highest grain yield of 3150 kg per hectare.
- Taxon
- finger millet
Eleusine coracanat0 - Treatment
- Foliar application of 0.2% ZnSO4 at ear head emergence and grain filling stagese0
- Outcome
- grain and straw yielde0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Value
- 3150 kg ha-1e0
- Comparator
- control and other zinc fertilization treatmentse0
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e0“Foliar application of 0.2% ZnSO4 at ear head emergence and grain filling stages registered significantly highest grain and straw yield of 3150 kg ha-1 and 7364 kg ha-1, respectively compared to control and other zinc fertilization treatments”
t0“Finger Millet”
Claim · model-written summary
The same zinc treatment gave the highest straw yield of 7364 kg per hectare.
- Taxon
- finger milletEleusine coracanat0
- Treatment
- Foliar application of 0.2% ZnSO4 at ear head emergence and grain filling stagese0
- Outcome
- straw yielde0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Value
- 7364 kg ha-1e0
- Comparator
- control and other zinc fertilization treatmentse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Foliar application of 0.2% ZnSO4 at ear head emergence and grain filling stages registered significantly highest grain and straw yield of 3150 kg ha-1 and 7364 kg ha-1, respectively compared to control and other zinc fertilization treatments”
t0“Finger Millet”
Claim · model-written summary
Tirumala grain yield was higher than vakula, 2298 versus 2230 kg per hectare.
- Taxon
- finger milletEleusine coracanat0
- Material
- tirumala varietye0
- Outcome
- grain yielde0
- Direction
- highere0
- Value
- 2298 kg ha-1e0
- Qualifier
- 2230 kg ha-1e0
- Comparator
- vakula varietye0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“tirumala variety recorded higher grain yield (2298 kg ha-1) compared to vakula variety (2230 kg ha-1)”
t0“finger millet”
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