Abstract
Background: Zinc deficiency constitutes a significant global issue affecting agricultural productivity and human health, particularly in developing regions where maize is a staple food. Maize is a widely propagated cereal crop on a global scale, playing a pivotal role in agricultural systems across diverse regions as a primary source of calories and nutrients for millions of people. However, maize often lacks essential micronutrients, including zinc, which is crucial for various physiological functions in both plants and humans. Methods: A field experiment was conducted on sandy clayey loam soil during the rabi seasons of 2022 and 2023 Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu to study the effect of zinc fertilization through integrated nutrient management for enhancement of maize productivity and quality under western ghat condition. Maize was planted at a spacing of 60 x 25 cm using a Split Plot Design (SPD) with two integrated nutrient treatments as the main plot and six nutrient level treatments in sub-plots with three replications. Result: The results revealed that that zinc fertilization treatments containing 0.5% Zn as ZnSO4 (H2), led to higher growth and yield attributes, grain yield (8906 kg ha-1) and stover yield (12652 kg ha-1) and also resulted in maximum crude protein content (15.12 %), starch content (63.85 mg g-1), Fe (38.25 mg kg-1) and Zn (36.06 mg kg-1) in maize grain. It was observed that Zinc fertilization through 100% integrated nutrient management enhanced the vegetative growth, yield components and grain quality of maize crop.
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Zinc treatment H2 produced higher growth and yield attributes.
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- zinc fertilization treatments containing 0.5% Zn as ZnSO4 (H2)e0
- Outcome
- growth and yield attributese0
- Direction
- highere0
Zea maysNot reportedComparator
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e0“The results revealed that that zinc fertilization treatments containing 0.5% Zn as ZnSO4 (H2), led to higher growth and yield attributes, grain yield (8906 kg ha-1) and stover yield (12652 kg ha-1) and also resulted in maximum crude protein content (15.12 %), starch content (63.85 mg g-1), Fe (38.25 mg kg-1) and Zn (36.06 mg kg-1) in maize grain.”
Claim · model-written summary
Zinc treatment H2 produced higher grain yield of 8906 kg ha-1.
- Treatment
- zinc fertilization treatments containing 0.5% Zn as ZnSO4 (H2)e0
- Outcome
- grain yielde0
- Direction
- highere0
- Value
- 8906 kg ha-1e0
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e0“The results revealed that that zinc fertilization treatments containing 0.5% Zn as ZnSO4 (H2), led to higher growth and yield attributes, grain yield (8906 kg ha-1) and stover yield (12652 kg ha-1) and also resulted in maximum crude protein content (15.12 %), starch content (63.85 mg g-1), Fe (38.25 mg kg-1) and Zn (36.06 mg kg-1) in maize grain.”
Claim · model-written summary
Zinc treatment H2 produced higher stover yield of 12652 kg ha-1.
- Treatment
- zinc fertilization treatments containing 0.5% Zn as ZnSO4 (H2)e0
- Outcome
- stover yielde0
- Direction
- highere0
- Value
- 12652 kg ha-1e0
Not reportedComparator
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e0“The results revealed that that zinc fertilization treatments containing 0.5% Zn as ZnSO4 (H2), led to higher growth and yield attributes, grain yield (8906 kg ha-1) and stover yield (12652 kg ha-1) and also resulted in maximum crude protein content (15.12 %), starch content (63.85 mg g-1), Fe (38.25 mg kg-1) and Zn (36.06 mg kg-1) in maize grain.”
Claim · model-written summary
Zinc treatment H2 produced maximum crude protein content of 15.12 %.
- Treatment
- zinc fertilization treatments containing 0.5% Zn as ZnSO4 (H2)e0
- Outcome
- crude protein contente0
- Direction
- maximume0
- Value
- 15.12 %e0
Not reportedComparator
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e0“The results revealed that that zinc fertilization treatments containing 0.5% Zn as ZnSO4 (H2), led to higher growth and yield attributes, grain yield (8906 kg ha-1) and stover yield (12652 kg ha-1) and also resulted in maximum crude protein content (15.12 %), starch content (63.85 mg g-1), Fe (38.25 mg kg-1) and Zn (36.06 mg kg-1) in maize grain.”
Claim · model-written summary
Zinc treatment H2 produced maximum starch content of 63.85 mg g-1.
- Treatment
- zinc fertilization treatments containing 0.5% Zn as ZnSO4 (H2)e0
- Outcome
- starch contente0
- Direction
- maximume0
- Value
- 63.85 mg g-1e0
Not reportedComparator
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e0“The results revealed that that zinc fertilization treatments containing 0.5% Zn as ZnSO4 (H2), led to higher growth and yield attributes, grain yield (8906 kg ha-1) and stover yield (12652 kg ha-1) and also resulted in maximum crude protein content (15.12 %), starch content (63.85 mg g-1), Fe (38.25 mg kg-1) and Zn (36.06 mg kg-1) in maize grain.”
Claim · model-written summary
Zinc treatment H2 produced maximum Fe of 38.25 mg kg-1.
- Treatment
- zinc fertilization treatments containing 0.5% Zn as ZnSO4 (H2)e0
- Outcome
- Fee0
- Direction
- maximume0
- Value
- 38.25 mg kg-1e0
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e0“The results revealed that that zinc fertilization treatments containing 0.5% Zn as ZnSO4 (H2), led to higher growth and yield attributes, grain yield (8906 kg ha-1) and stover yield (12652 kg ha-1) and also resulted in maximum crude protein content (15.12 %), starch content (63.85 mg g-1), Fe (38.25 mg kg-1) and Zn (36.06 mg kg-1) in maize grain.”
Claim · model-written summary
Zinc treatment H2 produced maximum Zn of 36.06 mg kg-1.
- Treatment
- zinc fertilization treatments containing 0.5% Zn as ZnSO4 (H2)e0
- Outcome
- Zne0
- Direction
- maximume0
- Value
- 36.06 mg kg-1e0
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e0“The results revealed that that zinc fertilization treatments containing 0.5% Zn as ZnSO4 (H2), led to higher growth and yield attributes, grain yield (8906 kg ha-1) and stover yield (12652 kg ha-1) and also resulted in maximum crude protein content (15.12 %), starch content (63.85 mg g-1), Fe (38.25 mg kg-1) and Zn (36.06 mg kg-1) in maize grain.”
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Full integrated nutrient management enhanced vegetative growth and yield components.
- Treatment
- Zinc fertilization through 100% integrated nutrient managemente0
- Outcome
- vegetative growth, yield componentse0
- Direction
- enhancede0
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e0“Zinc fertilization through 100% integrated nutrient management enhanced the vegetative growth, yield components and grain quality of maize crop.”
Claim · model-written summary
Full integrated nutrient management enhanced maize grain quality.
- Treatment
- Zinc fertilization through 100% integrated nutrient managemente0
- Outcome
- grain qualitye0
- Direction
- enhancede0
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e0“Zinc fertilization through 100% integrated nutrient management enhanced the vegetative growth, yield components and grain quality of maize crop.”
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