Abstract
The field experiment was conducted in Jalingo, Nigeria, during the 2019 cropping season to evaluate the effects of varying zinc fertilizer rates on the growth, yield, and quality of Zea mays L. samaz-14 variety. The study utilized a randomized complete block design with five zinc application levels (including a control) and three replications. Application of 7.5 kg Zn ha-1 ha resulted in significant improvements in stem girth, grain yield, and grain weight per cob compared to other treatments. Zinc supplementation enhanced vegetative development, harvest index, and 100-grain weight, leading to increased yield. The yield improvements were attributed to enhanced zinc nutrient availability. The 7.5 kg Zn ha-1 ha rate is recommended as optimal under the study conditions.
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Claims 4
Claim · model-written summary
A zinc application of 7.5 kg Zn ha-1 significantly improved stem girth, grain yield and grain weight per cob in maize compared with other treatments.
- Material
- samaz-14e0
- Treatment
- 7.5 kg Zn ha-1 hae1
- Outcome
- stem girth, grain yield, and grain weight per cobe1
- Direction
- significant improvementse1
- Comparator
- other treatmentse1
- Setting
- Jalingo, Nigeriae0
Zea maysOrganisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The field experiment was conducted in Jalingo, Nigeria, during the 2019 cropping season to evaluate the effects of varying zinc fertilizer rates on the growth, yield, and quality of Zea mays L. samaz-14 variety”
e1“Application of 7.5 kg Zn ha-1 ha resulted in significant improvements in stem girth, grain yield, and grain weight per cob compared to other treatments”
Claim · model-written summary
Zinc supplementation enhanced vegetative development, harvest index and 100-grain weight in maize.
- Taxon
- Zee mayst0
- Treatment
- Zinc supplementatione2
- Outcome
- vegetative development, harvest index, and 100-grain weighte2
- Direction
- enhancede2
Not reportedComparator
Verbatim
t0“MAIZE (Zee mays)”
e2“Zinc supplementation enhanced vegetative development, harvest index, and 100-grain weight, leading to increased yield”
Claim · model-written summary
The maize yield improvements under zinc were attributed to enhanced zinc nutrient availability.
Verbatim
t0“MAIZE (Zee mays)”
e3“The yield improvements were attributed to enhanced zinc nutrient availability”
Claim · model-written summary
The 7.5 kg Zn ha-1 rate is recommended as the optimal zinc rate under the study conditions.
Verbatim
t0“MAIZE (Zee mays)”
e4“The 7.5 kg Zn ha-1 ha rate is recommended as optimal under the study conditions”
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