Abstract
Zinc (Zn) is one of the micronutrients found to be deficient in Kansas. The objective of this study was to evaluate the response of grain sorghum to Zn fertilization using strip trials. The experiment was set up in Manhattan, KS, in 2015. The experimental design consisted of two strips, one with Zn fertilizer and the other without, with five replications. Zn fertilizer was applied as starter in combination with ammonium polyphosphate at the rate of 0.5 lb Zn/a. Plant tissue samples were collected to determine Zn content. Grain yield was recorded by combine equipped with yield monitor. No significant differences were found for sorghum grain yield. Grain Zn content increased with Zn fertilization. Zn fertilization may be considered for future studies in food biofortification.
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Claim · model-written summary
Zinc fertilization produced no significant difference in sorghum grain yield.
- Treatment
- Zn fertilizere0
- Outcome
- sorghum grain yielde1
- Direction
- No significant differencese1
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- withoute0
SorghumOrganisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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t0“Grain Sorghum”
e0“one with Zn fertilizer and the other without”
e1“No significant differences were found for sorghum grain yield”
Claim · model-written summary
Zinc fertilization increased grain zinc content.
- Taxon
- Grain Sorghum
Sorghum bicolort0 - Treatment
- Zn fertilizatione1
- Outcome
- Grain Zn contente1
- Direction
- increasede1
- Comparator
- withoute0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Grain Sorghum”
e0“one with Zn fertilizer and the other without”
e1“Grain Zn content increased with Zn fertilization”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors suggest zinc fertilization for future food biofortification studies.
- Taxon
- Grain SorghumSorghum bicolort0
- Outcome
- Zn fertilization may be considered for future studies in food biofortificatione0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Grain Sorghum”
e0“Zn fertilization may be considered for future studies in food biofortification”
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