Abstract
Soils of the southern Guinea savanna zone of Nigeria are inherently infertile due to shortened fallow period and the continuous use of inorganic fertilizer which depletes the soil of micronutrients such as zinc over time. A field trial was carried out at the Teaching and Research Farm of the University of Ilorin, Nigeria during the 2016 and 2017 cropping seasons to evaluate the effect of zinc and NPK fertilizer on the growth, yield and zinc concentration of seeds of sesame. The experiment was laid out as a factorial fitted into a randomized complete block design (RCBD), replicated thrice. The treatment consisted of four levels of ZnSO4 (0, 5, 10 and 15 kg ha-1) and four levels of NPK 15:15:15 (0, 100, 200 and 300 kg ha-1). Data collected were subjected to analysis of variance (ANOVA) and means were separated using new Duncan multiple range test at 5 % level of probability. Results obtained showed significant effects of Zn and NPK rates on plant height, number of leaves, yield per plot and yield per hectare. The application of 15 kg ha-1 Zn and 300 kg ha-1 (15:15:15) NPK resulted in high yield and high zinc content of seeds.
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Claim · model-written summary
Zinc and NPK rates significantly affected sesame height and leaf number.
- Taxon
- sesame
Sesamum indicumt0 - Treatment
- Zn and NPK ratese0
- Outcome
- plant height, number of leavese0
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t0“sesame (Sesamum indicum L.)”
e0“significant effects of Zn and NPK rates on plant height, number of leaves, yield per plot and yield per hectare”
Claim · model-written summary
Zinc and NPK rates significantly affected sesame yields per plot and hectare.
- Taxon
- sesameSesamum indicumt0
- Treatment
- Zn and NPK ratese0
- Outcome
- yield per plot and yield per hectaree0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“sesame (Sesamum indicum L.)”
e0“significant effects of Zn and NPK rates on plant height, number of leaves, yield per plot and yield per hectare”
Claim · model-written summary
The 15 kg ha-1 zinc and 300 kg ha-1 NPK combination gave high sesame yield.
- Taxon
- sesameSesamum indicumt0
- Treatment
- 15 kg ha-1 Zn and 300 kg ha-1 (15:15:15) NPKe0
- Outcome
- yielde0
- Direction
- highe0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“sesame (Sesamum indicum L.)”
e0“The application of 15 kg ha-1 Zn and 300 kg ha-1 (15:15:15) NPK resulted in high yield and high zinc content of seeds.”
Claim · model-written summary
The 15 kg ha-1 zinc and 300 kg ha-1 NPK combination gave high seed zinc content.
- Taxon
- sesameSesamum indicumt0
- Treatment
- 15 kg ha-1 Zn and 300 kg ha-1 (15:15:15) NPKe0
- Outcome
- zinc content of seedse0
- Direction
- highe0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“sesame (Sesamum indicum L.)”
e0“The application of 15 kg ha-1 Zn and 300 kg ha-1 (15:15:15) NPK resulted in high yield and high zinc content of seeds.”
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