Abstract
There is need to enhance the nutritional quality of lentil for ameliorating nutrient deficiencies in people especially vegetarians. The study was carried out to investigate the effect of soil application of zinc (Zn) and foliar application of Zn and nitrogen [(N) through urea] on grain yield and enrichment of grain with Zn in lentil. The field experiments were conducted at two locations Ludhiana and Faridkot, India. The experiment was consisted of eleven treatments (control, soil application of 25 kg ha−1 ZnSO4 at sowing time, foliar spray of sole 0.5% ZnSO4 or 2% urea and combined foliar spray of 0.5% ZnSO4 + 2% urea at flowering, pod formation, and flowering + pod formation stages). The foliar application of 0.5% ZnSO4 + 2% urea spray at flowering + pod formation stages significantly improved the grain yield, Zn and iron (Fe) concentration at maturity in stover and grain (whole as well as split) of lentil and protein content in stover and grain. The combined application of ZnSO4 (0.5%) + urea (2%) at flowering + pod formation stages can be done to improve not only the grain yield (on an average 29.5%) but also the Zn (49.7%) and Fe (17.4%) concentration in lentil grain, which, can help in ameliorating malnutrition in human population.
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Claim · model-written summary
Combined zinc and urea foliar application improved lentil grain yield by an average 29.5%.
- Taxon
- lentil
Lens culinarist0 - Treatment
- ZnSO4 (0.5%) + urea (2%) at flowering + pod formation stagese0
- Outcome
- grain yielde0
- Direction
- improvee0
- Value
- 29.5%e0
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Verbatim
e0“The combined application of ZnSO4 (0.5%) + urea (2%) at flowering + pod formation stages can be done to improve not only the grain yield (on an average 29.5%)”
t0“lentil”
Claim · model-written summary
Combined application improved lentil grain Zn concentration by 49.7%.
- Taxon
- lentilLens culinarist0
- Organ / stage
- lentil graine0
- Treatment
- ZnSO4 (0.5%) + urea (2%) at flowering + pod formation stagese0
- Outcome
- Zne0
- Direction
- improvee0
- Value
- 49.7%e0
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Verbatim
t0“lentil”
e0“The combined application of ZnSO4 (0.5%) + urea (2%) at flowering + pod formation stages can be done to improve not only the grain yield (on an average 29.5%) but also the Zn (49.7%) and Fe (17.4%) concentration in lentil grain”
Claim · model-written summary
Combined application improved lentil grain Fe concentration by 17.4%.
- Taxon
- lentilLens culinarist0
- Organ / stage
- lentil graine0
- Treatment
- ZnSO4 (0.5%) + urea (2%) at flowering + pod formation stagese0
- Outcome
- Fee0
- Direction
- improvee0
- Value
- 17.4%e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“lentil”
e0“The combined application of ZnSO4 (0.5%) + urea (2%) at flowering + pod formation stages can be done to improve not only the grain yield (on an average 29.5%) but also the Zn (49.7%) and Fe (17.4%) concentration in lentil grain”
Claim · model-written summary
Combined foliar spray improved Zn and Fe concentration in lentil stover at maturity.
- Taxon
- lentilLens culinarise0
- Treatment
- 0.5% ZnSO4 + 2% urea spray at flowering + pod formation stagese0
- Outcome
- Zn and iron (Fe) concentration at maturity in stovere0
- Direction
- improvede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The foliar application of 0.5% ZnSO4 + 2% urea spray at flowering + pod formation stages significantly improved the grain yield, Zn and iron (Fe) concentration at maturity in stover and grain (whole as well as split) of lentil”
Claim · model-written summary
Combined foliar spray improved protein content in lentil stover and grain.
- Taxon
- lentilLens culinarise0
- Treatment
- 0.5% ZnSO4 + 2% urea spray at flowering + pod formation stagese0
- Outcome
- protein content in stover and graine0
- Direction
- improvede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The foliar application of 0.5% ZnSO4 + 2% urea spray at flowering + pod formation stages significantly improved the grain yield, Zn and iron (Fe) concentration at maturity in stover and grain (whole as well as split) of lentil and protein content in stover and grain.”
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