TY - JOUR
T1 - Influence of Zn nutrition on the productivity, grain quality and grain biofortification of wheat under conventional and conservation rice–wheat cropping systems
AU - Nadeem, Faisal
AU - Farooq, Muhammad
AU - Ullah, Aman
AU - Rehman, Abdul
AU - Nawaz, Ahmad
AU - Naveed, Muhammad
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the U.S. Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security (USPCAS-AFS), University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020/7/2
Y1 - 2020/7/2
N2 - This study was conducted to evaluate influence of zinc (Zn) application on productivity, grain biofortification and grain quality of wheat planted under plough tillage (PT) and zero tillage (ZT) systems. Zn was delivered as soil application (10 kg ha−1), foliage spray (0.025 M) and seed priming (0.5 M) in wheat planted under PT and ZT systems. ZT had higher total soil porosity, total soil organic matter, soil organic carbon and soil microbial biomass carbon than PT. Zn application, by either method, improved grain yield, grain Zn and grain quality in both tillage systems. The grain Zn concentration was 72% and 59% higher with soil-applied Zn in ZT wheat during 2016–2017 and 2017–2018, respectively, compared with no Zn. However, Zn seed priming was the most effective in improving wheat grain yield in both tillage systems. Foliage and Zn soil application were better in improving the indices of Zn use efficiency of Zn. In conclusion, Zn seed priming was the most effective method in improving the wheat grain yield, whereas soil Zn application in ZT and foliar applications in PT were the most effective for grain Zn biofortification. However, Zn soil application was the most cost-effective method of Zn application.
AB - This study was conducted to evaluate influence of zinc (Zn) application on productivity, grain biofortification and grain quality of wheat planted under plough tillage (PT) and zero tillage (ZT) systems. Zn was delivered as soil application (10 kg ha−1), foliage spray (0.025 M) and seed priming (0.5 M) in wheat planted under PT and ZT systems. ZT had higher total soil porosity, total soil organic matter, soil organic carbon and soil microbial biomass carbon than PT. Zn application, by either method, improved grain yield, grain Zn and grain quality in both tillage systems. The grain Zn concentration was 72% and 59% higher with soil-applied Zn in ZT wheat during 2016–2017 and 2017–2018, respectively, compared with no Zn. However, Zn seed priming was the most effective in improving wheat grain yield in both tillage systems. Foliage and Zn soil application were better in improving the indices of Zn use efficiency of Zn. In conclusion, Zn seed priming was the most effective method in improving the wheat grain yield, whereas soil Zn application in ZT and foliar applications in PT were the most effective for grain Zn biofortification. However, Zn soil application was the most cost-effective method of Zn application.
KW - conservation agriculture
KW - Economics
KW - grain biofortification
KW - grain quality
KW - seed priming
KW - soil health
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U2 - 10.1080/03650340.2019.1652273
DO - 10.1080/03650340.2019.1652273
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85071013906
SN - 0365-0340
VL - 66
SP - 1042
EP - 1057
JO - Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science
JF - Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science
IS - 8
ER -