Grain Zinc and Yield Responses of Two Rice Varieties to Zinc Biofortification and Water Management
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Rice Variety and Culture
2.2. Sample Collection and Chemical Analysis
2.3. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Grain Yield and Yield Components
3.2. Zn Concentration and Content in Brown Rice
3.3. Relationship between Grain Yield and Zn Concentration
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Variety | Water Regime | Zn Treatment | No. of Tillers Plant−1 | No. of Panicles Plant−1 | No. of Spikelets Plant−1 | Filled Grain (%) | Grain Yield (g pot−1) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CNT1 | Well-drained | No Zn | 8.4 | 8 | 133.8 | 69.4 | 247.2 |
Soil Zn | 10.4 | 9.8 | 130.4 | 78.6 | 260.3 | ||
Foliar Zn | 9.8 | 9.2 | 132.3 | 68.8 | 274.7 | ||
Mean of well-drained | 9.5 | 9.0 | 132.2 | 72.3 | 260.7 | ||
Waterlogged | No Zn | 9.7 | 8.8 | 129.5 | 76.4 | 297.9 | |
Soil Zn | 10.3 | 9.3 | 128.7 | 74.3 | 333.8 | ||
Foliar Zn | 10.8 | 9.6 | 132.9 | 78.9 | 298.7 | ||
Mean of waterlogged | 10.3 | 9.2 | 130.4 | 76.5 | 310.1 | ||
Mean of variety | 9.9 | 9.1 | 131.3 | 74.4 | 285.4 | ||
KHCMU | Well-drained | No Zn | 4.5 | 4.1 | 167.2 | 81.3 | 225.6 |
Soil Zn | 5.6 | 5.3 | 146.7 | 85.1 | 245.3 | ||
Foliar Zn | 5.5 | 5.4 | 156.3 | 82.4 | 258.1 | ||
Mean of well-drained | 5.2 | 4.9 | 156.7 | 82.9 | 243.0 | ||
Waterlogged | No Zn | 5.5 | 5.4 | 163 | 74.2 | 247.7 | |
Soil Zn | 5.5 | 5.4 | 150.9 | 81.1 | 212.6 | ||
Foliar Zn | 4.8 | 4.8 | 164.1 | 80.1 | 231.2 | ||
Mean of waterlogged | 5.3 | 5.2 | 159.3 | 78.5 | 230.5 | ||
Mean of variety | 5.2 | 5.1 | 158.0 | 80.7 | 236.8 | ||
Analysis of variance | |||||||
Variety (V) | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | ||
Water regime (C) | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ||
Zn treatment (Zn) | ns | * | ns | * | ns | ||
(V × C) | ns | ns | ns | ** | ** | ||
(V × Zn) | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ||
(C × Zn) | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ||
(V × C × Zn) | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ||
LSD0.05 (V × C) | - | - | - | 3.7 | 32.2 |
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Khampuang, K.; Dell, B.; Chaiwong, N.; Lordkaew, S.; Rouached, H.; Prom-u-thai, C. Grain Zinc and Yield Responses of Two Rice Varieties to Zinc Biofortification and Water Management. Sustainability 2022, 14, 8838. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14148838
Khampuang K, Dell B, Chaiwong N, Lordkaew S, Rouached H, Prom-u-thai C. Grain Zinc and Yield Responses of Two Rice Varieties to Zinc Biofortification and Water Management. Sustainability. 2022; 14(14):8838. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14148838
Chicago/Turabian StyleKhampuang, Kankunlanach, Bernard Dell, Nanthana Chaiwong, Sithisavet Lordkaew, Hatem Rouached, and Chanakan Prom-u-thai. 2022. "Grain Zinc and Yield Responses of Two Rice Varieties to Zinc Biofortification and Water Management" Sustainability 14, no. 14: 8838. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14148838