Enhancing Zinc Accumulation and Bioavailability in Wheat Grains by Integrated Zinc and Pesticide Application
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Site Description
2.2. Experimental Design
2.3. Plant Sampling and Analyses
2.4. Estimation of Zn Bioavailability
2.5. Statistical Analyses
3. Results
3.1. Grain Yield and Grain Zn Uptake and Concentration
3.2. Zn-Binding Ligands in Grain and Its Fractions
3.3. Zinc Bioavailability
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Measured Variable | Source of Variation | ||
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Year (Yr) | Treatment (T) | Yr × T | |
Grain yield (t ha−1) | <0.0001 | n.s. | n.s. |
Grain Zn uptake (g ha−1) | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | n.s. |
Grain Zn concentration (mg kg−1) | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | n.s. |
Bran Zn concentration (mg kg−1) | n.s. 1 | <0.0001 | n.s. |
Flour Zn concentration (mg kg−1) | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | n.s. |
Grain protein concentration (g kg−1) | <0.0001 | n.s. | n.s. |
Bran protein concentration (g kg−1) | <0.0001 | n.s. | n.s. |
Flour protein concentration (g kg−1) | <0.0001 | n.s. | n.s. |
Grain phytate concentration (g kg−1) | <0.0001 | n.s. | n.s. |
Bran phytate concentration (g kg−1) | <0.0001 | n.s. | n.s. |
Flour phytate concentration (g kg−1) | <0.0001 | n.s. | n.s. |
Zn bioavailability in grain (mg Zn d−1) | 0.0041 | <0.0001 | n.s. |
Zn bioavailability in bran (mg Zn d−1) | 0.0005 | <0.0001 | n.s. |
Zn bioavailability in flour (mg Zn d−1) | n.s. | <0.0001 | n.s. |
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Ning, P.; Wang, S.; Fei, P.; Zhang, X.; Dong, J.; Shi, J.; Tian, X. Enhancing Zinc Accumulation and Bioavailability in Wheat Grains by Integrated Zinc and Pesticide Application. Agronomy 2019, 9, 530. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy9090530
Ning P, Wang S, Fei P, Zhang X, Dong J, Shi J, Tian X. Enhancing Zinc Accumulation and Bioavailability in Wheat Grains by Integrated Zinc and Pesticide Application. Agronomy. 2019; 9(9):530. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy9090530
Chicago/Turabian StyleNing, Peng, Shaoxia Wang, Peiwen Fei, Xiaoyuan Zhang, Jinjin Dong, Jianglan Shi, and Xiaohong Tian. 2019. "Enhancing Zinc Accumulation and Bioavailability in Wheat Grains by Integrated Zinc and Pesticide Application" Agronomy 9, no. 9: 530. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy9090530