Excessive nitrogen application dampens antioxidant capacity and grain filling in wheat as revealed by metabolic and physiological analyses

L Kong, Y Xie, L Hu, J Si, Z Wang - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
In this study, field-grown wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) was treated with normal (Nn) and
excessive (Ne) levels of fertilizer N. Results showed that Ne depressed the activity of …

Winter wheat grain quality, zinc and iron concentration affected by a combined foliar spray of zinc and iron fertilizers

E Niyigaba, A Twizerimana, I Mugenzi, WA Ngnadong… - Agronomy, 2019 - mdpi.com
Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is one of the main foods globally. Nutrition problems associated
with Zinc and Iron deficiency affect more than two billion individuals. Biofortification is a …

Zinc fertilization influence on maize productivity and grain nutritional quality under integrated soil fertility management in Zimbabwe

GM Manzeke, F Mtambanengwe, H Nezomba… - Field Crops …, 2014 - Elsevier
Current efforts to promote integrated soil fertility management (ISFM) for improved
productivity of staple cereal crops in sub-Saharan Africa have paid little attention to soil …

Zinc nutrition for high productivity and human health in intensive production of wheat

W Zhang, YF Xue, XP Chen, FS Zhang, CQ Zou - Advances in Agronomy, 2020 - Elsevier
The role of cereal grain zinc (Zn) in human health has been intensively studied in dietary
structure, but limited information is available on the transfer of Zn from soil to crop grain for …

Zinc and iron concentration as affected by nitrogen fertilization and their localization in wheat grain

BR Singh, YN Timsina, OC Lind, S Cagno… - Frontiers in plant …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Nearly half of the world cereal production comes from soils low or marginal in plant available
zinc, leading to unsustainable and poor quality grain production. Therefore, the effects of …

Iron bio-fortification and heavy metal/(loid) s contamination in cereals: successes, issues, and challenges

MI Sohail, MZ ur Rehman, T Aziz, F Akmal… - Crop and Pasture …, 2022 - CSIRO Publishing
Biofortification of micronutrients, particularly of the iron (Fe) in cereals, is a viable, attractive,
and sustainable strategy to cope with malnutrition as cereals are the major staple diets …

Role of integrated nutrient management and agronomic fortification of zinc on yield, nutrient uptake and quality of wheat

V Paramesh, S Dhar, A Dass, B Kumar, A Kumar… - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Phosphorus (P) and zinc (Zn) are essential plant nutrients, and their deficiency in soils and
the antagonistic effect of P on Zn are important concerns world-over. Thus, a two-year (2012 …

Zinc fertilization approaches for agronomic biofortification and estimated human bioavailability of zinc in maize grain

M Imran, A Rehim - Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Maize (Zea mays L.) is generally low in bioavailable zinc (Zn); however, agronomic
biofortification can cure human Zn deficiency. In the present experiment, Zn was applied in …

Combined deficiency of nitrogen and iron increases senescence induced remobilization of plant immobile iron in wheat

S Parveen, RK Ranjan, A Anand, B Singh - Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 2018 - Springer
Iron (Fe), an important micronutrient and a critical determinant of plant growth and human
nutrition, is deficient in cultivable soils and limits crop productivity and nutritional quality of …

Metal accumulation and shoot yield of Miscanthus× giganteus growing in contaminated agricultural soils: Insights into agronomic practices

F Nsanganwimana, B Pourrut, C Waterlot… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2015 - Elsevier
The choice of agronomic practices for phytomanagement of metal-contaminated soils is of
crucial importance to optimize plant biomass yields and to mitigate both environmental and …