@Article{phyton.2020.07845,
AUTHOR = {Aroosa Kanwal, Muhammad Bismillah Khan, Mubshar Hussain, Muhammad Naeem, Muhammad Shahid Rizwan, Muhammad Zafar-ul-Hye},
TITLE = {Basal Application of Zinc to Improve Mung Bean Yield and Zinc-Grains Biofortfication},
JOURNAL = {Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany},
VOLUME = {89},
YEAR = {2020},
NUMBER = {1},
PAGES = {87--96},
URL = {http://www.techscience.com/phyton/v89n1/38401},
ISSN = {1851-5657},
ABSTRACT = {Worldwide, the dietary deficiency of zinc (Zn) is prevailing in almost 
all arid and semi-arid regions. Zinc deficiency is not only the major constraint of 
lower yield, but also dietary Zn deficiency in cereals grains may cause 
increasing malnutrition and chronic health problems in human. Exogenous 
application of Zn through basal soil nutrition might be a useful option to recover 
Zn deficiency in mung bean. Therefore, field study was conducted to optimize 
the optimum level and method of Zn nutrition to enhance crop yield and Zn
biofortification of mung bean through basal application. Zinc was applied at 0, 5, 
10 and 15 kg/ha as basal application and side dressing, and in combination (50% 
basal application + 50% side dressing). The results highlighted that Zn nutrition 
prominently improved the mung bean yield as compared with control (no Zn
applied). The maximum grains yield and Zn concentration in grains were
obtained where Zn was applied at 15 kg/ha as basal application as compared 
with all other combinations. Better improvement in grain yield was due to 
significant increase in more number of pods and grain size owing to welldeveloped root system, improved leaf area index and high chlorophyll contents
in mung beans leaves. Amongst all applied Zn nutrition’s the basal application 
of Zn (15 kg/ha) was a viable option to get higher yield and Zn biofortification 
of mung bean.},
DOI = {10.32604/phyton.2020.07845}
}