1. Comparative Response of Two Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Cultivars to Applied Zinc and Manganese for Mitigation of Salt Stress
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Muhammad Azhar, Faisal Nadeem, Wu Juan, Muhammad Anwar-ul-Haq, Muhammad Sabir, Tayyaba Samreen, Abdullah Tufail, and Hafiz Umair Masood Awan
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0106 biological sciences ,Oryza sativa ,Soil salinity ,Sodium ,Glutathione reductase ,food and beverages ,Soil Science ,chemistry.chemical_element ,04 agricultural and veterinary sciences ,Plant Science ,Zinc ,01 natural sciences ,Salinity ,Horticulture ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,chemistry ,Shoot ,040103 agronomy & agriculture ,0401 agriculture, forestry, and fisheries ,Agronomy and Crop Science ,Abscisic acid ,010606 plant biology & botany - Abstract
Soil salinity, together with zinc (Zn) and manganese (Mn) deficiencies, adversely affects rice growth and yield. The comparative salinity stress mitigation response of rice to Zn or Mn remains largely unknown. Rice cultivars, viz. Basmati-515 and KSK-282, were grown in saline soil having electrical conductivity (EC) of 7.5 dS m−1 (as control) parallel to EC 7.5 dS m−1 + Zn 3.5 mg kg−1 and EC 7.5 dS m−1 + Mn 3.5 mg kg−1 treatments in a pot experiment. Application of Zn in saline soil decreased (p
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- 2020