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MANGANESE NUTRITION IMPROVES THE PRODUCTIVITY AND GRAIN BIOFORTIFICATION OF BREAD WHEAT IN ALKALINE CALCAREOUS SOIL

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 July 2017

AMAN ULLAH ,
MUHAMMAD FAROOQ ,
ABDUL REHMAN ,
MUHAMMAD SHAKEEL ARSHAD ,
HIRA SHOUKAT ,
ASIF NADEEM ,
AHMAD NAWAZ ,
ABDUL WAKEEL  and
FAISAL NADEEM
AMAN ULLAH
Affiliation:
Department of Agronomy, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
MUHAMMAD FAROOQ*
Affiliation:
Department of Agronomy, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan Institute of Agricultural Sciences in the Tropics, University of Hohenheim, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany The UWA Institute of Agriculture, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Perth WA 6001, Australia
ABDUL REHMAN
Affiliation:
Department of Agronomy, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
MUHAMMAD SHAKEEL ARSHAD
Affiliation:
Department of Agronomy, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
HIRA SHOUKAT
Affiliation:
Department of Agronomy, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
ASIF NADEEM
Affiliation:
Department of Agronomy, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
AHMAD NAWAZ
Affiliation:
Department of Agronomy, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
ABDUL WAKEEL
Affiliation:
Institute of Soil and Environmental Sciences, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
FAISAL NADEEM
Affiliation:
Department of Agronomy, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
*
††Corresponding author. Email: farooqcp@gmail.com
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Summary

Manganese (Mn) is one important microelement for plants and the human beings. This study was conducted to evaluate the potential of Mn nutrition in improving the productivity and grain biofortification of wheat. For optimization of Mn seed treatments, seeds were primed with 0.1 and 0.01 M Mn solution, or were coated with 250 and 500 mg Mn kg−1 seed. The optimized treatments were used in the second experiment replicated over time and space. In the first experiment conducted at Faisalabad during 2012–2013, maximum grain yield was recorded with Mn seed priming (0.1 M Mn solution), while maximum grain Mn concentration was recorded with foliar application of 0.75 M Mn solution and seed coating with 250 mg Mn kg−1 seed. In the second experiment, conducted at Faisalabad and Sheikhupura during 2013–2014, and at Faisalabad during 2014–2015, maximum grain yield and grain Mn concentration were recorded from seed priming with 0.1 M Mn solution. Regardless of method, Mn application improved the productivity and grain biofortification of wheat. Overall order of improvement in grain yield was seed priming (3.87 Mg ha−1) > foliar application (3.74 Mg ha−1) > seed coating (3.57 Mg ha−1). Regarding grain Mn concentration, the best treatment was seed priming (41.40 µg g−1) followed by seed coating (39.87 µg g−1) and foliar application (36.94 µg g−1). Maximum net returns and benefit-cost ratio were obtained with Mn seed priming, while maximum marginal rate of return was obtained with Mn seed coating. In conclusion, Mn application through seed treatments was cost effective for improving the productivity and grain biofortification of bread wheat in alkaline calcareous soil.

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Experimental Agriculture , Volume 54 , Issue 5 , October 2018 , pp. 744 - 754
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2017 

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