Research Article

Sulphur and Nitrogen Fertilization as a Potential Means of Agronomic Biofortification to Improve the Content and Uptake of Microelements in Spring Wheat Grain DM

Table 7

The influence of nitrogen N and sulphur S fertilization on content (mg/kg) and uptake (g/ha) of microelements by spring wheat grain.

FertilizationGrain yield (t/ha)FeMnZnCu
SNContentUptakeContentUptakeContentUptakeContentUptake

0S (N ×SS)04.03 a38.53 a137.4 a35.00 a152.2 a31.03 a114.4 a3.15 a11.24 a
405.15 a40.70 a149.3 a36.27 a133.3 a32.10 a118.4 a3.33 a12.23 a
805.36 a41.87 a189.9 a38.23 a181.8 a33.53 a160.1 a3.46 a16.45 a
1205.47 a43.80 a211.8 a38.87 a188.1 a34.13 a165.2 a3.70 a17.89 a

50S (N ×0S)04.13 a41.03 a149.7 a33.33 a121.8 a32.87 a115.9 a3.34 a12.17 a
404.38 a42.70 a165.4 a35.30 a137.1 a33.77 a131.3 a3.52 a13.67 a
805.43 a45.00 a216.1 a35.67 a171.3 a34.63 a166.4 a3.65 a17.52 a
1204.72 a46.93 a237.6 a36.10 a182.8 a35.87 a181.7 a3.85 a19. 50 a

Mean (S)0S4.75 B41.23 B174.4 B37.09 A157.1 A32.70 B138.8 B3.41 B14.45 B
50S4.92 A43.92 A192.2 A35.10 B153.2 A34.28 A148.8 A3.59 A15.72 A

Mean (N)0N4.08 B39.78 D143.6 D34.17 C123.5 D31.95 D113.6 D3.24 D11.71 D
40N4.27 AB41.70 C157.4 C35.78 B135.2 C32.93 C124.9 C3.43 C12.95 C
80N5.40 A43.43 B207.5 B36.95 A176.6 B34.08 B3.55 B3.55 B16.99 B
120N5.59 A45.37 A224.7 A37.48 A185.4 A35.00 A3.77 A3.77 A18.69 A

Mean (Y)20094.74 B45.11 A191.1 A34.46 C145.5 B32.93 B139.3 B3.62 A15.34 B
20104.68 B40.74 B169.7 B35.84 B148.6 B30.20 C125.6 C3.34 B13.88 C
20115.09 A41.86 B189.1 A37.99 A171.5 A37.35 A166.6 A3.54 A16.03 A

Different letters in the same column indicate significant differences between results at .