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The effect of various doses of copper and zinc on their uptake and on the yield of rice were studied. Copper applications increased copper contents in the plants without effecting the zinc contents. However, zinc applications though increased zinc contents but markedly decreased the copper contents in the plants. This antagonistic effect of zinc on copper suggests that zinc applications can reduce rice yield if available copper is marginal in the soils. re]19720628
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Chaudhry, F.M., Sharif, M., Latif, A. et al. Zinc-copper antagonism in the nutrition of rice (Oryza sativa L.). Plant Soil 38, 573–580 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00010697
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