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Effect of zinc on grain characteristics of draught-resistant rice mutants

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Through the use of Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis (INAA), zinc concentration was determined in kernels resulted on plants of six drought-resistant rice mutant lines fertilized with zinc sulphate. It was found that zinc fertilization increased zinc residues in the kernels with varying concentrations depending on the line, each line reacted and responded to zinc independently. Zinc content in the kernels ranged from 5.63 to 91.4 ppm in the unfertilized control lines. This range was enlarged due to zinc fertilization of the plants to be from 93.51 to 554.53 ppm. It was also noticed that zinc fertilization increased seed heaviness in varying degrees depending on the line itself. This increase may be due to the increase in kernel thickness rather than in kernel width or length.

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    A. M. T. Abo-Hegazi

  2. Reactor and Neutron Physics Department, Nuclear Research Center, Egypt

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Abo-Hegazi, A.M.T., Rofail, N.B., Eissa, E.A. et al. Effect of zinc on grain characteristics of draught-resistant rice mutants. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Articles 206, 349–357 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02039663

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