Evaluation of Bread Wheat Varieties in Terms of Grain Yield and Zn and Fe Accumulation in Grain using Stress Tolerance Index.

Author: Nasibeh Sharifi-soltani*, Seyed Siamak Alavi-Kia** and Nikwan Shariatipour*

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Abstract

Global population is increasing significantly and supplying nutrition for these people requires access to new cultivars with high quality and quantity. Among the factors, enhancing the quality of agricultural products, especially grains, is the presence of micronutrients like zinc and iron. To assess and determine superior wheat genotypes in terms of performance as well as zinc and iron micronutrients in the grain, 37 bread wheat genotypes with two types of facultative and winter growth were studied in two separate trials (with/without zinc foliar application) in a randomized complete block design with three replications at Khalatpoushan Research Station of Agriculture Department, Tabriz University. Then, the combined analysis of variance was performed on it. Zinc foliar (0.68 kg/ ha) was applied in an experiment equipped with foliar application. The agronomic trait of grain yield was measured per plant. Moreover, the two content traits of zinc and iron in whole grains were assessed us

Keywords

Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), Micronutrients, Stress Tolerance Index.

Conclusion

Global population is increasing significantly and supplying nutrition for these people requires access to new cultivars with high quality and quantity. Among the factors, enhancing the quality of agricultural products, especially grains, is the presence of micronutrients like zinc and iron. To assess and determine superior wheat genotypes in terms of performance as well as zinc and iron micronutrients in the grain, 37 bread wheat genotypes with two types of facultative and winter growth were studied in two separate trials (with/without zinc foliar application) in a randomized complete block design with three replications at Khalatpoushan Research Station of Agriculture Department, Tabriz University. Then, the combined analysis of variance was performed on it. Zinc foliar (0.68 kg/ ha) was applied in an experiment equipped with foliar application. The agronomic trait of grain yield was measured per plant. Moreover, the two content traits of zinc and iron in whole grains were assessed us

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Nasibeh Sharifi-soltani, Seyed Siamak Alavi-Kia and Nikwan Shariatipour (2016). Evaluation of Bread Wheat Varieties in Terms of Grain Yield and Zn and Fe Accumulation in Grain using Stress Tolerance Index , Biological Forum – An International Journal 8(