Year: 2021
Type: article
Abstract: | Iron (Fe) is an essential nutrient in human diet and could be increased by biofortification.A number of human populations are iron deficient which leads to various health issues.This study was conducted to evaluate the potential of iron-enriched organic amendments such as biochar, compost and poultry manure in soil for Fe-biofortification of Mung bean (Vigna radiata).Application of Iron-enriched poultry manure at the rate of 8 mgkg -1 of dry soil weight gave higher Fe concentration (3.32 mgkg -1 ) in grains.The lowest concentration of Fe found in control treatment (2.15 mgkg -1 ).The results revealed that various Fe-enriched organic amendments increased crop growth and yield related attributes like number of pods per plant, plant height; seed yield per plant and improved the quality by increasing iron concentration in grains.The pH and electrical conductivity (EC), organic matter and NPK of the soil were also significantly affected through Feenriched organic amendments.
Authors: Umar Farooq, Muhammad Akmal, Qadeer Ahmad, Zahid Akram, Adnan Arshad, Huma Qamar, Hafeez Ullah, Muhammad Zubair, Muhammad Rizwan Khurshid
Language: English
Subfield: Plant Science
Domain: Life Sciences
SDG: Zero hunger
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W3171754789