Table 3 Influence of different sources and method of Zn fertilization on growth parameters at flowering stage of soybean during the experimentation. Means followed by a similar uppercase letter within a column are not significantly different at p < 0.05 using tukey’s HSD test.

Varieties

JS-335

2.21^c

2.39^b

1.63^a

1.67^a

23.1^b

28.7^b

0.63^b

0.31^c

JS-97-52

3.21^b

2.59^b

1.655^a

1.70^a

24.3^b

23.4^b

0.64^b

0.44^b

Landrace

4.03^a

4.07^a

1.41^b

1.37^b

33.3^a

35.5^a

0.75^a

0.54^a

Zn fertilization strategies

Control

2.88^c

2.61^c

1.46^c

1.46^d

23.4^c

24.2^d

0.61^d

0.35^c

SA-ZS

3.19^ab

3.04^b

1.58^b

1.57^bc

27.1^b

27.2^cd

0.66^bcd

0.42^b

SA-ZO

3.26^ab

2.89^bc

1.57^b

1.61^b

27.0^b

28.8^bc

0.69^abc

0.41^b

SA + FA-ZS

3.26^ab

2.92^bc

1.70^a

1.72^a

30.6^a

32.5^a

0.73^a

0.53^a

SA + FA-ZO

3.02^bc

3.08^b

1.57^b

1.58^bc

27.4^b

31.2^ab

0.63^cd

0.42^b

FA-ZS

3.33^a

3.49^a

1.55^bc

1.60^b

26.5^b

32.2^a

0.70^ab

0.46^b

FA-ZO

3.12^abc

3.11^b

1.51^bc

1.50^cd

26.3^b

28.1^bc

0.69^abc

0.45^b

Int. (LSD p = 0.05)

*

NS

NS

NS

*

NS

NS

*