Table 5 Effect of different sources and method of Zn fertilization on protein content and oil content 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

38.6^a

38.4^a

577.1^b

583.6^b

16.9^b

17.4^b

252.1^b

265.2^b

JS-97-52

38.0^a

38.1^a

713.6^a

646.7^a

17.9^a

17.9^a

337.7^a

304.5^a

Local

37.1^a

37.4^a

483.8^c

466.1^c

16.5^b

17.0^c

213.1^c

211.2^c

Zn fertilization strategies

Control

35.8^c

35.7^c

496.7^e

470.5^d

16.4^c

16.74^c

227.3^d

220.4^d

SA-ZS

38.2^b

38.3^b

586.4^cd

562.4^c

16.9^bc

16.9^bc

261.4^bc

248.3^c

SA-ZO

37.7^bc

37.9^bc

565.4^d

553.3^c

17.0^bc

17.4^b

257.0^c

255.7^bc

SA + FA-ZS

39.2^a

39.2^ab

648.2^a

623.7^a

17.5^ab

18.0^a

292.2^a

287.8^a

SA + FA-ZO

38.1^abc

38.4^ab

613.6^bc

580.9^bc

17.1^abc

17.3^ba

276.1^b

261.7^bc

FA-ZS

39.7^a

39.3^a

644.7^ab

608.1^ab

17.9^a

18.1^a

293.4^a

283.1^a

FA-ZO

36.7^bc

36.9^bc

585.5^cd

559.4^c

17.8^bc

17.4^b

265.9^bc

265.0^b

Int. (LSD p = 0.05)

NS

NS

NS

NS

*

*

NS

NS