Table 6 Effect of different sources and method of Zn fertilization on Zn use efficiency 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

352.7^b

356.5^b

54.8^ab

50.5^b

0.58^a

0.49^a

58.1^a

60.7^a

1.40^a

1.42^a

JS-97-52

443.1^a

402.6^a

59.0^a

60.8^a

0.57^a

0.61^a

56.6^a

56.7^b

1.32^a

1.37^a

Local

301.3^c

291.3^c

31.2^b

31.1^c

0.5^a

0.45^a

50.4^b

47.1^c

1.38^a

1.39^a

Zn fertilization strategies

Control

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--

--

--

--

--

52.9^b

54.0^a

1.27^b

1.38^a

SA-ZS

307.4^b

292.6^b

31.6^bc

29.6^c

0.32^bc

0.31^bc

54.7^ab

53.3^a

1.36^ab

1.34^a

SA-ZO

300.0^b

291.4^b

24.2^c

28.4^c

0.23^c

0.31^bc

54.9^ab

53.4^a

1.30^b

1.33^a

SA + FA-ZS

293.1^b

282.3^b

48.2^b

48.7^b

0.52^b

0.49^b

56.4^ab

56.8^a

1.47^ab

1.51^a

SA + FA-ZO

217.2^c

203.3^c

30.8^bc

25.6^c

0.29^c

0.25^bc

56.6^a

56.3^a

1.48^a

1.49^a

FA-ZS

858.7^a

821.2^a

129.1^a

125.3^a

1.73^a

1.56^a

55.9^ab

54.3^a

1.45^ab

1.43^a

FA-ZO

217.8^c

210.0^c

26.2^c

27.4^c

0.22^c

0.18^c

54.9^ab

55.4^a

1.35^ab

1.40^a

Int. (LSD p = 0.05)

*

*

*

*

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS