Table 11 The impact of water treatment and zinc level as well as the interaction between them on Zn, total protein, wet and dry gluten content in wheat grains.

From: Influence of zinc foliar spray on growth, some important physiological processes, yield and yield attributes of bread wheat under water stress

Parameter

Zn grain (g/100 gdwt)

Total protein (g/100 gdwt)

Wet gluten (g/100 gdwt)

Dry gluten (g/100 gdwt)

Season

1

2

1

2

1

2

1

2

A. Irrigation

 Control

0.357

0.349

14.79

14.20

28.21

28.01

25.60

25.36

 Water stress

0.374

0.356

17.30

16.88

31.09

30.83

29.06

28.75

 F test

**

**

**

*

**

**

**

**

B. Zn levels ppm

 0

0.270d

0.259d

14.12d

13.56d

27.48d

27.27d

25.67d

25.43d

 100

0.363c

0.350c

16.07c

15.52c

28.43c

28.24c

26.49c

26.41c

 250

0.382b

0.369b

16.44b

15.98b

30.80b

30.58b

28.29b

27.89b

 500

0.447a

0.431a

17.54a

17.09a

31.88a

31.60a

28.88a

28.48a

 F test

**

**

**

**

**

**

**

**

C. Interactions

 A × B

**

**

**

**

**

**

**

**

  1. Based on CoHort/CoStat software, Version 6.311, various letters point to substantial variance between treatments at p 0.05, *significant at 0.05 possibility levels and **significant at 0.05 possibility levels.
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