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. 2020 Mar 21;6(3):e03596. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e03596

Table 8.

Effect of ferrite nanofertilizer on squash fruits content of the endogenous minerals. (During two successive seasons 2017 and 2018).

Nanoferrite samples Concentrations N
P
K
Zn
Fe
Mn
1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd
T-100 0 4.44 4.41 0.24 0.23 4.20 4.13 62.0 61.0 59.0 60.0 59.0 58.3
10 ppm 4.07 4.05 0.18 0.17 5.16 5.13 85.0 83.7 63.0 64.7 62.0 61.7
20 ppm 4.21 4.19 0.24 0.24 4.20 4.27 91.0 90.3 75.0 75.7 61.0 60.3
30 ppm 4.11 4.11 0.24 0.23 4.87 4.93 99.0 98.0 75.0 75.7 57.3 56.7
Mean 4.21 4.19 0.23 0.22 4.61 4.61 84.3 83.3 68.0 69.0 59.8 59.3
T-120 0 4.44 4.41 0.24 0.23 4.20 4.13 62.0 61.0 59.0 60.0 59.0 58.3
10 ppm 4.25 4.25 0.34 0.34 4.20 4.13 94.0 94.0 72.0 72.7 59.0 58.7
20 ppm 4.02 4.00 0.26 0.25 3.60 3.66 83.0 83.7 72.0 73.0 60.0 59.7
30 ppm 4.17 4.14 0.31 0.30 2.76 2.92 68.0 69.0 65.0 66.0 62.0 62.0
Mean 4.22 4.20 0.29 0.28 3.69 3.71 76.8 76.9 67.0 67.9 60.0 59.7
T-140 0 4.44 4.44 0.24 0.23 4.20 4.13 62.0 61.0 59.0 60.0 59.0 58.3
10 ppm 4.59 4.57 0.28 0.28 5.76 5.70 98.0 97.0 60.0 60.7 55.0 55.3
20 ppm 4.18 4.20 0.29 0.28 5.40 5.35 98.0 96.7 74.0 75.0 50.0 51.0
30 ppm 4.56 4.55 0.28 0.27 3.34 3.42 60.0 61.7 82.0 81.7 41.0 42.7
Mean 4.44 4.43 0.27 0.27 4.68 4.65 79.5 79.1 68.8 69.3 51.3 51.8
T-160 0 4.44 4.41 0.24 0.23 4.20 4.13 62.0 61.0 59.0 60.0 59.0 58.3
10 ppm 4.16 4.12 0.38 0.38 5.76 5.69 93.0 92.0 64.0 65.0 62.0 61.7
20 ppm 4.80 4.75 0.57 0.56 6.24 6.11 88.0 88.7 75.0 74.7 60.0 59.3
30 ppm 4.47 4.47 0.34 0.36 5.50 5.60 62.0 63.0 72.0 72.3 70.0 69.0
Mean 4.47 4.44 0.38 0.38 5.43 5.38 76.3 76.2 67.5 68.0 62.8 62.1
T-180 0 4.44 4.41 0.24 0.23 4.20 4.13 62.0 61.0 59.0 60.0 59.0 58.3
10 ppm 3.64 3.61 0.23 0.23 6.70 6.57 83.3 82.0 60.0 61.3 57.0 57.0
20 ppm 3.85 3.82 0.10 0.10 3.60 3.69 68.0 69.7 64.0 65.3 55.0 54.0
30 ppm 4.87 4.75 0.42 0.41 5.50 5.56 93.0 92.0 82.0 81.3 41.3 43.3
Mean 4.20 4.15 0.25 0.24 5.00 4.99 76.6 76.2 66.3 67.0 53.1 53.2
Average 0 4.44 3.97 0.24 0.23 4.20 4.13 62.0 61.0 59.0 60.0 59.0 58.3
10 ppm 4.14 3.67 0.28 0.28 5.52 5.44 90.7 89.7 63.8 64.9 59.0 58.9
20 ppm 4.21 3.82 0.29 0.29 4.61 4.62 85.6 85.8 72.0 72.7 57.2 56.9
30 ppm 4.44 3.92 0.32 0.32 4.39 4.49 76.40 76.73 75.2 75.4 54.3 54.7
LSD at 5% Effect of temp. 0.12 0.13 0.01 0.01 0.05 0.06 1.32 1.37 0.39 0.73 0.95 1.73
Concentrations 0.05 0.07 0.01 0.01 0.06 0.11 0.94 1.74 0.44 0.89 1.11 1.11
Interaction 0.10 0.15 0.02 0.02 0.12 0.21 1.87 3.49 0.89 1.79 2.22 2.22