Table 4.
Grain micro- and macro-nutrients of 6 wheat genotypes fertilized by two nitrogen levels (High and Low). Means are followed by standard error (n = 4).
N Level | Genotypes | K (mg/100 g) |
P (mg/100 g) |
Mg (mg/100 g) |
S (mg/100 g) |
Na (mg/100 g) |
Ca (mg/100 g) |
Mn (mg/100 g) |
Fe (mg/100 g) |
Zn (mg/100 g) |
Cu (mg/100 g) |
Al (mg/100 g) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
High N | Genotype 18 (HYG) | 513.82 bc ± 30.39 | 367.42 bc ± 21.03 | 113.76 b ± 6.85 | 99.25 b ± 5.45 | 40.04 b ± 1.71 | 20.45 d ± 0.94 | 4.91 c ± 0.05 | 2.24 c ± 0.11 | 1.56 e ± 0.02 | 0.44 d ± 0.03 | 0.40 b ± 0.07 |
Genotype 6 (HYG) | 504.41 c ± 19.93 | 353.91 c ± 13.44 | 112.85 b ± 4.40 | 110.96 ab ± 6.96 | 39.23 b ± 2.24 | 25.07 c ± 0.86 | 5.26 bc ± 0.22 | 2.65 b ± 0.07 | 1.79 d ± 0.03 | 0.53 b ± 0.02 | 1.18 a ± 0.09 | |
Genotype 10 (HYG) | 554.13 ab ± 5.96 | 404.93 b ± 4.18 | 128.86 a ± 1.24 | 109.13 ab ± 0.89 | 51.62 a ± 2.74 | 24.76 c ± 1.18 | 5.44 ab ± 0.04 | 2.43 bc ± 0.05 | 1.61 e ± 0.06 | 0.46 cd ± 0.00 | 0.55 b ± 0.13 | |
Genotype 3 (LYG) | 595.62 a ± 9.73 | 442.43 a ± 8.02 | 136.54 a ± 2.06 | 114.96 a ± 1.90 | 51.38 a ± 1.90 | 30.25 b ± 0.59 | 5.76 a ± 0.08 | 3.35 a ± 0.20 | 2.55 a ± 0.05 | 0.61 a ± 0.01 | 0.58 b ± 0.04 | |
Genotype 9 (LYG) | 553.28 ab ± 9.67 | 402.62 b ± 6.81 | 139.21 a ± 2.51 | 116.79 a ± 1.64 | 53.55 a ± 2.90 | 34.82 a ± 0.95 | 5.42 b ± 0.07 | 3.26 a ± 0.09 | 2.24 b ± 0.02 | 0.54 b ± 0.01 | 0.99 a ± 0.06 | |
Genotype 16 (LYG) | 552.34 ab ± 5.97 | 405.25 b ± 4.21 | 129.55 a ± 1.12 | 100.62 b ± 1.43 | 43.32 b ± 0.73 | 30.94 b ± 0.73 | 5.53 ab ± 0.07 | 3.15 a ± 0.18 | 2.11 c ± 0.04 | 0.50 bc ± 0.01 | 0.32 b ± 0.08 | |
Low N | Genotype 18 (HYG) | 549.15 a ± 4.64 | 354.80 bc ± 2.17 | 102.10 b ± 0.51 | 85.46 b ± 0.76 | 36.63 b ± 2.35 | 19.12 cd ± 0.47 | 4.81 bc ± 0.04 | 2.78 ab ± 0.24 | 1.91 bc ± 0.03 | 0.46 b ± 0.00 | 0.40 b ± 0.05 |
Genotype 6 (HYG) | 563.80 a ± 24.31 | 345.24 c ± 14.11 | 105.69 b ± 4.45 | 88.59 b ± 3.80 | 38.44 b ± 0.82 | 19.06 cd ± 1.25 | 4.81 bc ± 0.20 | 2.32 b ± 0.08 | 1.85 c ± 0.10 | 0.53 a ± 0.02 | 0.73 a ± 0.09 | |
Genotype 10 (HYG) | 503.84 b ± 3.03 | 356.51 bc ± 1.98 | 103.05 b ± 0.91 | 88.43 b ± 0.56 | 40.83 ab ± 0.28 | 16.16 d ± 0.18 | 4.56 c ± 0.05 | 2.64 ab ± 0.23 | 1.55 d ± 0.02 | 0.45 bc ± 0.01 | 0.39 bc ± 0.00 | |
Genotype 3 (LYG) | 567.74 a ± 6.06 | 403.63 a ± 3.66 | 123.32 a ± 1.49 | 95.35 b ± 0.82 | 43.07 a ± 2.58 | 26.74 a ± 2.74 | 5.09 b ± 0.04 | 2.76 ab ± 0.18 | 2.06 b ± 0.07 | 0.56 a ± 0.01 | 0.16 d ± 0.02 | |
Genotype 9 (LYG) | 481.11 bc ± 6.70 | 373.31 b ± 5.47 | 121.81 a ± 1.64 | 110.78 a ± 6.38 | 42.97 a ± 0.74 | 23.90 ab ± 0.66 | 5.78 a ± 0.07 | 2.96 a ± 0.01 | 2.63 a ± 0.04 | 0.54 a ± 0.00 | 0.23 d ± 0.02 | |
Genotype 16 (LYG) | 456.41 c ± 20.07 | 337.84 c ± 13.54 | 107.96 b ± 4.89 | 81.16 b ± 3.31 | 41.08 ab ± 0.78 | 21.54 bc ± 0.98 | 4.48 c ± 0.19 | 2.36 b ± 0.14 | 1.63 d ± 0.06 | 0.42 c ± 0.02 | 0.26 cd ± 0.05 | |
N effect (%) | +4.85 ** | +9.45 *** | +14.59 *** | +18.55 *** | +14.86 *** | +31.44 *** | +9.39 *** | +7.98 * | (ns) | +3.69 * | +84.77 *** | |
Two-way ANOVA | ||||||||||||
p-value (G effect) | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |
p-value (T effect) | 0.008 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.023 | 0.25 | 0.033 | <0.001 | |
p-value (G × T) | <0.001 | 0.107 | 0.08 | 0.51 | 0.046 | 0.001 | <0.001 | 0.001 | <0.001 | 0.008 | <0.001 |
Within each treatment, letters indicate significant differences between genotypes at p < 0.5. *, ** and *** are significant at p < 0.05, p < 0.01 and p < 0.001, respectively. ‘ns’ means insignificant at p < 0.05. Values in bold indicate significance (p < 0.05). HYG: High-yielding genotypes (grey shadowed), LYG: Low-yielding genotypes, G: Genotype, T: Treatment.