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. 2021 Dec 18;26(24):7671. doi: 10.3390/molecules26247671

Table 3.

Effect of biofortification on Zn and Fe concentration in the grain of lentil.

Treatments Grain Zn Concentration (mg·kg−1) Grain Fe Concentration (mg·kg−1)
Year I Year II Mean Year I Year II Mean
T1 50.6 d ± 2.12 60.2 a ± 3.04 55.9 e ± 2.58 64.9 e ± 3.32 66.0 e ± 3.13 65.5 d ± 3.22
T2 57.1 c ± 2.51 61.9 a ± 3.27 59.5 d ± 2.89 66.9 de ± 3.21 70.3 de ± 3.51 68.6 cd ± 3.36
T3 56.2 c ± 2.96 61.0 a ± 2.98 58.6 d ± 2.97 73.1 cd ± 3.57 74.8 bcd ± 3.89 73.9 bc ± 3.73
T4 59.5 ab ± 3.01 64.4 a ± 3.12 62.0 bc ± 3.06 81.1 ab ± 4.01 76.7 abc ± 3.38 78.9 ab ± 3.69
T5 57.8 bc ± 2.85 68.1 a ± 3.37 63.0 b ± 3.11 70.5 de ± 3.43 72.7 c ± 3.56 71.6 c ± 3.49
T6 56.4 c ± 2.49 65.6 a ± 3.01 61.0 cd ± 2.75 77.0 bc ± 3.78 78.3 ab ± 3.89 77.6 ab ± 3.83
T7 62.2 a ± 3.18 70.7 a ± 3.52 66.4 a ± 3.35 84.7 a ± 4.12 81.3 a ± 4.02 82.9 a ± 4.07
LSD (p ≤ 0.05) 2.9 NS 1.5 6.2 4.8 5.8

Treatment details are available in Table 1; Year I, 2019-2020; YII, 2020-2021; The data in the table represents the mean value of three replications. The values having identical superscript letter do not differ significantly at 5% level by Duncan’s Multiple Range test.