Nano zinc oxide (ZnO) foliar nutrition improves yield, antioxidant defence, and zinc content in rice grown under Zn-deficient soil
Gobinath Rajendran, Humera Quadriya, Vijayakumar Shanmugam, Manasa Vakada, Surekha Kuchi, Sanjeeva Rao Durbha, Latha PC, Brajendra Parmar, Bandeppa Sonth, Prasad Babu MBB, Kumaresan Palaniappan, Sundaram Raman Meenakshi · 2026
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Gobinath Rajendran and co-authors present a 2026 study of nano zinc oxide as a leaf spray for rice growing in zinc-deficient soil. Zinc shortage limits rice yields and leaves grain low in a nutrient people need.
The starting point is the weakness of conventional zinc fertilisers, which crops use at under five percent efficiency. Nano zinc oxide particles, highly reactive and readily taken up, are proposed as a more effective carrier of the nutrient. The study set out to compare how well this foliar nano treatment performs, with yield, the plant's antioxidant defence, and the zinc content of the crop as the outcomes in view. The work speaks to fertiliser strategies for zinc-poor soils.
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| CREATOR | Gobinath Rajendran, Humera Quadriya, Vijayakumar Shanmugam, Manasa Vakada, Surekha Kuchi, Sanjeeva Rao Durbha, Latha PC, Brajendra Parmar, Bandeppa Sonth, Prasad Babu MBB, Kumaresan Palaniappan, Sundaram Raman Meenakshi |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 57 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |