3.2 Yield Components
The results indicated that different methods Zn
application (T2, T3 and T4) significantly
increased the number of panicles/m2 compared
with T1 (Table 3). The highest number of
panicles/m2 was recorded in T4 and T2 followed
by T3, while the minimum number of panicles/m2
rice plant was recorded in T1. The number of
spikelets/panicle, percentage of filled grain and
1000-grain weight followed the same trend of
response i.e. increased with different methods of
Zn application compared to control but, no
significant differences were found amongst the
various methods. Similar results have been
reported in previous research [33-35].