Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles Foliar Application Effectively Enhanced Zinc and Aroma Content in Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Grains

Rice

Table 5 Effects of foliar spraying ZnO NPs on trace element concentrations of rice

Year	Treatment	Fe (mg kg⁻¹)	Mn (mg kg⁻¹)	Cu (mg kg⁻¹)	Se (mg kg⁻¹)
2019	CK	17.19 ± 0.09a	24.98 ± 0.27ab	6.22 ± 0.07a	2.11 ± 0.04a
	T1	17.33 ± 0.17a	25.10 ± 0.24a	6.27 ± 0.05a	2.15 ± 0.07a
	T2	16.24 ± 0.11d	24.94 ± 0.26ab	5.69 ± 0.08 cd	2.21 ± 0.10a
	T3	16.93 ± 0.21b	24.74 ± 0.19b	5.80 ± 0.11c	2.14 ± 0.06a
	T4	16.01 ± 0.16e	25.00 ± 0.38ab	6.08 ± 0.04b	2.11 ± 0.06a
	T5	16.55 ± 0.17c	25.02 ± 0.36ab	5.58 ± 0.08d	2.13 ± 0.04a
2020	CK	17.23 ± 0.17a	24.97 ± 0.31a	6.26 ± 0.10a	2.18 ± 0.03a
	T1	17.35 ± 0.13a	25.05 ± 0.23a	6.33 ± 0.05a	2.19 ± 0.05a
	T2	16.89 ± 0.19b	24.88 ± 0.13a	5.63 ± 0.05d	2.22 ± 0.04a
	T3	16.10 ± 0.11d	24.93 ± 0.22a	6.10 ± 0.03b	2.22 ± 0.05a
	T4	17.00 ± 0.15b	25.03 ± 0.20a	5.71 ± 0.03d	2.24 ± 0.11a
	T5	16.43 ± 0.24c	24.93 ± 0.28a	5.89 ± 0.04c	2.18 ± 0.03a

Values within the same column followed by different letters are significantly different at the 0.05 probability level