Claim · model-written summary
Boron reduced lignin at the final harvest.
- Taxon
- Alfalfa
Medicago sativat0 - Treatment
- three rates of borone0
- Outcome
- lignine4
- Direction
- reducede4
- Qualifier
- at the final harveste4
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleComparatorSettingValue
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Verbatim
t0“Boron Fertilization Effects on Nutritive Parameters of Alfalfa”
e0“alfalfa fertilized with three rates of boron”
e4“reduced lignin (P < .07) at the final harvest”
Title
Boron Fertilization Effects on Nutritive Parameters of Alfalfa
F. M. Rouquette; V. A. Haby; J. O. Fritz; et al. UKnowledge (University of Kentucky) 2021
Other claims from this paper (6)
- Intervention effect Boron increased crude protein at one of six harvest dates in year 1.
- Intervention effect Boron increased crude protein of leaf fractions at each harvest in year 2.
- Intervention effect Boron reduced neutral detergent fiber at three harvest dates in year 2.
- Intervention effect Boron increased crude protein in stem sections at the June harvest only.
- Mechanism Boron fertilization affected nutritive value indirectly, by delaying physiological maturity or enhancing nitrogen fixation in leaves.
- Intervention effect Boron fertilization had a direct negative effect on certain alfalfa fiber components.