Claim · model-written summary
The optimal treatment increased crude fat by 18.8–27.6% relative to conventional practices.
- Taxon
- alfalfa
Medicago sativat0 - Treatment
- 25 mm irrigation with 5.0 mg/L DOe0
- Outcome
- crude fate0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 18.8–27.6%e0
- Comparator
- conventional practicese0
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Verbatim
e0“The optimal treatment (25 mm irrigation with 5.0 mg/L DO) increased dry matter yield by 8.3–30.1%, crude protein by 11.2–11.5%, and crude fat by 18.8–27.6% compared to conventional practices”
t0“alfalfa”
Title
Xuesong Cao; Hexiang Zheng; Yuxiang Wang; et al. Frontiers in Plant Science 2025. doi:10.3389/fpls.2025.1702208
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- Intervention effect MNBO irrigation increased soil catalase activity by 15–28%.
- Intervention effect MNBO irrigation increased soil urease activity by 18–32%.
- Intervention effect MNBO irrigation improved microbial abundance.
- Intervention effect MNBO irrigation increased root vitality by 27.9–103.6%.
- Intervention effect MNBO irrigation promoted alfalfa growth and yield.
- Intervention effect The optimal treatment increased dry matter yield by 8.3–30.1% relative to conventional practices.
- Intervention effect The optimal treatment increased crude protein by 11.2–11.5% relative to conventional practices.
- Mechanism SEM attributed yield improvement primarily to soil biological activity and root function.