Claim · model-written summary
Biodynamic compost preparations did not affect yields of the eight investigated crops relative to compost without preparations.
- Taxon
- spring wheat
Triticum aestivume0 - Treatment
- biodynamic compost preparationse0
- Outcome
- yielde0
- Direction
- had no effecte0
- Qualifier
- spring wheat, winter wheat, oats, winter rye, faba bean, potatoes, maize, and grass/clovere0
- Comparator
- farmyard manure (FYM) compost application without preparationse0
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Verbatim
e0“the use of biodynamic compost preparations, when compared with farmyard manure (FYM) compost application without preparations, had no effect on yield in any of the investigated crops (spring wheat, winter wheat, oats, winter rye, faba bean, potatoes, maize, and grass/clover)”
Title
No yield advantage of biodynamic compost preparations in a long-term field trial
Lars Dietrich; Christian Dahn; Jürgen Fritz; et al. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems 2024. doi:10.1017/s1742170524000218
Other claims from this paper (5)
- Intervention effect Biodynamic compost preparations did not affect pooled yield across crops.
- Intervention effect Biodynamic compost preparations did not affect temporal yield stability of spring wheat.
- Intervention effect Biodynamic compost preparations did not affect temporal yield stability of grass/clover.
- Intervention effect Farmyard manure compost significantly increased crop yield relative to the unfertilized control.
- Intervention effect Farmyard manure compost significantly increased crop yield stability relative to the unfertilized control.