Claim · model-written summary
Nutrient concentrations were higher in broccoli heads with humic-substance fertigation.
- Taxon
- broccoli
Brassica oleracea var. italicae0 - Organ / stage
- broccoli headse0
- Treatment
- application of HSe1
- Outcome
- nutrient concentrationse0
- Direction
- Highere0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Higher nutrient concentrations were found in the broccoli heads”
e1“application of HS”
Title
El‐Metwally Selim; Ahmed Ali Mosa Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science 2012. doi:10.1002/jpln.201100062
Other claims from this paper (6)
- Intervention effect Humic substances improved water retention in the root zone.
- Intervention effect Humic substances affected spatial soil-water distribution.
- Intervention effect Humic substances increased broccoli marketable yield and head diameter.
- Intervention effect Humic substances increased broccoli soluble solids, protein and vitamin C.
- Intervention effect Plant-available soil nutrients were higher after harvest with humic-substance fertigation.
- Recommendation The authors recommend humic-substance fertigation to improve soil water and nutrient status and plant growth.