Claim · model-written summary
The treatment reduced bulk density to 1.31 Mg m⁻³.
- Taxon
- Sesame
Sesamum indicumt0 - Treatment
- vermicompost (2.5 t ha⁻¹) + sulphur (20 kg ha⁻¹)e1
- Outcome
- bulk densitye0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Value
- 1.31 Mg m⁻³e0
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Verbatim
t0“Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.)”
e0“This treatment also resulted in enhanced soil organic carbon (0.48%), available N (164.36 kg ha⁻¹), P (16.85 kg ha⁻¹), K (199.32 kg ha⁻¹), and S (12.36 kg ha⁻¹), along with reduced bulk density (1.31 Mg m⁻³)”
e1“vermicompost (2.5 t ha⁻¹) + sulphur (20 kg ha⁻¹)”
Title
Ritik Bhardwaj; Indra Raj Yadav; A. S. Shekhawat; et al. International Journal of Plant & Soil Science 2025. doi:10.9734/ijpss/2025/v37i115818
Other claims from this paper (13)
- Intervention effect Vermicompost plus sulphur improved plant height to 119.36 cm.
- Intervention effect Vermicompost plus sulphur improved number of capsules per plant to 69.52.
- Intervention effect Vermicompost plus sulphur improved seeds per capsule to 60.68.
- Intervention effect Vermicompost plus sulphur improved test weight to 3.25 g.
- Intervention effect Vermicompost plus sulphur improved grain yield to 885.36 kg ha⁻¹.
- Intervention effect The treatment enhanced soil organic carbon to 0.48%.
- Intervention effect The treatment enhanced available N to 164.36 kg ha⁻¹.
- Intervention effect The treatment enhanced P to 16.85 kg ha⁻¹.
- Intervention effect The treatment enhanced K to 199.32 kg ha⁻¹.
- Intervention effect The treatment enhanced S to 12.36 kg ha⁻¹.
- Observation T8 had the highest net return of ₹44,409 ha⁻¹.
- Observation T8 had the highest benefit-cost ratio of 2.12.
- Recommendation The authors recommend integrated vermicompost and sulphur to improve productivity, soil health and profitability.