Claim · model-written summary
Integrated biochar and microbial inoculants changed cowpea-system total porosity by 22% relative to the control.
- Taxon
- Cowpea
Vigna unguiculatat0 - Treatment
- biochar and microbial inoculantse1
- Outcome
- total porositye0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 22%e0
- Comparator
- the controle0
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Verbatim
e0“Soil bulk density decreased by 18%, total porosity increased by 22%, and available soil N, P, and K contents increased by 45%, 52%, and 39%, respectively, leading to higher chlorophyll content (+ 28%), plant length (+ 21%), and seed yield (+ 33%) relative to the control.”
t0“Cowpea”
e1“integrated application of biochar and microbial inoculants”
Title
Doaa M. Khalifa; Heba M. Hewait; Alina-Stefania Stanciu; et al. Scientific Reports 2026. doi:10.1038/s41598-026-44003-8
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- Intervention effect Integrated biochar and microbial inoculants changed cowpea-system total microbial counts by up to 65% relative to the control.
- Intervention effect Integrated biochar and microbial inoculants changed cowpea-system dehydrogenase activity by 42% relative to the control.
- Intervention effect Integrated biochar and microbial inoculants changed cowpea-system Soil bulk density by 18% relative to the control.
- Intervention effect Integrated biochar and microbial inoculants changed cowpea-system available soil N by 45% relative to the control.
- Intervention effect Integrated biochar and microbial inoculants changed cowpea-system available soil P by 52% relative to the control.
- Intervention effect Integrated biochar and microbial inoculants changed cowpea-system available soil K by 39% relative to the control.
- Intervention effect Integrated biochar and microbial inoculants changed cowpea-system chlorophyll content by + 28% relative to the control.
- Intervention effect Integrated biochar and microbial inoculants changed cowpea-system plant length by + 21% relative to the control.
- Intervention effect Integrated biochar and microbial inoculants changed cowpea-system seed yield by + 33% relative to the control.