Claim · model-written summary
Inoculation increased leaf chlorophyll index and grains per ear.
- Treatment
- seed inoculation with A. brasilensee1
- Interactor
- A. brasilense
Azospirillum brasilensee1symbiont - Outcome
- leaf chlorophyll index, number of grains per eare0
- Direction
- increasee0
Zea maysNot reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageSecond interactorSecond interactor roleComparatorSettingValueQualifier
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Verbatim
e0“Inoculation and limestone application were found to increase leaf chlorophyll index, number of grains per ear, harvest index, and NUE.”
e1“with and without seed inoculation with A. brasilense.”
e2“NUE) in maize”
Title
Fernando Shintate Galindo; Paulo Humberto Pagliari; Salatiér Buzetti; et al. PLoS ONE 2020. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0230954
Other claims from this paper (10)
- Intervention effect Azospirillum inoculation increased grain yield by 15% without nitrogen.
- Intervention effect Azospirillum inoculation increased grain yield by up to 10% with nitrogen.
- Intervention effect Inoculation increased plant tissue nitrogen accumulation.
- Intervention effect Limestone application increased leaf chlorophyll index and grains per ear.
- Intervention effect Inoculation increased harvest index by 9.5% versus non-inoculated plots.
- Intervention effect Inoculation increased nitrogen use efficiency by 19.3% versus non-inoculated plots.
- Intervention effect Limestone application increased harvest index and nitrogen use efficiency.
- Intervention effect Silicon application increased leaf chlorophyll index and leaf nitrogen concentration.
- Intervention effect Combined silicon and inoculation increased shoot silicon accumulation.
- Recommendation The authors recommend testing silicon under biotic or abiotic stress conditions.