Claim · model-written summary
Magnetized irrigation increased water productivity by 5.85% to 10.40%.
- Taxon
- lettuce
Lactuca sativae0 - Outcome
- water productivity (WPc)e0
- Direction
- enhancede0
- Value
- 5.85% to 10.40%e0
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Verbatim
e0“enhanced the above-ground fresh weight of lettuce (by 9.36% to 8.81%) and water productivity (WPc) (by 5.85% to 10.40%), while reducing water consumption”
Title
Xueying Yao; Xiaofan Wang; Mingshan Qu; et al. Agronomy 2024. doi:10.3390/agronomy14112621
Other claims from this paper (10)
- Intervention effect Magnetization increased electrical conductivity, pH and dissolved oxygen of the water sources.
- Intervention effect Magnetized irrigation increased lettuce nitrogen, potassium and calcium contents.
- Intervention effect Magnetized irrigation increased lettuce magnesium content.
- Intervention effect Magnetized irrigation increased soluble protein content by 9.27% to 22.25%.
- Intervention effect Magnetized irrigation increased soluble sugar content by 13.45% to 20.50%.
- Intervention effect Magnetized irrigation increased vitamin C content by 4.18% to 19.33%.
- Intervention effect Magnetized irrigation increased above-ground fresh weight by a reported 9.36% to 8.81%.
- Intervention effect Magnetized irrigation reduced water consumption.
- Observation Magnetized fresh water was most effective for quality, fresh weight and water productivity, followed by recycled water.
- Observation Differentially expressed genes were enriched in MAPK, phytohormone and cysteine/methionine pathways.