Intervention effectmodel-written summary

Silicon increased lucerne root biomass by over 35%.

A claim from Effects of silicon on root growth of lucerne. · 2009

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Silicon increased lucerne root biomass by over 35%.

Taxon
LucerneMedicago sativae1
Treatment
applying silicone1
Outcome
root biomasse0
Direction
increasede0
Value
over 35%e0

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Medicago sativa
Medicago sativa · TaxonDrepanostoma · CC BY 4.0 · iNaturalist ↗

Verbatim

e0

“root biomass was increased by over 35%”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 328–366
e1

“Lucerne(Medicago sativa L.) plants were planted in pots to investigate the effects of applying silicon on their root growth”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 0–123

Title

Effects of silicon on root growth of lucerne.

Huixia Liu; Guo Zheng-gang; Zhou XueRong; et al. Zhongguo caodi xuebao 2009

Other claims from this paper (4)

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silicon atom · growth · Medicago sativa (alfalfa)Results differ

13 papers: 12 positive, 1 negative or no effect

11 papers in the same direction as this claim · 1 in the opposite direction

  1. no effect
    Silicon uptake did not affect root growth.

    Silicon‐induced root nodulation and synthesis of essential amino acids in a legume is associated with higher herbivore abundance · 2017

    Opposite direction

  2. positive
    Silicon increased alfalfa root volume, secondary-root number and root biomass.

    Effect of silicon on the morphology of shoots and roots of alfalfa (Medicago sativa) · 2006

    Same direction

  3. positive
    Across all CO2 and temperature regimes, Si supplementation promoted M. sativa plant growth by 93%.

    Benefits from Below: Silicon Supplementation Maintains Legume Productivity under Predicted Climate Change Scenarios · 2018

    Same direction

  4. positive
    Silicon raised lucerne shoot biomass by more than 10%.

    Silicon enrichment alters functional traits in legumes depending on plant genotype and symbiosis with nitrogen‐fixing bacteria · 2021

    Same direction

  5. positive
    Silicon treatment improved growth and chlorophyll content of P-deficient alfalfa.

    Silicon- and Phosphate-Solubilizing Pseudomonas alkylphenolica PF9 Alleviate Low Phosphorus Availability Stress in Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) · 2022

    Same direction

  6. positive
    Silicon addition made seeds germinate faster.

    Effects of silicon addition on seed germination and seedling growth of alfalfa · 2011

    Same direction

  7. positive
    Si supply significantly increased leaf area compared with no-feed Si plants, peaking at 0.05 g/kg

    Effect of silicon supply on alfalfa growth · 2006 · compared with no-feed Si plants

    Same direction

  8. positive
    Silicon promoted alfalfa shoot development under moderate water stress.

    Effect of addition of silicon on water use efficiency and yield components of alfalfa under the different soil moisture · 2009

    Same direction

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