Intervention effectmodel-written summary

Zaï and enriched compost markedly improved sorghum yields.

A claim from Restauration des potentialités de sols dégradés à l'aide du zaï et du compost dans le Yatenga (Burkina Faso) · 2008

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Zaï and enriched compost markedly improved sorghum yields.

Taxon
sorghumSorghume0
Treatment
zaï technique and composted manure enriched with burkina phosphoruse0
Outcome
sorghum yieldse0
Direction
improvede0

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Sorghum
Sorghum · Taxon · picture of the genus (one of its species)Evelyn Simak · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

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“Experiments with the zaï technique and composted manure enriched with burkina phosphorus conducted over three years markedly improved the above mentioned soil parameters and sorghum yields.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 806–995

Title

Restauration des potentialités de sols dégradés à l'aide du zaï et du compost dans le Yatenga (Burkina Faso)

Sawadogo, H.; Bock, Laurent; Lacroix, D.; et al. DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) 2008

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Record rev-3524d736ae5f2f7fb25c09d3ab5df30dcece9334303cb541c7fb11b14f0cab50 · schema claims-v0.9 · position 1 in the model’s answer

phosphorus · yield · SorghumResults differ

105 papers: 92 positive, 13 negative or no effect

91 papers in the same direction as this claim · 12 in the opposite direction · 1 reporting no difference from an alternative

  1. negative
    On nonlimed soil, high N with low P-K decreased sugar yields yield.

    Biomass and Sugar Yield Response of Sweet Sorghum to Lime and Fertilizer1 · 1985 · compared with high P or K

    Opposite direction

  2. no effect
    Addition of Burkina phosphate to various doses of dry matter did not influence sorghum grain yield.

    Influence of the Leaf Biomass of Piliostigma reticulatum on Sorghum Production in North Sudanian Region of Burkina Faso · 2013

    Opposite direction

  3. no effect
    Phosphorus rates did not significantly influence sorghum yield across seasons and combined sites.

    Nutrient Response Functions of Sorghum for Miesso District Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia · 2022

    Opposite direction

  4. no effect
    P application did not significantly affect sorghum yield.

    NPK requirement of hybrid jowar (CSH-1) in kharif season under rainfed condition · 1976

    Opposite direction

  5. no effect
    Applied phosphate did not affect grain and fodder yields or yield components.

    Effect of nitrogen and phosphate fertilization on yield and yield components of hybrid sorghum · 1978

    Opposite direction

  6. negative
    Low-P soil conditions reduced sorghum grain yield.

    Sorghum breeding strategies for phosphorus-limited environments in Western Africa : from field to genome level · 2014

    Opposite direction

  7. no effect
    DMPP did not significantly increase sorghum grain yield or agronomic efficiency of fertiliser N use despite the N2O abatement.

    Comparison of grain yields and N2O emissions on Oxisol and Vertisol soils in response to fertiliser N applied as urea or urea coated with the nitrification inhibitor 3,4-dimethylpyrazole phosphate · 2016

    Opposite direction

  8. no effect
    Phosphorus had no significant effect on sorghum grain yield.

    Fertilizer requirement of sorghum in sandy-clay loam soil of upper Damodar Valley · 1976

    Opposite direction

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fertilization · yield · SorghumPositive and negative results

446 papers: 418 positive, 28 negative or no effect

417 papers in the same direction as this claim · 21 in the opposite direction · 7 reporting no difference from an alternative

  1. no effect
    N fertilizers did not significantly affect ethanol yield.

    Agronomic Practices for Production of Ethanol from Sweet Sorghum · 1991

    Opposite direction

  2. no effect
    Sorghum biomass production did not increase significantly with compost rate.

    Linking Soil Health to Sustainable Crop Production: Dairy Compost Effects on Soil Properties and Sorghum Biomass · 2019

    Opposite direction

  3. no effect
    Nitrogen rate and timing had no significant effect on days to emergency, days to heading and thousand kernel weight of sorghum.

    Effects of Nitrogen Fertilizer Quantity and Time of Application on Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) Production in Lowland Areas of North Shewa, Ethiopia · 2021

    Opposite direction

  4. no effect
    Nitrogen did not affect first-year sorghum yield after legumes.

    NITROGEN, PHOSPHORUS, AND POTASSIUM EFFECTS ON GRAIN SORGHUM PRODUCTION AND STALK ROT FOLLOWING ALFALFA AND BIRDSFOOT TREFOIL · 2011

    Opposite direction

  5. no effect
    Late N applications after 40 days had little effect on sweet sorghum stalk or grain yield.

    Efficiency of nitrogen fertilization in sweet sorghum · 1985

    Opposite direction

  6. no effect
    Manure level did not significantly affect sorghum dry matter yield in 2001.

    Comparative study on yield and chemical composition of maize (Zea mays L.) and sorghum (Sorghum bicolor Moench) using different levels of manure application · 2007

    Opposite direction

  7. no effect
    Increasing N fertilization from 56 to 112 kg ha −1 did not increase sweet sorghum production.

    Cover crop and tillage affect sweet sorghum production and soil chemical properties · 2020 · compared with from 56

    Opposite direction

  8. no effect
    Nitrogen supply or installment did not change yield components of rainfed sorghum after soybean.

    GRAIN SORGHUM GROWN AS SECOND CROP AND INOCULATED WITH Azospirillum brasilense ASSOCIATED WITH NITROGEN FERTILIZATION · 2021

    Opposite direction

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