Intervention effectmodel-written summary

Biofertilizers increased cowpea nodule biomass.

A claim from Plant and soil characteristics affected by biofertilizers from rocks and organic matter inoculated with diazotrophic bacteria and fungi that produce chitosan · 2013

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Biofertilizers increased cowpea nodule biomass.

Treatment
Biofertilizer treatmentse0
Outcome
cowpea nodules biomasse0
Direction
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Vigna unguiculata
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“Biofertilizer treatments increased cowpea nodules biomass”

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Title

Plant and soil characteristics affected by biofertilizers from rocks and organic matter inoculated with diazotrophic bacteria and fungi that produce chitosan

L.R Berger; N.P Stamford; C.E.R.S Santos; et al. Journal of soil science and plant nutrition 2013. doi:10.4067/s0718-95162013005000047

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inoculation · symbiosis · Vigna unguiculata (cowpea)Results differ

69 papers: 57 positive, 12 negative or no effect

56 papers in the same direction as this claim · 11 in the opposite direction · 1 reporting no difference from an alternative

  1. no effect
    Commercial rhizobial inoculation did not significantly affect cowpea nodulation, biomass yield, or shoot nitrogen content compared with controls.

    Potential of indigenous bradyrhizobia versus commercial inoculants to improve cowpea (Vigna unguiculataL. walp.) and green gram (Vigna radiataL. wilczek.) yields in Kenya · 2012 · compared with controls

    Opposite direction

  2. no effect
    Mycorrhizal inoculation did not effectively improve cowpea nodulation.

    Abiotic and Biotic Limitations to Nodulation by Leguminous Cover Crops in South Texas · 2019

    Opposite direction

  3. negative
    Cowpeas inoculated with the aluminum-sensitive strain had significantly fewer nodules in more acid, aluminum-rich soils.

    Nodulation of Cowpeas and Survival of Cowpea Rhizobia in Acid, Aluminum‐Rich Soils · 1983 · compared with the same soils with higher pH values and less extractable Al

    Opposite direction

  4. no effect
    Bradyrhizobium inoculation had no effect on cowpea nodulation compared with non-inoculated plants.

    Effects of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) inoculation on nodule development and rhizosphere carbon and nitrogen content under simulated drought · 2023 · compared with non-inoculated

    Opposite direction

  5. negative
    R. reniformis infection preceding rhizobial inoculation hindered nodule formation on cowpea.

    Interrelations between Meloidogyne javanica, Rotylenchulus reniformis, and Rhizobium Sp. on Vigna sinensis. · 1980

    Opposite direction

  6. no effect
    Rhizobium inoculation did not significantly affect nodule weight, pod number, pod weight, or seed yield.

    Performance of Cowpeas on an Inland Valley Swamp in the Dry Season in Sierra Leone · 1983

    Opposite direction

  7. no effect
    Cowpea nodule and plant dry weights after a one to 24 hour inoculation lag were on par with uninoculated controls.

    INFLUENCE OF ADHESIVES AND TIME LAG BETWEEN SEED TREATMENT AND SOWING ON SURVIVAL OF RHIZOBIA AND CROP RESPONSE TO INOCULATION · 1996 · compared with uninoculated control

    Opposite direction

  8. no effect
    The same inoculation treatment made no difference in cowpea nitrogen application and nodulation.

    Inoculation of Rhizobium associated with Trichoderma asperellum on the development and yield of cowpea · 2020

    Opposite direction

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