Claim · model-written summary
Alfalfa yield and crude protein effect size increased with increasing altitude under fertiliser application.
- Taxon
- Alfalfa
Medicago sativae1 - Treatment
- fertiliser applicatione5
- Outcome
- Alfalfa yield and the crude protein effect sizee5
- Direction
- increasede5
- Setting
- increasing altitudee5
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Verbatim
e1“Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) is a superior-quality perennial legume forage crop cultivated in China”
e5“Alfalfa yield and the crude protein effect size increased with increasing altitude but decreased with increasing latitude based on fertiliser application”
Title
Fertilisation and environmental factors affect the yield and quality of alfalfa in China
Shun Li; Zongqing Liu Plant Soil and Environment 2024. doi:10.17221/457/2023-pse
Other claims from this paper (6)
- Intervention effect Fertiliser application increased alfalfa yield by 24.61% relative to non-fertiliser controls.
- Intervention effect Fertiliser application increased alfalfa crude protein by 11.63% relative to non-fertiliser controls.
- Intervention effect Fertiliser application decreased alfalfa acid detergent fibre by 7.69% relative to non-fertiliser controls.
- Intervention effect Fertiliser application decreased alfalfa neutral detergent fibre by 6.76% relative to non-fertiliser controls.
- Association Alfalfa yield and crude protein effect size decreased with increasing latitude under fertiliser application.
- Association Acid detergent fibre and neutral detergent fibre effect sizes were positively correlated with mean annual temperature and mean annual precipitation.