Claim · model-written summary
Combined manure and fertilizer increased sorghum post-anthesis dry matter production by 147%–390%.
- Treatment
- combined application of farmyard manure and inorganic fertilizerse0
- Outcome
- post-anthesis dry-matter productione0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 147%–390%e0
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Verbatim
e0“The combined application of farmyard manure and inorganic fertilizers increased post-anthesis dry-matter production by 147%–390% and grain yield by 14%–36%.”
e1“Sorghum”
Title
W. Bayu; N. F. G. Rethman; P. S. Hammes; et al. Journal of Plant Nutrition 2006. doi:10.1080/01904160500320962
Other claims from this paper (10)
- Intervention effect Combined manure and fertilizer increased sorghum grain yield by 14%–36%.
- Intervention effect Farmyard manure increased sorghum stover yield by 8%–21%.
- Intervention effect Inorganic fertilizer increased sorghum stover yield by 14%–21%.
- Intervention effect Manure increased sorghum nitrogen uptake by 21%–36%.
- Intervention effect Manure increased sorghum grain protein yield by 8%–11%.
- Intervention effect Manure increased sorghum grain protein concentration by 20%–29%.
- Intervention effect Manure plus half-rate fertilizer achieved at least as much grain yield as full-rate fertilizer.
- Observation Manure with half-rate fertilizer saved 50% of inorganic nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizer.
- Recommendation The authors recommend 5, 10, or 15 t manure per hectare with full fertilizer rates for farmers able to afford fertilizer.
- Recommendation The authors recommend 5, 10, or 15 t manure per hectare with half-rate fertilizer for farmers unable to afford full rates.