Claim · model-written summary
Reduced potassium (75% CNK) led plants to take up higher quantities of nutrients.
Zea maysNot reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleComparatorSettingValueQualifier
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Verbatim
e1“Soils amended with reduced potassium rates (75% CNK) significantly increased the fresh‐ and dry‐biomass accumulation by 51 and 47%, respectively, in relation to positive control (100% KCl)”
e2“These along with reduced dry density induced the plants to uptake higher quantities of nutrients and develop double the root biomass relative to control”
e0“Zea mays plant were tested in pot trials using different doses of K‐formulation with potassium incorporated or otherwise and compared with suitable controls”
Title
Denish Kubavat; Khanjan Trivedi; Pradeep Vaghela; et al. Land Degradation and Development 2020. doi:10.1002/ldr.3629
Other claims from this paper (9)
- Intervention effect Soil amended with reduced potassium (75% CNK) increased fresh and dry biomass accumulation of maize by 51 and 47%, relative to positive control (100% KCl).
- Intervention effect 75% CNK improved soil physical properties (porosity, water conductivity and friability) in maize pot trials.
- Intervention effect Reduced potassium (75% CNK) doubled maize root biomass relative to control.
- Intervention effect No deleterious effect of the nanoformulation on maize was apparent.
- Intervention effect The CNK-treated soils showed better carbon-cycling activity.
- Intervention effect The CNK treatments increased soil microbial activity relative to control, as shown by FDA hydrolysis.
- Mechanism CNK may condition soil by cohesive bonding of soil particles, stabilizing soil aggregates and preventing their degradation.
- Intervention effect Sustained nutrient release increased productivity and reduced fertilizer requirement (author conclusion).
- Observation CNK showed a slow potassium release property in membrane diffusion studies.