Claim · model-written summary
Fertiliser application decreased alfalfa acid detergent fibre by 7.69% relative to non-fertiliser controls.
- Taxon
- Alfalfa
Medicago sativae1 - Treatment
- fertiliser applicatione2
- Outcome
- acid detergent fibree4
- Direction
- decreasinge4
- Value
- 7.69%e4
- Comparator
- non-fertiliser control levelse2
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Verbatim
e1“Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) is a superior-quality perennial legume forage crop cultivated in China”
e2“compared to the non-fertiliser control levels, fertiliser application increased alfalfa yield by 24.61%”
e4“decreasing acid detergent fibre by 7.69% and neutral detergent fibre by 6.76%”
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 neutral detergent fibre by 6.76% relative to non-fertiliser controls.
- Association Alfalfa yield and crude protein effect size increased with increasing altitude under fertiliser application.
- 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.