Claim · model-written summary
SSSF supplementation increased physiological and nutritional attributes including antioxidants.
- Taxon
- cauliflower, cabbage and capsicum
Brassica oleracea var. botrytis
Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Capsicume0 - Treatment
- supplementation of the SSSFe2
- Outcome
- physiological and nutritional attributes including antioxidantse2
- Direction
- increasee2
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Verbatim
e0“response of sulfur enriched steel slag (16-20% S) on cauliflower, cabbage and capsicum”
e2“An increase in physiological and nutritional attributes including antioxidants was also evidenced with the supplementation of the SSSF”
Title
Sandeep Kumar Dhatwalia; Mast Ram Dhiman; Priya Chandra; et al. Journal of Eco-friendly Agriculture 2025. doi:10.48165/jefa.2024.20.1.10
Other claims from this paper (6)
- Intervention effect The application of SSSF increased economic yield by about 25% in cauliflower, cabbage and capsicum.
- Intervention effect SSSF application saved costs of up to 50% relative to NPK chemical fertilizers.
- Intervention effect SSSF application had no negative impact on economic yield and nutritional quality compared with NPK chemical fertilizers.
- Intervention effect Steel slag based fertilizers caused no soil toxicity or phyto-toxicity when applied to complement chemical fertilizers.
- Intervention effect Steel slag based fertilizer had no negative effect on soil characteristics.
- Recommendation Enriched steel slag may be used as a source of mineral nutrients in agriculture.