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RG increased plant height by 48%.
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t0“lentils”
e0“Both strains (RL and RG) demonstrated 16% and 20% increase in number of branches plant−1, 62% and 48% in plant height”
Title
Biochar particle size andRhizobiastrains effect on the uptake and efficiency of nitrogen in lentils
Muhammad Mutasim Billah; Wiqar Ahmad; Murad Ali Journal of Plant Nutrition 2019. doi:10.1080/01904167.2019.1628984
Other claims from this paper (18)
- Intervention effect Smallest biochar particles maximized grain N, straw N and N uptake.
- Intervention effect Smallest biochar particles maximized N recovery and agronomic efficiency.
- Intervention effect Reducing biochar particle size decreased N physiological efficiency.
- Intervention effect Reducing biochar particle size decreased branch number and plant height.
- Intervention effect Smallest biochar particles produced more pods per plant.
- Intervention effect Rhizobium leguminoserum and Rhizogold increased straw N significantly.
- Intervention effect Biofertilizer strains did not significantly increase grain N.
- Intervention effect Both rhizobial strains increased N recovery and agronomic efficiencies.
- Intervention effect RL produced 7% more grain N than RG.
- Intervention effect RL increased branches per plant by 16%.
- Intervention effect RG increased branches per plant by 20%.
- Intervention effect RL increased plant height by 62%.
- Intervention effect RL increased root length by 2%.
- Intervention effect RG increased root length by 5%.
- Intervention effect RL improved branches at the smallest and medium biochar sizes.
- Intervention effect Both RL and RG increased plant height at the maximum biochar particle size.
- Mechanism The authors suggested smaller biochar particles may immobilize starter N and fail to enhance biofertilizer strain performance.
- Intervention effect Reducing biochar particle size favored N cycling in the soil plant system.