Claim · model-written summary
Biochar plus compost produced a 44% eggplant germination percentage.
- Taxon
- eggplant
Solanum melongenat0 - Treatment
- biochar and composte0
- Outcome
- germination percentagee0
- Direction
- highe0
- Value
- 44%e0
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Verbatim
e0“Synergism between biochar and compost was reflected by high germination percentage (44%), number of fruits (600%), plant biomass weight (243%) and soil microbial biomass carbon (286%).”
t0“Eggplant”
Title
Dinesh Mohan; Brahmacharimayum Preetiva; Abhishek Kumar Chaubey; et al. Waste Management Bulletin 2023. doi:10.1016/j.wmb.2023.10.004
Other claims from this paper (14)
- Intervention effect Biochar amendment was most beneficial for the majority of measured soil and plant parameters.
- Intervention effect Biochar lowered soil bulk density by 20% relative to control.
- Intervention effect Biochar raised soil water holding capacity by 30% relative to control.
- Intervention effect Biochar raised soil organic carbon by 122% relative to control.
- Intervention effect Biochar raised soil total nitrogen by 175% relative to control.
- Intervention effect Biochar raised soil available nitrogen by 123% relative to control.
- Intervention effect Biochar raised soil available phosphorus by 473% relative to control.
- Intervention effect Compost raised soil cation exchange capacity by 115% compared with 84% under wheat straw biochar.
- Intervention effect Wheat straw biochar raised soil cation exchange capacity by 84% relative to control.
- Intervention effect Biochar plus compost increased eggplant fruit number by 600%.
- Intervention effect Biochar plus compost increased eggplant plant biomass weight by 243%.
- Intervention effect Biochar plus compost increased soil microbial biomass carbon by 286%.
- Intervention effect Biomass amendment showed no positive influence.
- Recommendation The authors conclude biochar is a superior soil amendment to biomass and compost.