Claim · model-written summary
Humic substances increased seed N content and seed protein percentage in faba bean.
- Taxon
- faba bean
Vicia fabae0 - Treatment
- Humic substancese1
- Outcome
- N content, protein % in the seedse2
- Direction
- increasede2
- Comparator
- without humic substances sprayinge3
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Verbatim
e0“investigate the effect of humic substances, some micronutrients and their combination as foliar spraying on faba bean yield and seeds quality”
e1“Humic substances high significantly increased the seed yield by 20.8 and 22.9% in the first and second seasons, respectively”
e2“increased the biological yield in both seasons, 100 seeds weight, N%, P%, N content, protein % in the seeds, available N and available P in the soil”
e3“(i) without humic substances spraying”
Title
Response of Faba Bean to Foliar Spraying with Humic Substances and Micronutrients
R.E.; , Knany; Atia, R.H.; et al. Alexandria Science Exchange Journal 2009. doi:10.21608/asejaiqjsae.2009.3258
Other claims from this paper (10)
- Intervention effect Spraying with micronutrients significantly increased faba bean seed yield in both seasons compared with no spraying.
- Intervention effect Spraying with iron produced the highest faba bean seed yield, 3753.9 and 3772.0 kg/ha in the first and second seasons.
- Intervention effect Spraying with iron increased faba bean 100-seed weight, seed N% and seed P%.
- Intervention effect Spraying with iron increased seed N content, seed protein percentage and soil available P after harvest.
- Intervention effect Spraying with copper increased faba bean biological yield in both seasons.
- Intervention effect Humic substances significantly increased faba bean seed yield by 20.8 and 22.9% in the first and second seasons.
- Intervention effect Humic substances increased faba bean biological yield.
- Intervention effect Humic substances increased faba bean 100-seed weight, seed N% and seed P%.
- Intervention effect Humic substances increased available soil N and available soil P after harvest.
- Association Humic substances increased the stimulating effects of micronutrients on all studied faba bean parameters.