Claim · model-written summary
Muriate of potash did not benefit alfalfa establishment, regardless of placement.
- Taxon
- alfalfa
Medicago sativae1 - Treatment
- muriate of potashe3
- Outcome
- establishmente3
- Direction
- did not benefite3
- Qualifier
- Regardless of placemente3
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Verbatim
e1“Banded superphosphate caused much greater seedling growth of alfalfa than the same amounts mixed with the soil”
e3“Regardless of placement, limestone or muriate of potash did not benefit establishment but later were very effective in maintaining stands and yields”
Title
Band versus Broadcast Fertilization of Alfalfa1
B. A. Brown Agronomy Journal 1959. doi:10.2134/agronj1959.00021962005100120004x
Other claims from this paper (5)
- Intervention effect Banded superphosphate gave much greater alfalfa seedling growth than the same amounts mixed with the soil.
- Intervention effect Subsequent alfalfa yields did not differ significantly between banded and mixed superphosphate.
- Intervention effect Limestone did not benefit alfalfa establishment, regardless of placement.
- Intervention effect Limestone was very effective in maintaining alfalfa stands and yields after establishment.
- Intervention effect Muriate of potash was very effective in maintaining alfalfa stands and yields after establishment.