Claim · model-written summary
Coconut leaf litter compost substitution produced a B:C ratio of 1.92 and significantly higher returns.
- Taxon
- Amaranthus
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Amaranthust0 - Treatment
- substitution of 50% RDN with coconut leaf litter compost [composting inoculum (liquid) + earthworms]e0
- Outcome
- economic returnse0
- Direction
- highere0
- Value
- 1.92e0
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Verbatim
e0“Vegetable yields (20.20 Mg/ha) and economic returns (B:C ratio- 1.92. were significantly higher in the substitution of 50% RDN with coconut leaf litter compost [composting inoculum (liquid) + earthworms].”
t0“Amaranthus”
Title
Reviving soils with leaf litter composts for enhanced yields in Amaranthus
S J Harishma; Sheeba Rebecca Isaac; Devika Viswanathan Journal of Krishi Vigyan 2024. doi:10.5958/2349-4433.2024.00067.2
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Observation Litter compost improved soil available nutrient status.
- Observation Litter compost improved soil microbial population.
- Intervention effect Coconut leaf litter compost substitution produced 20.20 Mg/ha vegetable yield and significantly higher yield.
- Intervention effect Compost increased yield by 3 to 46 per cent over the control.
- Recommendation Authors concluded compost inclusion can reduce chemical nitrogen inputs by 50 per cent.
- Recommendation Authors concluded compost inclusion triggers microbial activity.
- Recommendation Authors concluded compost inclusion sustains soil fertility.