Intervention effectmodel-written summary

75 % N with potassium silicate gave the highest grain weight per head in sorghum

A claim from EFFECT OF ORGANIC AND MINERAL FERTILIZERS ON YIELD AND QUALITY OF SORGHUM UNDER SANDY SOIL CONDITIONS · 2021

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

75 % N with potassium silicate gave the highest grain weight per head in sorghum

Taxon
sorghumSorghumt0
Treatment
75 % N + potassium silicatee0
Outcome
grain weight / heade1
Direction
higheste1

Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleComparatorSettingValueQualifier

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Sorghum
Sorghum · Taxon · picture of the genus (one of its species)Evelyn Simak · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

t0

“SORGHUM”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 66–73
e0

“The treatment (75 % N + potassium silicate) achieved the earlier inflowering”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 746–822
e1

“the highest values of grain weight / head”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 824–865

Title

EFFECT OF ORGANIC AND MINERAL FERTILIZERS ON YIELD AND QUALITY OF SORGHUM UNDER SANDY SOIL CONDITIONS

Salwa Hassanen; H Abotaleb; J Katyal; et al. Egyptian Journal of Applied Science 2021. doi:10.21608/ejas.2021.183466

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silicate(4-) · yield · SorghumResults agree

2 papers: 2 positive, 0 negative or no effect

1 paper in the same direction as this claim

  1. positive
    A 200 kg/ha silicate plus 5 tonnes/ha manure treatment gave higher sorghum production of 6056 kg/ha.

    Pemberian Pupuk Silikat dan Pupuk Kandang Terhadap Pertumbuhan, Kadar Brix, dan Hasil Tanaman Sorgum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) · 2019

    Same direction

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potassium · yield · SorghumResults differ

41 papers: 24 positive, 17 negative or no effect

23 papers in the same direction as this claim · 16 in the opposite direction · 1 reporting no difference from an alternative

  1. no effect
    Potassium application did not affect dry matter yields in either year.

    Potassium Management for Brown Midrib Sorghum × Sudangrass as Replacement for Corn Silage in the North‐eastern USA · 2005

    Opposite direction

  2. no effect
    K application did not significantly affect sorghum yield.

    NPK requirement of hybrid jowar (CSH-1) in kharif season under rainfed condition · 1976

    Opposite direction

  3. no effect
    Potassium application at 25-50 kg K2O/ha increased grain yield of hybrid sorghum CSH-1 compared with no P or K, not significantly.

    Response of hybrid sorghum (Sorghum vulgare Pers.) to N, P and K fertilization under rainfed condition. · 1970 · compared with plots given no P or K

    Opposite direction

  4. no effect
    Potassium fertilization had no effect on sorghum yield.

    Long-Term Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Potassium Fertilization of Irrigated Grain Sorghum · 2020

    Opposite direction

  5. no effect
    Potassium application did not affect sorghum yield during the study.

    Nitrogen and Phosphorus Fertilization of Irrigated Grain Sorghum · 2016

    Opposite direction

  6. no effect
    Omitting potassium did not significantly affect grain and biomass yields.

    Effects of nutrient omission and landscape positions on grain sorghum production in northern Ethiopia · 2025

    Opposite directionAbout lacking this nutrient, so it counts the other way round

  7. no effect
    K had no significant effect on sorghum grain yield.

    Rationalising fertilizer rates for sorghum. II. Optimising the dose with relevance to the soil test values · 1980

    Opposite direction

  8. no effect
    Potassium application had no effect on sorghum yield throughout the study.

    Irrigated Grain Sorghum Response to Long-Term Nitrogen and Phosphorus Fertilization · 2017

    Opposite direction

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