Intervention effectmodel-written summary

Inorganic fertilizer increased panicle weight and grain yield, the latter to 2.24 t/ha.

A claim from Growth and yield of sorghum as influenced by green manure and soil organic matter content. · 1980

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Inorganic fertilizer increased panicle weight and grain yield, the latter to 2.24 t/ha.

Taxon
sorghumSorghumt0
Treatment
30-30-30 kg/ha of N, P2O5, and K2Oe0
Outcome
panicle weight, and grain yielde0
Direction
increasede0
Value
2.24 t/hae0

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

Verbatim

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“Application of 30-30-30 kg/ha of N, P2O5, and K2O markedly increased plant height, leaf area index, panicle length, panicle weight, and grain yield (2.24 t/ha)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 791–950
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“Growth and yield of sorghum as influenced by green manure and soil organic matter content.”

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Title

Growth and yield of sorghum as influenced by green manure and soil organic matter content.

R. B. Capuno; Bernard Fabre; Rodolfo G. Escalada DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) 1980

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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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phosphorus · yield · SorghumResults differ

105 papers: 92 positive, 13 negative or no effect

91 papers in the same direction as this claim · 12 in the opposite direction · 1 reporting no difference from an alternative

  1. negative
    On nonlimed soil, high N with low P-K decreased sugar yields yield.

    Biomass and Sugar Yield Response of Sweet Sorghum to Lime and Fertilizer1 · 1985 · compared with high P or K

    Opposite direction

  2. no effect
    Addition of Burkina phosphate to various doses of dry matter did not influence sorghum grain yield.

    Influence of the Leaf Biomass of Piliostigma reticulatum on Sorghum Production in North Sudanian Region of Burkina Faso · 2013

    Opposite direction

  3. no effect
    Phosphorus rates did not significantly influence sorghum yield across seasons and combined sites.

    Nutrient Response Functions of Sorghum for Miesso District Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia · 2022

    Opposite direction

  4. no effect
    P application did not significantly affect sorghum yield.

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

    Opposite direction

  5. no effect
    Applied phosphate did not affect grain and fodder yields or yield components.

    Effect of nitrogen and phosphate fertilization on yield and yield components of hybrid sorghum · 1978

    Opposite direction

  6. negative
    Low-P soil conditions reduced sorghum grain yield.

    Sorghum breeding strategies for phosphorus-limited environments in Western Africa : from field to genome level · 2014

    Opposite direction

  7. no effect
    DMPP did not significantly increase sorghum grain yield or agronomic efficiency of fertiliser N use despite the N2O abatement.

    Comparison of grain yields and N2O emissions on Oxisol and Vertisol soils in response to fertiliser N applied as urea or urea coated with the nitrification inhibitor 3,4-dimethylpyrazole phosphate · 2016

    Opposite direction

  8. no effect
    Phosphorus had no significant effect on sorghum grain yield.

    Fertilizer requirement of sorghum in sandy-clay loam soil of upper Damodar Valley · 1976

    Opposite direction

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