Claim · model-written summary
Selenium fertilizer raised stem-to-leaf ratio.
- Taxon
- alfalfa
Medicago sativat0 - Treatment
- selenium fertilizere0
- Outcome
- ratio of stem to leafe0
- Direction
- increasede0
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Verbatim
e0“selenium fertilizer and selenium and cobalt mixed fertilizer increased significantly the ratio of stem to leaf”
t0“alfalfa”
Title
Effect of selenium and cobalt fertilizers on the forage yield and quality of alfalfa.
Guo Xiao; Jie Xiao-lei; Ming Li; et al. Acta Agrestia Sinica 2009
Other claims from this paper (10)
- Intervention effect Selenium and cobalt mixed fertilizer raised stem-to-leaf ratio.
- Intervention effect Both fertilizers reduced fresh-to-dry weight ratio.
- Intervention effect Both fertilizers increased forage dry matter from shooting to florescence.
- Intervention effect Both fertilizers increased alfalfa height from flowering to ripening.
- Intervention effect Selenium fertilizer promoted forage yield only during vegetative periods.
- Intervention effect Mixed selenium and cobalt fertilizer promoted forage yield throughout growth.
- Intervention effect Both fertilizers significantly increased alfalfa hay selenium and cobalt contents.
- Intervention effect Both fertilizers increased six other trace element contents, especially molybdenum.
- Intervention effect Mixed fertilizer increased crude protein, ash and calcium content.
- Intervention effect Mixed fertilizer significantly decreased water and crude fibre contents.