Claim · model-written summary
Organic fertilizer application increased seed yield by 69.02% relative to the control in 2017.
- Taxon
- sunflower
Helianthus annuuse1 - Treatment
- application of organic fertilizerse2
- Outcome
- seed yielde2
- Direction
- increasee2
- Value
- 69.02%e2
- Comparator
- controle2
- Setting
- 2017e2
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“applied to four sunflower varieties”
e2“On average, the application of organic fertilizers resulted in a 15.76 and 69.02% increase in seed yield relative to the control in 2016 and 2017, respectively”
Title
Victor I. O. Olowe; James Fadeyi; Patience Odueme; et al. Helia 2021. doi:10.1515/helia-2020-0010
Other claims from this paper (14)
- Intervention effect Foliar ARATI NAWOZ significantly increased height at maturity relative to the control in both years.
- Intervention effect Foliar ARATI NAWOZ significantly increased the weight of seeds and head per plant relative to the control in both years.
- Intervention effect Foliar ARATI NAWOZ significantly increased seed yield relative to the control in both years.
- Association The varietal effect was significant for head diameter and weight in 2016.
- Association The varietal effect was significant for number and weight of seeds per head in 2016.
- Association The varietal effect was significant for seed yield in 2016.
- Association In the markedly dry 2017 season the varietal effect was not significant for any trait measured.
- Association The Variety × Fertilizer interaction was significant for height at maturity, head diameter and weight in 2016.
- Association The Variety × Fertilizer interaction was significant for seed yield in 2016.
- Association SAMSUN 4 produced higher seed yield than SAMSUN 1 in 2016.
- Association SAMSUN 4 produced higher seed yield than SAMSUN 2 in 2016.
- Association The efficacy of applying both fertilizers was on par for most traits in both years.
- Intervention effect Organic fertilizer application increased seed yield by 15.76 relative to the control in 2016.
- Recommendation ARATI NAWOZ and ARATI BAJA appear promising for sunflower production in the humid tropics.