Claim · model-written summary
Biochar amended with microbial enrichments from vermicompost tea may improve eggplant growth when matched to soil properties.
- Taxon
- eggplant (Solanum melongena var. Rosa Bianca)
Solanum melongenat0 - Treatment
- biochar amended with microbial enrichments from vermicompost teae0
- Outcome
- eggplant growthe0
- Direction
- improvee0
- Qualifier
- if matched with the physical and chemical properties of a given soilse0
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Verbatim
t0“eggplant (Solanum melongena var. Rosa Bianca)”
e0“biochar amended with microbial enrichments from vermicompost tea may improve eggplant growth if matched with the physical and chemical properties of a given soils”
Title
Sherie L. Edenborn; Linda M. K. Johnson; Harry M. Edenborn; et al. Biological Agriculture & Horticulture 2017. doi:10.1080/01448765.2017.1388847
Other claims from this paper (4)
- Intervention effect Compost tea amended biochar gave no short-term improvement in eggplant growth.
- Intervention effect Compost tea amended biochar gave no short-term reduction in flea beetle damage.
- Intervention effect Compost tea amended biochar changed soil microbial activity and functional diversity relative to biochar alone.
- Association Soil microbial changes corresponded with eggplant growth and insect damage.