Claim · model-written summary
Silicon supplementation increased lucerne root nodulation by 227%.
- Taxon
- M. sativa
Medicago sativae0 - Treatment
- Si supplementatione0
- Outcome
- root nodulatione0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 227%e0
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Verbatim
e0“Si supplementation increased plant mass and root nodulation of M. sativa by 61% and 227%, respectively”
Title
J. M. W. Ryalls; A. N. Gherlenda; R. C. Rowe; et al. Journal of Ecology 2023. doi:10.1111/1365-2745.14170
Other claims from this paper (8)
- Intervention effect Silicon supplementation increased lucerne mass by 61%.
- Intervention effect Silicon supplementation reduced weevil relative consumption by 38%.
- Intervention effect Silicon supplementation reduced weevil frass production by 30%.
- Intervention effect Silicon supplementation did not affect foliar nitrogen concentration.
- Association Phenolic concentrations were negatively associated with weevil relative consumption.
- Intervention effect Jasmonate application reduced weevil relative consumption by 34%.
- Intervention effect Combined silicon and jasmonate significantly enhanced phenolics.
- Observation Phytochemical and feeding responses to silicon and jasmonate were consistent across four genotypes.