Intervention effectmodel-written summary

Foliar potassium improved pumpkin yield without a statistically significant effect.

A claim from Dependence of Pumpkin Yield on Plant Density and Variety · 2011

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivenot significant (as stated)measured

Claim · model-written summary

Foliar potassium improved pumpkin yield without a statistically significant effect.

Taxon
pumpkine0
Treatment
Foliar application of potassiume0
Outcome
yielde0
Direction
improvede0

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“Foliar application of potassium improved growth and yield of pumpkin plants although the non-significant effect”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 759–870

Title

Dependence of Pumpkin Yield on Plant Density and Variety

Khalid El-Sayed Abd El-Hamed; Mohammed Wasfy Mohammed Elwan American Journal of Plant Sciences 2011. doi:10.4236/ajps.2011.25075

Other claims from this paper (7)

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potassium · yield · Cucurbita (pumpkins)Positive and negative results

8 papers: 7 positive, 1 negative or no effect

6 papers in the same direction as this claim · 1 in the opposite direction

  1. positive
    The combination increased fruit number and fruit fresh weight.

    IMPROVING SQUASH (Cucurbita pepo L.) PLANT GROWTH, SEX EXPRESSION AND YIELD BY FOLIAR APPLICATION OF POTASSIUM AND ETHEPHON UNDER HIGH SUMMER TEMPERATURE CONDITIONS · 2016

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  2. no effect
    Potassium top dressing did not raise zucchini productivity.

    Potassium top dressing levels on fruit yield of summer squash. · 2013

    Opposite direction

  3. positive
    Nitrogen plus potassium spraying gave the highest total and early squash fruit yields.

    Physiological response of growth, yield and its quality of squash (Cucurbita pepo L.) to foliar application of some nutrients. · 2010

    Same direction

  4. positive
    Potassium increased grain number per fruit.

    The Effects of Pruning and Potassium Nutrition on Some Morphological Traits and Seedling Properties of Pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo L.) · 2014

    Same direction

  5. positive
    Metam potassium with double tapes gave higher squash yield.

    Efficacy of five nematicides against root‐knot nematode when applied via single and double drip tapes in a Florida sandy soil · 2023

    Same direction

  6. positive
    Highest potassium level gave the best yield.

    STUDIES ON DOWNY MILDEW DISEASE OF CUCURBITS AND IT'S CONTROL METHODS. · 2023

    Same direction

  7. positive
    Potassium silicate foliar spraying improved plant height, number of leaves per plant and leaf area compared with other foliar treatments

    The Influence of Foliar Application with Salicylic Acid, Potassium Silicate and Selenium on the Growth, Yield and Fruit Quality of Squash Plants Grown under Greenhouses · 2024 · compared with other foliar treatments

    Same direction

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application · yield · Cucurbita (pumpkins)Positive and negative results

23 papers: 22 positive, 1 negative or no effect

21 papers in the same direction as this claim · 1 in the opposite direction

  1. negative
    Foliar applications were unable to prevent yield loss in field trials.

    Using Soil-Applied Fungicides to Manage Phytophthora Crown and Root Rot on Summer Squash · 2012

    Opposite direction

  2. positive
    Amino-vit plus enhanced squash growth and fruit yield less than urea but more than amino-mix.

    Effect of foliar application of urea and amino acids mixtures as antioxidants on growth, yield and characteristics of squash. · 2010 · compared with urea

    Same direction

  3. positive
    Magic Lantern grown on a cover crop and sprayed every 14 days yielded the same as or more than Wizard grown on bare ground and sprayed weekly.

    Reduced Fungicide Applications and Host Resistance for Managing Three Diseases in Pumpkin Grown on a No-Till Cover Crop · 2002 · compared with Wizard grown on bare ground and sprayed weekly

    Same direction

  4. positive
    Squash total yield was highest (475.67 g) with the combined treatment as foliar application at C3.

    Effect of Applying Potassium Phosphite with Potassium Fulvate on Plant Growth · 2020

    Same direction

  5. positive
    Humic acid at 4g.L-1 significantly affected fruit number, reaching 13.81.

    Effect of Licorice Root Extract And Humic Acid on Yield Characters of Summer Squash (cucurbita Pepol.) · 2019

    Same direction

  6. positive
    Irrigation every 7 days with chitosan seed priming and foliar chitosan gave the highest fruit length, diameter and dry matter.

    Effect of Glycine Betaine and Chitosan on Water Stress Tolerance of Summer Squash Plants. · 2022

    Same direction

  7. positive
    Foliar spray of Ethrel at 200 ppm significantly increased seed yield to 524.0 kg/ha compared with control (265.0 kg/ha).

    Effect of fertilisers and growth regulators on seed yield and quality in pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata Poir.) · 2009 · compared with control

    Same direction

  8. positive
    Phosphorus and zinc treatments significantly increased squash shoot and leaf dry matter yield versus control.

    EVALUATION OF PHOSPHORUS FERTILIZATION AND FOLIAR APPLICATION OF ZINC SOURCES ON GROWTH AND NUTRIENTS UPTAKE OF SQUASH PLANTS · 2012 · compared with control

    Same direction

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