Claim · model-written summary
At 75% field capacity, combined vermicompost and biochar gave the highest wheat nutrient uptake.
- Taxon
- wheat plants
Triticum aestivume0 - Treatment
- combination of vermicompost and biochare0
- Outcome
- nutrient uptakee0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Qualifier
- 75% FCe0
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Verbatim
e0“Grain yield and nutrient uptake attained the highest values at 75% FC in wheat plants treated by the combination of vermicompost and biochar.”
Title
Emad M. Hafez; Alaa El Dein Omara; Fahad A. Alhumaydhi; et al. Physiologia Plantarum 2020. doi:10.1111/ppl.13261
Other claims from this paper (9)
- Intervention effect Vermicompost improved wheat growth and yield.
- Intervention effect Biochar produced higher wheat growth and yield than control treatment.
- Intervention effect Biochar exceeded vermicompost for some wheat growth and yield traits.
- Intervention effect Combining vermicompost with biochar further improved wheat growth and yield.
- Intervention effect The vermicompost–biochar mixture improved wheat relative water content, chlorophyll and stomatal conductance.
- Intervention effect The vermicompost–biochar mixture improved wheat leaf K and nutrient uptake.
- Intervention effect The vermicompost–biochar mixture reduced wheat oxidative stress indicators.
- Intervention effect The vermicompost–biochar mixture reduced wheat leaf sodium and proline content.
- Intervention effect At 75% field capacity, combined vermicompost and biochar gave the highest wheat grain yield.