Claim · model-written summary
Bentonite increased plant height by an average 92% versus no additives under iron stress.
- Treatment
- bentonitee0
- Outcome
- plant heighte0
- Direction
- increasinge0
- Value
- 92%e0
- Comparator
- the series without additivese0
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Verbatim
e0“bentonite proved to be the most effective, significantly mitigating the negative effects of iron by increasing plant height by average 92% and fresh and dry matter mass by 167% and 193%, respectively, compared to the series without additives.”
t0“Maize (Zea mays L.)”
Title
Mirosław Wyszkowski; Natalia Kordala Molecules 2026. doi:10.3390/molecules31111926
Other claims from this paper (11)
- Intervention effect Excess iron reduced maize height by 62% versus control.
- Intervention effect Excess iron reduced fresh matter mass by 92%.
- Intervention effect Excess iron reduced dry matter mass by 94%.
- Intervention effect The lowest iron dose increased maize height without additives.
- Intervention effect The lowest iron dose increased maize fresh matter mass without additives.
- Intervention effect Bentonite increased fresh matter mass by 167% versus no additives.
- Intervention effect Bentonite increased dry matter mass by 193% versus no additives.
- Intervention effect Bentonite limited the decline in SPAD index during growth.
- Intervention effect Humic acids limited the decline in SPAD index during growth.
- Intervention effect Iron contamination altered maize biomass chemistry.
- Intervention effect The additives corrected iron-related changes in maize biomass chemistry to varying degrees.