Intervention effectmodel-written summary

Co-inoculation of P. aeruginosa Z5 and B. fusiformis S10 with half and a quarter of recommended N and P improved boll mass, lint and seed yield of cotton.

A claim from PLANT-BENEFICIAL RHIZOBACTERIA FOR SUSTAINABLE INCREASED YIELD OF COTTON WITH REDUCED LEVEL OF CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS · 2013

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Co-inoculation of P. aeruginosa Z5 and B. fusiformis S10 with half and a quarter of recommended N and P improved boll mass, lint and seed yield of cotton.

Treatment
Co-inoculation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Z5 and Bacillus fusiformis S10 with half and 1/4th of the recommended N and P fertilizerse1
Interactor
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Z5Pseudomonas aeruginosae1symbiont
Second interactor
Bacillus fusiformis S10Lysinibacillus fusiformise1symbiont
Outcome
boll mass, lint and seed yielde1
Direction
improvede1
Comparator
un-inoculated controlse1

Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageSettingValueQualifier

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Gossypium hirsutum
Gossypium hirsutum · TaxonChriKo · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Pseudomonas aeruginosa · InteractorCDC · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“YIELD OF COTTON”

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“Co-inoculation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Z5 and Bacillus fusiformis S10 with half and 1/4th of the recommended N and P fertilizers improved the boll mass, lint and seed yield compared to un-inoculated controls”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 849–1058

Title

PLANT-BENEFICIAL RHIZOBACTERIA FOR SUSTAINABLE INCREASED YIELD OF COTTON WITH REDUCED LEVEL OF CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS

Yasmin, S.; Hafeez, F.Y.; Schmid, M.; et al. http://www.bashanfoundation.org/hartmann/hartmannchemical.pdf 2013

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Record rev-cd66a0eb12c3f1d916449e4b1c28106de84242a9454de4f5c62d7f43010d344b · schema claims-v0.9 · position 3 in the model’s answer

inoculation · yield · Gossypium hirsutum (cotton)Positive and negative results

50 papers: 46 positive, 4 negative or no effect

45 papers in the same direction as this claim · 3 in the opposite direction · 1 reporting no difference from an alternative

  1. positive
    HT 57 inoculant was identified as significant for boll number and boll weight per plant in cotton.

    Impact of the use of biofertilizers on cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) crop under irrigated agro-ecosystem · 2005

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  2. negative
    Inoculated cotton had a 27% reduction in number of bolls per plant.

    Effect of Cotton Seedling Infection by Cotton-leaf Crumple Virus on Subsequent Growth and Yield · 1986

    Opposite direction

  3. negative
    Inoculated cotton had a 82% decrease in yield/plant.

    Effect of Cotton Leaf Mosaic Disease on Morphology, Yield and Fibre Characteristics of Upland Cotton in Pakistan · 2005

    Opposite direction

  4. no effect
    With seed inoculation with N-fixing bacteria, seed cotton yield per feddan was not significantly reduced when the mineral N rate was lowered to 45 kg N/feddan.

    EFFICIENCY OF SEED INOCULATION WITH N-FIXING BACTERIA IN DECREASING THE MINERAL N REQUIREMENTS FOR EARLY AND LATE SOWN COTTON PLANTINGS · 2004

    Opposite direction

  5. no effect
    Reduced fertilizer dose with biofertilizer gave cotton yield levels at par with 100% recommended NPK.

    Evaluation of Efficacy of Azotobacter (AZOMAX) and VAM (ECOMAX-G) on Cotton Yield Attributing Characters · 2020 · compared with 100% recommended dose

    No difference from an alternative

  6. positive
    AMF inoculation increased cotton yield by 28.54% against non inoculated controls.

    Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) enhanced the growth, yield, fiber quality and phosphorus regulation in upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) · 2020 · compared with non inoculated controls

    Same direction

  7. positive
    PGPR inoculation of cotton at 50 g per kg seed significantly increased seed cotton yield by 21% over controls.

    Response of cotton to plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) inoculation under different levels of nitrogen · 2007 · compared with their respective controls

    Same direction

  8. positive
    Microbial inoculants increased cotton yield by 3 to 23% compared with uninoculated controls.

    Microbial Inoculants with Multifaceted Traits Suppress Rhizoctonia Populations and Promote Plant Growth in Cotton · 2016 · compared with uninoculated controls

    Same direction

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phosphorus · yield · Gossypium hirsutum (cotton)Positive and negative results

104 papers: 95 positive, 9 negative or no effect

94 papers in the same direction as this claim · 8 in the opposite direction · 1 reporting no difference from an alternative

  1. negative
    Low P inhibited growth and dry matter production more in DES926 than Jimian169.

    Phosphorus and carbohydrate metabolism contributes to low phosphorus tolerance in cotton · 2023 · compared with Jimian169

    Opposite direction

  2. no effect
    P levels had no detectable effect on seed index.

    Cottonseed, Protein and Oil Yields, and Oil Properties as Affected by Nitrogen and Phosphorus Fertilization and Growth Regulators · 1988

    Opposite direction

  3. no effect
    Applied P did not influence lint or seed yields.

    Applied Phosphorus and Potassium Effects on the Emergence, Yield, and Planting Seed Quality of Cotton · 1990

    Opposite direction

  4. negative
    Phosphorus addition decreased cotton yield.

    Phosphorus fertilisation may induce Zn deficiency in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) on calcareous Mediterranean soils · 2022 · compared with 0

    Opposite direction

  5. no effect
    Omitting P application did not change seed cotton yield in cotton.

    Effect of Fertilizer NPK and FYM on Yield of Cotton and Nutrient Status in Black Soil · 2023

    Opposite directionAbout lacking this nutrient, so it counts the other way round

  6. negative
    P, K and Zn plots yielded less than plots receiving an equal amount of N.

    Drip Irrigated Cotton Responses to Fertilizer Levels, Varieties and Plant Population · 1987 · compared with an equal amount of N

    Opposite direction

  7. no effect
    Ginned cotton yield did not differ significantly among six NPK fertilizer combinations.

    Relationships of transgenic Bt cotton variety and soil nutrients with the severity of red leaf blight · 2007 · compared with six treatments

    Opposite direction

  8. no effect
    P and K additions were not impressive for seed cotton yield.

    STUDIES ON MANAGEMENT OF INORGANIC AND ORGANIC NUTRIENTS ON YIELD AND QUALITY OF SEED COTTON · 1984

    Opposite direction

95 papers more in this group

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nitrogen · yield · Gossypium hirsutum (cotton)Positive and negative results

343 papers: 286 positive, 57 negative or no effect

285 papers in the same direction as this claim · 53 in the opposite direction · 4 reporting no difference from an alternative

  1. no effect
    Cotton yield did not respond to nitrogen in the Missouri experiments under adverse weather.

    Determination of cotton nitrogen status with a handheld chlorophyll meter · 1992

    Opposite direction

  2. no effect
    Increasing N rate did not affect yield or yield components of irrigated or rain-fed cotton.

    Cotton in Ultra‐Narrow Row Spacing: Plant Density and Nitrogen Fertilizer Rates · 2005

    Opposite direction

  3. no effect
    The two N application methods yielded similarly on all other occasions.

    Nitrogen Application to Cotton on Clay Soil: Timing and Soil Testing · 1988

    Opposite direction

  4. no effect
    Nitrogen deficits had little effect on boll weight, boll period duration and number of main stem nodes.

    Plant Nitrogen Status and Boll Load of Cotton · 1994

    Opposite direction

  5. no effect
    Nitrogen rates above 112 kg N ha −1 did not significantly increase seed cotton yield in any study year.

    Nitrogen Fertilization of Cotton Cultivars of Differing Maturity · 1993

    Opposite direction

  6. negative
    Higher nitrogen rates reduced first harvest percentage by up to 17.4%.

    Nitrogen and Mepiquat Chloride Effects on the Production of Nonrank, Irrigated, Short‐Season Cotton · 1994

    Opposite direction

  7. negative
    Low N reduced vegetative growth components and number of bolls.

    Evaluation of Nutritional Status of the Cotton Plant with Respect to Nitrogen · 2004

    Opposite direction

  8. no effect
    Nitrogen rate did not affect timing of 30, 60, or 85% harvest.

    Timing of Maturity in Ultra‐Narrow and Conventional Row Cotton as Affected by Nitrogen Fertilizer Rate · 2008

    Opposite direction

334 papers more in this group

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Claims are grouped by organism, treatment and what was measured or targeted. A paper counts as positive when any of its claims in the group is positive.