Claim · model-written summary
Biochar application increased chickpea root mass by 23.3%.
- Taxon
- chickpeas
Cicer arietinume2 - Treatment
- Biochar applicatione1
- Outcome
- plant root masse1
- Direction
- increasede1
- Value
- 23.3%e1
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Verbatim
e1“Biochar application reduced plant disease severity by 36.5% and increased plant root mass by 23.3%”
e2“This study evaluated the potential of biochar as a carrier for Trichoderma in managing Sclerotinia sclerotiorum in chickpeas”
Title
Prashant PAVEEN; Vipul KUMAR; Prahlad MASURKAR; et al. Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering 2024. doi:10.15302/j-fase-2024598
Other claims from this paper (3)
- Intervention effect Biochar application reduced chickpea disease severity by 36.5%.
- Intervention effect Hardwood biochar at 150 µm supported the highest Trichoderma population in chickpea trials, reaching 33.5 × 105 CFU·g−1 after 6 weeks.
- Intervention effect Hardwood biochar achieved the maximum disease suppression of Sclerotinia in chickpea compared with other biochar types.