Intervention effectmodel-written summary

High glyphosate residue reduced alfalfa height by 10.1 cm (37%).

A claim from The Impact of Glyphosate-Contaminated Soil on the Growth of Alfalfa · 2025

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

High glyphosate residue reduced alfalfa height by 10.1 cm (37%).

Taxon
alfalfaMedicago sativat0
Treatment
soil with high concentrations of residual glyphosatee0
Outcome
plant heighte0
Direction
reductione0
Value
10.1 cm (37%)e0

Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleComparatorSettingQualifier

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Medicago sativa
Medicago sativa · TaxonDrepanostoma · CC BY 4.0 · iNaturalist ↗

Verbatim

e0

“soil with high concentrations of residual glyphosate resulted in a reduction of 10.1 cm (37%) in plant height”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 595–704
t0

“Alfalfa”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 60–67

Title

The Impact of Glyphosate-Contaminated Soil on the Growth of Alfalfa

Bo Cheng; Xiumin Tian; Zhengwen Yue; et al. E3S Web of Conferences 2025. doi:10.1051/e3sconf/202563002023

Other claims from this paper (4)

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glyphosate · growth · Medicago sativa (alfalfa)Results differ

14 papers: 6 positive, 8 negative or no effect

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

  1. positive
    At Laramie in 1978, alfalfa required a 14 day glyphosate-to-seeding interval for adequate establishment with either drill.

    Glyphosate Timing Effects on Establishment of Sod‐Seeded Legumes and Grasses1 · 1981

    Opposite direction

  2. positive
    Clear-seeded alfalfa treated with glyphosate yielded the highest alfalfa dry matter in both years.

    Establishment Systems for Glyphosate-Resistant Alfalfa · 2008

    Opposite direction

  3. positive
    Glyphosate stopped dodder growth across application times and developmental stages.

    Dodder (Cuscutaspp.) Control in Established Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) with Glyphosate and SC-0224 · 1989

    Opposite direction

  4. positive
    A single 75 or 150 g ae ha -1 glyphosate spray stopped dodder growth.

    Dodder (Cuscutaspp.) Control in Newly Seeded Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) with Glyphosate · 1990

    Opposite direction

  5. positive
    Glyphosate plus carbofuran increased dry matter and digestible dry matter in the second field.

    Continuous Alfalfa: Invertebrate Pests During Establishment1 · 1984

    Opposite direction

  6. positive
    First-cycle selection increased Sirivar alfalfa height by 6.740%.

    Competition Indicator in Alfalfa Populations Following Recurrent Selection to Glyphosate Tolerance · 2020

    Opposite direction

  7. negative
    Germination and growth of alfalfa were reduced when seeds were sown on a glyphosate-sprayed soil surface up to 24 h after application.

    Herbicidal Activity of Glyphosate in Soil · 1982

    Same direction

  8. negative
    Glyphosate at 75 or 150 g ae/ha applied to established alfalfa in the vegetative or bud stage caused narrowed leaves and mildly chlorotic new growth.

    Established Forage Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) Tolerates Glyphosate and SC-0224 Applied to Control Dodder (Cuscutaspp.) · 1989

    Same direction

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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.