Intervention effectmodel-written summary

Biochar increased wheat root biomass by 20%.

A claim from Effect of Biochar on Yield and Yield Components of Wheat and Post-harvest Soil Properties in Tigray, Ethiopia · 2015

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivesignificant (as stated)measured

Claim · model-written summary

Biochar increased wheat root biomass by 20%.

Treatment
biochare0
Outcome
root biomasse0
Direction
increasede0
Value
20%e0

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

Triticum aestivum
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Verbatim

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“Biochar was significantly increased grain and straw yields of wheat by 15.7% and 16.5% respectively, over the NP application (control). Moreover, the root biomass was significantly increased by 20%.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 431–629
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“Wheat”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 51–56

Title

Effect of Biochar on Yield and Yield Components of Wheat and Post-harvest Soil Properties in Tigray, Ethiopia

Gebremedhin GH; Bereket Haileselassie Journal of fertilizers & pesticides 2015. doi:10.4172/2471-2728.1000158

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biochar · growth · Triticum aestivum (wheat)Positive and negative results

85 papers: 80 positive, 5 negative or no effect

79 papers in the same direction as this claim · 5 in the opposite direction

  1. no effect
    Root biomass and straw did not differ between BARC and BARC + rice straw biochar treatment.

    Rice straw biochar amended soil improves wheat productivity and accumulated phosphorus in grain · 2019 · compared with Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC)

    Opposite directionCites this paper

  2. negative
    Biochars with abundant free radicals retarded root and shoot growth.

    Detecting Free Radicals in Biochars and Determining Their Ability to Inhibit the Germination and Growth of Corn, Wheat and Rice Seedlings · 2014

    Opposite direction

  3. no effect
    Biochar had little effect on wheat leaf SPAD values, harvest index and yield components.

    Effect of biochar on nitrogen use efficiency, grain yield and amino acid content of wheat cultivated on saline soil · 2019

    Opposite direction

  4. no effect
    Biochar had no visible effect on wheat root growth.

    Differential impacts of sewage sludge and biochar on phosphorus-related processes: An imaging study of the rhizosphere · 2023 · compared with negative control (CK)

    Opposite direction

  5. no effect
    Biochar did not significantly affect wheat growth dynamics or nitrogen uptake.

    Softwood biochar as a soil amendment material for boreal agriculture · 2014

    Opposite direction

  6. positive
    Both biochar levels improved wheat germination under salinity.

    Application of biochar in mitigation of negative effects of salinity stress in wheat (Triticum aestivumL.) · 2017

    Same direction

  7. positive
    Wheat growth responses to different biochars were mostly positive.

    Biochar phosphorus concentration dictates mycorrhizal colonisation, plant growth and soil phosphorus cycling · 2019

    Same direction

  8. positive
    Biochar application improved plant height of wheat by 15.74% compared with the control under drought.

    Biochar enhances wheat crop productivity by mitigating the effects of drought: Insights into physiological and antioxidant defense mechanisms · 2022 · compared with control treatment

    Same direction

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