Claim · model-written summary
Garlic-specific fertilizers increased sprout yield by 12.9% to 30.5% compared with farmer fertilization.
- Taxon
- Garlic
Allium sativumt0 - Treatment
- garlic-specific fertilizerse0
- Outcome
- sprout yielde0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 12.9% to 30.5%e0
- Comparator
- farmer fertilizatione0
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Verbatim
e0“Compared with farmer fertilization, the garlic-specific fertilizers increased sprout yield by 12.9% to 30.5%”
t0“Garlic-specific Fertilizer”
Title
Garlic-specific Fertilizer Improves Economic and Environmental Outcomes in China
Yuandong Cui; Shuhong Zhang; Xiangyang Dong; et al. HortScience 2024. doi:10.21273/hortsci17677-23
Other claims from this paper (14)
- Observation Garlic absorbed more N and K than P.
- Observation Cl deficiency occurred in 98.7% of garlic fields.
- Observation Mn deficiency occurred in 56.1% of garlic fields.
- Observation S deficiency occurred in 22.8% of garlic fields.
- Observation Fe deficiency occurred in 11.9% of garlic fields.
- Intervention effect Garlic-specific fertilizers increased bulb yield by 11.0% to 33.5% compared with farmer fertilization.
- Intervention effect Garlic-specific fertilizers increased net income by 18.2% to 45.6% compared with farmer fertilization.
- Intervention effect The fertilizer improved garlic vitamin C, soluble sugar and soluble protein quality.
- Intervention effect The fertilizer reduced garlic nitrate accumulation.
- Intervention effect Specific fertilizer increased N partial productivity by 26.6% to 50.1%.
- Intervention effect Specific fertilizer increased P partial productivity by 82.6% to 116.5%.
- Intervention effect Specific fertilizer increased K partial productivity by 54.6% to 83.3%.
- Observation The specific fertilizer formula better matched garlic nutrient absorption and reduced environmental risks.
- Recommendation The authors suggest replacing balanced fertilizers with garlic-specific fertilizers to improve incomes and soil health.