Claim · model-written summary
Foliar FBM alone was less effective than FBM combined with compost.
- Taxon
- cowpea
Vigna unguiculatat0 - Treatment
- foliar application of FBM alonee0
- Outcome
- less effectivee0
- Direction
- less effectivee0
- Comparator
- combined with composte0
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Verbatim
e0“foliar application of FBM alone is less effective than when combined with compost.”
t0“sorghum and cowpea intercropping”
Title
Augustin Zinsou; Paula Fernandes; Issouf Traoré; et al. Journal of Crop Improvement 2025. doi:10.1080/15427528.2025.2539679
Other claims from this paper (5)
- Observation Untreated and foliar FBM plots had the lowest soil microbial biomass in both years.
- Observation Gram-positive soil bacteria were unaffected by treatments.
- Intervention effect Combining compost with FBM significantly improved crop growth.
- Intervention effect Combining compost with FBM significantly improved crop yield.
- Observation Compost made the largest contribution to improved growth and yield.