Claim · model-written summary
Vermicompost at 5 t/ha enhanced soil water holding capacity by 1.1 and 1.3 times relative to NPK fertilizer.
- Treatment
- application of vermicompost @ 5 tonnes ha(-1)e1
- Outcome
- water holding capacitye1
- Direction
- enhancede1
- Value
- 1.1 and 1.3 timese1
- Comparator
- inorganic fertilizers-NPKe0
- Setting
- Sivapuri, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadue0
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Verbatim
e0“Field experiments were conducted at Sivapuri, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu to evaluate the efficacy of vermicompost, in comparison to inorganic fertilizers-NPK, on the physio-chemical and biological characteristics of the soils--clay loam soil (CLS) and sandy loam soil (SLS) and on the growth, yield and nutrient content of beans--Phaseolus vulgaris”
e1“Results showed that the application of vermicompost @ 5 tonnes ha(-1) had enhanced significantly the pore space (1.09 and 1.02 times), water holding capacity (1.1 and 1.3 times), cation exchange capacity (1.2 and 1.2 times)”
Title
Effect of vermicompost on soil fertility and crop productivity--beans (Phaseolus vulgaris).
S Manivannan; M Balamurugan; K Parthasarathi; et al. PubMed 2009
Other claims from this paper (17)
- Intervention effect Vermicompost at 5 t/ha significantly enhanced soil pore space by 1.09 and 1.02 times relative to NPK fertilizer.
- Intervention effect Vermicompost at 5 t/ha enhanced soil cation exchange capacity by 1.2 and 1.2 times relative to NPK fertilizer.
- Intervention effect Vermicompost at 5 t/ha reduced soil particles by 1.2 and 1.2 times relative to NPK fertilizer.
- Intervention effect Vermicompost at 5 t/ha reduced soil bulk density by 1.2 and 1.2 times relative to NPK fertilizer.
- Intervention effect Vermicompost at 5 t/ha reduced soil pH by 1 and 1.02 times relative to NPK fertilizer.
- Intervention effect Vermicompost at 5 t/ha reduced soil electrical conductivity by 1.4 and 1.2 times relative to NPK fertilizer.
- Intervention effect Vermicompost at 5 t/ha increased soil organic carbon by 37 and 47 times relative to NPK fertilizer.
- Intervention effect Vermicompost at 5 t/ha increased soil micronutrients (Ca, Mg, Na, Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu) relative to NPK fertilizer, with the per-element multiples given in qualifier.
- Intervention effect Vermicompost at 5 t/ha increased soil macronutrients (N, P, K) relative to NPK fertilizer, with the per-element multiples given in qualifier.
- Intervention effect Vermicompost at 5 t/ha increased soil microbial activity by 1.4 and 1.5 times relative to NPK fertilizer.
- Intervention effect Vermicompost at 5 t/ha enhanced bean growth in the clay loam soil relative to the sandy loam soil.
- Intervention effect Vermicompost at 5 t/ha enhanced bean yield by 1.6 times in the clay loam soil relative to the sandy loam soil.
- Intervention effect Vermicompost at 5 t/ha enhanced bean seed protein content by 1.05 times in the clay loam soil relative to the sandy loam soil.
- Intervention effect Vermicompost at 5 t/ha enhanced bean seed sugar content by 1.01 times in the clay loam soil relative to the sandy loam soil.
- Intervention effect Inorganic fertilizer at 20:80:40 kg/ha reduced soil porosity by 1.03 and 1.01 times.
- Intervention effect Inorganic fertilizer at 20:80:40 kg/ha reduced soil organic carbon by 1.04 and 9.5 times.
- Intervention effect Inorganic fertilizer at 20:80:40 kg/ha reduced soil microbial activity by 1.02 and 1.03 times.