Claim · model-written summary
The authors concluded that intercropping with biofertilizers or humic acid created a more sustainable cultivation system than sole cropping under low-input conditions.
- Taxon
- fennel/fenugreek
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Anethum foeniculume0 - Outcome
- more sustainable cultivation systeme0
- Comparator
- sole cropping systemse0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
e0“Intercropping fennel/fenugreek with BFS or HA improved the essential oil content (fennel only), fixed oil quality and quantity, and phenolic compounds and created a more sustainable cultivation system than sole cropping systems for both species under low-input conditions”
Title
Lavin Ghaderimokri; Esmaeil Rezaei-Chiyaneh; Mahdi Ghiyasi; et al. Scientific Reports 2022. doi:10.1038/s41598-022-09645-4
Other claims from this paper (17)
- Intervention effect Sole cropping with biofertilizers gave the highest fennel seed yield, 2233 kg ha −1.
- Intervention effect Sole cropping with biofertilizers gave the highest fenugreek seed yield, 1240 kg ha –1.
- Intervention effect The 2F:2FG pattern with biofertilizers maximized fennel fixed oil content at 17.4%.
- Intervention effect The 2F:2FG pattern with biofertilizers maximized fenugreek fixed oil content at 8.3%.
- Intervention effect Humic acid enhanced fennel oil yield by 66%.
- Intervention effect Biofertilizers enhanced fennel oil yield by 75%.
- Intervention effect Humic acid enhanced fenugreek oil yield by 40%.
- Intervention effect Biofertilizers enhanced fenugreek oil yield by 57%.
- Intervention effect The 2F:2FG ratio with biofertilizers maximized three fennel essential oil constituents.
- Intervention effect The 2F:4FG pattern with biofertilizers gave the highest unsaturated fatty acid concentration in fennel and fenugreek.
- Intervention effect The 1F:1FG pattern with humic acid gave the highest unsaturated fatty acid concentration in fenugreek.
- Intervention effect The 2F:2FG ratio with biofertilizers gave the highest fennel chlorogenic acid content.
- Intervention effect The 2F:2FG ratio with humic acid gave the highest fennel quercetin content.
- Intervention effect The 2F:4FG ratio with humic acid gave the highest fenugreek chlorogenic and caffeic acid contents.
- Intervention effect Intercropping with biofertilizers or humic acid improved fennel essential oil content compared with sole cropping.
- Intervention effect Intercropping with biofertilizers or humic acid improved fennel fixed oil quality and quantity and phenolic compounds relative to sole cropping.
- Intervention effect Intercropping with biofertilizers or humic acid improved fenugreek fixed oil quality and quantity and phenolic compounds relative to sole cropping.