Claim · model-written summary
The combined 15 t ha−1 CM and 125 kg ha−1 BF treatment produced a larger onion bulb neck diameter of 1.6 cm.
- Taxon
- Onion
Allium cepat0 - Treatment
- 15 t ha−1 CM + 125 kg ha−1 BFe0
- Outcome
- bulb neck diametere0
- Direction
- largere0
- Value
- 1.6 cme0
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Verbatim
t0“Onion (Allium cepa L.)”
e0“Results showed that application of 15 t ha−1 CM + 125 kg ha−1 BF resulted in significantly (p < 0.05) desirable onion bulb characteristics such as larger bulb neck diameter (1.6 cm)bulb diameter (6.7 cm) and higher bulb dry weight (26.05 g plant−1).”
Title
Mulugeta Erkalo; Amsalu Nebiyu; Gerba Daba Journal of Plant Nutrition 2022. doi:10.1080/01904167.2022.2068429
Other claims from this paper (8)
- Intervention effect The combined treatment produced an onion bulb diameter of 6.7 cm.
- Intervention effect The combined treatment produced higher onion bulb dry weight of 26.05 g plant−1.
- Intervention effect Combined CM and BF significantly influenced onion aboveground dry biomass weight, reported at 4.67 g plant−1.
- Intervention effect Combined CM and BF significantly influenced onion harvest index, reported at 84.79%.
- Intervention effect Combined CM and BF significantly influenced marketable onion bulb yield, reported at 37.34 t ha−1.
- Intervention effect Combined CM and BF significantly influenced total onion bulb yield, reported at 37.86 t ha−1.
- Recommendation The authors conclude that combining chicken manure with blended fertilizer could improve soil fertility in low input onion production.
- Recommendation The authors conclude that combining chicken manure with blended fertilizer could improve productivity of low input onion production.