Intervention effectmodel-written summary

At 200 kg Si/ha, sorghum chlorophyll content rose 19.0% over control.

A claim from Synergistic Effects of Silicon and Mycorrhiza on Sorghum Grown under Saline Water Irrigation · 2025

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivesignificant (as stated)measured

Claim · model-written summary

At 200 kg Si/ha, sorghum chlorophyll content rose 19.0% over control.

Taxon
sorghumSorghume1
Treatment
200 kg Si/hae0
Outcome
chlorophyll content (SPAD)e0
Direction
increasede0
Value
19.0%e0
Comparator
controle0

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Sorghum
Sorghum · Taxon · picture of the genus (one of its species)Evelyn Simak · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“Plant height, leaf area index (LAI), chlorophyll content (SPAD) and dry matter production (DMP) increased with higher silicon levels, peaking at 200 kg Si/ha, resulting in respective increases of 9.2%, 53.6%, 19.0%, and 25.1% over the control”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1158–1400
e1

“sorghum under saline irrigation”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 495–526

Title

Synergistic Effects of Silicon and Mycorrhiza on Sorghum Grown under Saline Water Irrigation

Bharath. D; M. V. Sriramachandrasekharan; P. Senthilvalavan; et al. International Journal of Plant & Soil Science 2025. doi:10.9734/ijpss/2025/v37i105769

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silicon atom · physiology: pigments · SorghumResults agree

3 papers: 3 positive, 0 negative or no effect

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