Claim · model-written summary
Combined NPK and sludge gave maximum heavy-metal content in curds.
- Taxon
- cauliflower
Brassica oleracea var. botrytise0 - Treatment
- 100% NPK + 10 tonnes sludge/hae0
- Outcome
- contents of heavy metals in cauliflower curde0
- Direction
- maximume0
- Comparator
- controle0
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Verbatim
e0“Application of 100% NPK + 10 tonnes sludge/ha resulted in the maximum contents of heavy metals in cauliflower curd over control and sludge treated soil”
Title
VINAY SINGH; JAGPAL SINGH; SANDEEP SINGH; et al. The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 2015. doi:10.56093/ijas.v85i7.50141
Other claims from this paper (11)
- Intervention effect Sludge at 10 tonnes per hectare raised curd yield by 36.0% over control.
- Intervention effect Sludge raised curd dry matter by 36.8% over control.
- Intervention effect Increasing NPK to 150% raised mean curd yield and dry matter yield.
- Intervention effect Increasing NPK to 150% raised element content and uptake.
- Intervention effect Combined NPK and sludge produced maximum curd yield of 33.08 and 28.71 tonnes/ha across two years.
- Intervention effect Combined NPK and sludge produced maximum dry matter yields of 11.39 and 9.86 tonnes/ha.
- Observation Curd Pb exceeded threshold values without reduced yield.
- Intervention effect Sludge amended soil accumulated extractable micronutrients and heavy metals.
- Intervention effect Combined NPK and sludge further increased soil micronutrients and heavy metals.
- Recommendation Authors suggest replacing about half the NPK fertilizer with treated sludge.
- Recommendation Authors recommend sludge as nutrient supplement while monitoring metals and pollutants.