Claim · model-written summary
Higher nitrogen increased top dry matter from 5.0 to 14.6 g.
- Taxon
- Lolium multiflorum var. westerwoldicum
Lolium multiflorumt0 - Treatment
- Ne0
- Outcome
- DM yield of topse0
- Value
- 5.0 and 14.6 ge0
- Comparator
- lowe0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e0“Average results/plant after 13 weeks at low and high N were: DM yield of tops 5.0 and 14.6 g”
t0“Lolium multiflorum var. westerwoldicum”
Title
The effect of nitrogen on the root and shoot development of Lolium multiflorum var. westerwoldicum.
J.J. Schuurman; L. Knot Netherlands Journal of Agricultural Science 1974. doi:10.18174/njas.v22i2.17225
Other claims from this paper (9)
- Intervention effect Higher nitrogen increased water consumption from 2660 to 4850 cm2.
- Intervention effect Higher nitrogen increased root dry matter from 1.4 to 3.4 g.
- Intervention effect Higher nitrogen increased total primary root length from 2589 to 3374 cm.
- Intervention effect Higher nitrogen increased primary root number from 103 to 161.
- Intervention effect Higher nitrogen increased topsoil secondary roots from 63 to 83.
- Intervention effect Higher nitrogen increased subsoil secondary roots from 71 to 83.
- Intervention effect Higher nitrogen increased root surface area from 1084 to 1736 cm2.
- Intervention effect Higher nitrogen rates enhanced top growth 8 weeks after sowing by at least 72%.
- Intervention effect Higher nitrogen rates enhanced top growth 13 weeks after sowing by at least 188%.