Claim · model-written summary
Compost increased soil organic matter, P, K and early season nitrate.
- Taxon
- corn
Zea mays subsp. mayst0 - Treatment
- (+) compost systeme0
- Outcome
- Soil organic matter, P, K, and early-season NO3-N levelse0
- Direction
- greatere0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Soil organic matter, P, K, and early-season NO3-N levels were greater in the (+) compost system.”
t0“weed and corn”
Title
Impacts of composted swine manure on weed and corn nutrient uptake, growth, and seed production
Matt Liebman; Fabián D. Menalled; Douglas D. Buhler; et al. Weed Science 2004. doi:10.1614/ws-03-094r
Other claims from this paper (12)
- Intervention effect Compost increased velvetleaf shoot N concentration.
- Intervention effect Compost increased giant foxtail and common waterhemp shoot P concentration.
- Intervention effect Compost increased shoot K concentration in all three weeds.
- Intervention effect Compost increased common waterhemp height and biomass.
- Intervention effect Compost increased velvetleaf height consistently and biomass in one year.
- Intervention effect Compost increased velvetleaf biomass in one year.
- Intervention effect Compost had no effect on giant foxtail height or biomass.
- Intervention effect Compost increased velvetleaf and common waterhemp seed production.
- Intervention effect Compost had no effect on giant foxtail seed production.
- Intervention effect Compost increased corn height and leaf K concentration.
- Intervention effect Compost generally had no effect on corn yield.
- Recommendation The authors suggest compost use may increase weed management needs depending on weed species.