Claim · model-written summary
Grain N concentration decreased by 16% in 2012.
- Taxon
- wheat
Triticum aestivumt0 - Organ / stage
- graine0
- Outcome
- N concentratione0
- Direction
- decreasede0
- Value
- 16%e0
- Qualifier
- 2012e0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorSetting
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e0“during 2012 and 2013, the N concentration decreased by 9% and 18% in straw, and by 16% and 12% in grain, respectively”
t0“Wheat Yield”
Title
Fan Wang; Zhaohui Wang; Changlin Kou; et al. PLoS ONE 2016. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0146453
Other claims from this paper (17)
- Intervention effect Compost increased soil total N and available K, Fe, Zn and Mn.
- Intervention effect Compost did not affect available soil P.
- Intervention effect Compost decreased available soil Cu.
- Intervention effect Compost did not significantly affect wheat grain yield, biomass or harvest index.
- Intervention effect Straw N concentration decreased by 9% in 2012.
- Intervention effect Straw N concentration decreased by 18% in 2013.
- Intervention effect Grain N concentration decreased by 12% in 2013.
- Intervention effect Compost increased straw P concentration only in 2012.
- Intervention effect Compost generally increased grain P concentration.
- Intervention effect Compost tended to decrease straw K concentration.
- Intervention effect Compost increased grain K concentration in 2013.
- Intervention effect Compost generally increased Fe and Zn concentrations in straw and grain.
- Intervention effect Compost significantly decreased Cu and Mn concentrations relative to control.
- Intervention effect Heavy metal concentrations increased at some compost rates but remained within the safe range.
- Intervention effect Compost addition compensated for nutrient removal by wheat.
- Observation Without compost, the N level decreased.
- Observation Under sheep manure compost, wheat grain micronutrient intake was below recommendations except Mn.