Claim · model-written summary
A compost and spent-grain mixture raised soil water holding capacity and nutrients more than high-rate compost.
- Taxon
- squasht0
- Treatment
- Mixing compost with spent graine0
- Outcome
- water holding capacity, soil nutrientse0
- Direction
- increasinge0
- Comparator
- high rate of composte0
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Verbatim
e0“Mixing compost with spent grain was more effective than high rate of compost in increasing water holding capacity, soil nutrients”
t0“squash”
Title
Emad F. Aboukila; Ibrahim N. Nassar; Mohamed Rashad; et al. Journal of the Saudi Society of Agricultural Sciences 2016. doi:10.1016/j.jssas.2016.09.005
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Intervention effect The highest spent-grain rate most effectively increased squash germination parameters.
- Intervention effect The highest spent-grain rate increased soil water holding capacity and organic matter.
- Intervention effect The highest spent-grain rate increased soil macro- and micronutrients.
- Intervention effect The highest spent-grain rate reduced soil pH.
- Intervention effect A compost and spent-grain mixture lowered soil pH more than high-rate compost.
- Intervention effect The mixture and high-rate compost were equally effective in enhancing squash germination.
- Intervention effect The mixture and high-rate compost equally increased soil organic matter.