Intervention effectmodel-written summary

Vermicompost supplemented with N.P.K gave better leaf fresh weight, leaf dry weight and fruit dry weight than other fertilizers.

A claim from The effect of vermicompost and other fertilizers on cultivation of tomato plants · 2011

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Vermicompost supplemented with N.P.K gave better leaf fresh weight, leaf dry weight and fruit dry weight than other fertilizers.

Taxon
tomato plantsSolanum lycopersicumt0
Treatment
vermicompost supplemented with N.P.Ke0
Outcome
fresh weight of leaves, dry weight of leaves, dry weight of fruitse0
Direction
bettere0
Comparator
other fertilizers treated plantse0

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Solanum lycopersicum
Solanum lycopersicum · TaxonKod B · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

t0

“tomato plants”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 67–80
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“vermicompost supplemented with N.P.K treated plots (T5) displayed better results with regard to fresh weight of leaves, dry weight of leaves, dry weight of fruits, number of branches and number of fruits per plant from other fertilizers treated plants”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 586–837

Title

The effect of vermicompost and other fertilizers on cultivation of tomato plants

Goutam Kumar Chanda; Goutam Bhunia; Susanta Kumar Chakraborty Journal of Horticulture and Forestry 2011. doi:10.5897/jhf.9000110

Other claims from this paper (2)

Record rev-e9883fbd31fb5fc8f9d5e0601426ec559d0dabcafd16371c216b924203ce9dc8 · schema claims-v0.9 · position 2 in the model’s answer

fertilization · growth · Solanum lycopersicum (tomato)Positive and negative results

668 papers: 567 positive, 101 negative or no effect

566 papers in the same direction as this claim · 93 in the opposite direction · 8 reporting no difference from an alternative

  1. positive
    Vermicompost increased tomato shoot dry weight by 52 folds over the control.

    Comparison of the Effect of Vermicompost and Inorganic Fertilizers on Vegetative Growth and Fruit Production of Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) · 2015 · compared with control

    Same directionCites this paper

  2. positive
    The 50% NPK plus 50% VC treatment gave maximum height of 74.30 cm.

    EFFECTS OF ORGANIC MANURES AND INORGANIC FERTILIZERS ON GROWTH, YIELD AND SHELF LIFE OF TOMATO (LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM MILL.) · 2021

    Same directionCites this paper

  3. positive
    Treatment 50% NPK + 50% vermicompost gave the maximum tomato plant height, 74.30 cm.

    EFFECTS OF ORGANIC MANURES AND INORGANIC FERTILIZERS ON GROWTH, YIELD AND SHELF LIFE OF TOMATO (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) · 2021

    Same directionCites this paper

  4. no effect
    Total plant dry weight and dry matter partitioning were not affected at 2, 4 and 6 mS salinity.

    The effects of salinity on dry matter partitioning and fruit growth in tomatoes grown in nutrient film culture · 1986

    Opposite direction

  5. negative
    Increasing NaCl adversely affected shoot and root dry matter and plant height in all cultivars.

    Growth, water use efficiency, and sodium and potassium acquisition by tomato cultivars grown under salt stress · 2000

    Opposite direction

  6. negative
    Tomato seed germination was markedly reduced with compost A above 67%.

    Composts as Media Constituents for Vegetable Transplant Production · 2004

    Opposite direction

  7. no effect
    Other measured fruit-quality parameters were similar under vermicompost and water spraying.

    Foliar Spraying of Vermicornpost Extracts: Effects on Fruit Quality and Indications of Late-Blight Suppression of Field-Grown Tomatoes · 2006 · compared with water sprayed plants

    Opposite direction

  8. negative
    Each increment of cadmium decreased root and stem length and fresh weight.

    Effects of cadmium on nutrient distribution, yield, and growth of tomato grown in soilless culture · 1994

    Opposite direction

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