Intervention effectmodel-written summary

Sulphur increased forage sulphur and nitrogen content.

A claim from The role of sulphur in maintaining lucerne yields in the Lockyer Valley · 1974

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Sulphur increased forage sulphur and nitrogen content.

Taxon
lucerneMedicago sativat0
Treatment
application of sulphure0
Outcome
sulphur and the nitrogen content of foragee0
Direction
raisede0

Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleComparatorSettingValueQualifier

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Medicago sativa
Medicago sativa · TaxonDrepanostoma · CC BY 4.0 · iNaturalist ↗

Verbatim

t0

“lucerne”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 35–42
e0

“application of sulphur raised both the sulphur and the nitrogen content of forage”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 626–707

Title

The role of sulphur in maintaining lucerne yields in the Lockyer Valley

T Dickson; CJ Asher Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 1974. doi:10.1071/ea9740515

Other claims from this paper (7)

Record rev-e993455de5a2681d4e5627addc28d86af0078a72154fce452ed6ecf661e83090 · schema claims-v0.9 · position 7 in the model’s answer

sulfur atom · nutrient: content · Medicago sativa (alfalfa)Results differ

10 papers: 7 positive, 3 negative or no effect

6 papers in the same direction as this claim · 3 in the opposite direction

  1. positive
    Sulfur fertilization raised alfalfa sulfur concentration.

    Alfalfa and corn response to sulfur fertilization on three Pennsylvania soils · 1984

    Same directionCites this paper

  2. no effect
    Sulfur fertilization did not increase forage sulfur content in nonirrigated alfalfa.

    Sulfur fertilization of two aquic hapludalf soils: I. Effect on alfalfa yield and quality · 1984

    Opposite direction

  3. no effect
    Sulfur moved to 75 cm without changing soil aluminum.

    The use of gypsum and a coal desulfurization by-product to ameliorate subsoil acidity for alfalfa growth · 2004

    Opposite direction

  4. no effect
    Sulfur application did not change tissue sulfur content.

    EFFECTS OF THE APPLICATION OF PHOSPHORUS, POTASSIUM, AND SULFUR TO ALFALFA GROWN ON A CALCAREOUS SILT LOAM · 1974

    Opposite direction

  5. positive
    Sulfur fertilization increased herbage sulfur content.

    Sulfur and Nitrogen Content of Alfalfa Herbage During Growth1 · 1965

    Same direction

  6. positive
    The highest sulfur rate increased sodium in year one.

    Effect of Sulfur on the Yield and Essential and Nonessential Element Composition of Alfalfa Determined by Polarized Energy Dispersive X‐ray Fluorescence · 2009

    Same direction

  7. positive
    Sulfur fertilizer consistently increased nitrogen concentration only at Waitville after establishment.

    Effect of N, P, and S Fertilizers on Alfalfa Grown on Three Soil Types in Northeastern Saskatchewan. II. Nitrogen, P, and S Uptake and Concentration in Herbage1 · 1985

    Same direction

  8. positive
    Sulphur treatment raised nitrogen uptake in lucerne.

    Effect of source and level of sulphur on seed yield and nitrogen and sulphur uptake , by lucerne (Medicago sativa) · 2001 · compared with control

    Same direction

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