Claim · model-written summary
Palm compost improved alfalfa phosphorus nutrition by 32% in the first season.
- Taxon
- alfalfa
Medicago sativat0 - Treatment
- palm compost applicatione0
- Outcome
- phosphoruse0
- Direction
- improvinge0
- Value
- + 32%e0
- Comparator
- control treatmente0
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Verbatim
e0“At the first crop season, the palm compost application had a positive impact on minerals nutrition compared to the control treatment, with improving rates of + 32% for phosphorus, + 25% for potassium and + 6% for nitrogen.”
t0“alfalfa”
Title
Effect of date palm waste compost on forage alfalfa growth, yield, seed yield and minerals uptake
Mohamed Ali Benabderrahim; Walid Elfalleh; Hayfa Belayadi; et al. International Journal Of Recycling of Organic Waste in Agriculture 2017. doi:10.1007/s40093-017-0182-6
Other claims from this paper (10)
- Intervention effect Palm compost significantly improved soil organic matter relative to untreated soil.
- Intervention effect Palm compost significantly improved soil water retention relative to untreated soil.
- Intervention effect Palm compost reduced soil electrical conductivity by 70%.
- Intervention effect Palm compost raised alfalfa fresh biomass production by 21% in the first season.
- Intervention effect Palm compost raised alfalfa fresh biomass production by 28% in the second season.
- Intervention effect Palm compost improved alfalfa potassium nutrition by 25% in the first season.
- Intervention effect Palm compost improved alfalfa nitrogen nutrition by 6% in the first season.
- Intervention effect Alfalfa mineral contents under palm compost were higher than under cow manure.
- Intervention effect In the second season palm compost improved only alfalfa P and N contents.
- Recommendation The authors suggest moderate palm compost could benefit forage yield.