Claim · model-written summary
The highest NPK rate (200%) increased tomato root dry weight by 80 folds over the control.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicume0 - Organ / stage
- roote4
- Treatment
- NPK fertilizer of 200%e4
- Outcome
- dry weighte4
- Direction
- increasede4
- Value
- 80 foldse4
- Comparator
- controle4
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Verbatim
e0“This study attempted to compare the effect of cow manure vermicompost and inorganic fertilizers on the vegetative growth and fruits of tomato plant (Solanum lycopersicum L.)”
e4“the highest rate of NPK fertilizer of 200% increased dry weight of shoot of 35 folds and root of 80 folds, number of fruit(s)/plant of 4 folds and mean fruit weight of 18 folds over the control treatment”
Title
Md. Abul Kashem; Ashoka Sarker; Imam Hossain; et al. Open Journal of Soil Science 2015. doi:10.4236/ojss.2015.52006
Other claims from this paper (10)
- Intervention effect Vermicompost increased tomato shoot dry weight by 52 folds over the control.
- Intervention effect Vermicompost increased tomato root dry weight by 115 folds over the control.
- Intervention effect Vermicompost increased tomato fruit number per plant by 6 folds over the control.
- Intervention effect Vermicompost increased tomato mean fruit weight by 29 folds over the control.
- Intervention effect The highest NPK rate (200%) increased tomato shoot dry weight by 35 folds over the control.
- Intervention effect The highest NPK rate (200%) increased tomato fruit number per plant by 4 folds over the control.
- Intervention effect The highest NPK rate (200%) increased tomato mean fruit weight by 18 folds over the control.
- Intervention effect Vermicompost significantly influenced tomato shoot length, leaf number, shoot and root dry matter, fruit number and fruit weight.
- Intervention effect Tomato grew better in vermicompost-amended soil than in inorganic-fertilizer-amended soil.
- Recommendation Vermicompost is a potential source of nutrients for tomato plant growth.