Claim · model-written summary
Yield increases were mainly attributed to more pods and grains rather than reduced pod shedding.
- Taxon
- faba bean
Vicia fabat0 - Outcome
- Yield increasese0
- Qualifier
- higher number of pods per plant and grains per pod, not due to reduced pod sheddinge0
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Verbatim
e0“Yield increases were mainly due to a higher number of pods per plant and grains per pod, not due to reduced pod shedding.”
t0“Irrigation but not fertilization increases yields and N2 fixation in organic faba bean in temperate climates”
Title
Lars Dietrich; Chantal Syrovy; Thomas F. Döring; et al. Agricultural Water Management 2025. doi:10.1016/j.agwat.2025.109498
Other claims from this paper (9)
- Intervention effect Irrigation increased faba bean yield by 54%.
- Intervention effect Irrigation increased nitrogen fixation by up to 105%.
- Intervention effect Rock phosphate and potassium sulfate fertilization, with or without micronutrients, had no significant yield effect.
- Intervention effect Mineral fertilization had no effect on faba bean nitrogen fixation.
- Intervention effect Irrigation significantly increased pod number and grain count.
- Intervention effect Irrigation significantly increased leaf chlorophyll content.
- Mechanism Irrigation improved farmgate nitrogen balance by increasing nitrogen fixation without depleting soil nitrogen reserves.
- Observation Irrigation was cost-effective in only one of six trials.
- Recommendation Irrigation rates need optimization.