Claim · model-written summary
Long-term compost addition had no or limited effects on plant growth and grape quality
- Taxon
- grapese0
- Treatment
- long-term addition of composte1
- Outcome
- plant growth and grape qualitye1
- Qualifier
- no or limited effectse1
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Verbatim
e0“Soil properties are one of the main factors affecting the yield and qualitative value of grapes”
e1“long-term addition of compost to a vineyard can be beneficial to soil characteristics, including organic matter and nitrate content, and had no or limited effects on plant growth and grape quality”
Title
Sergio Mugnai; Elisa Masi; Elisa Azzarello; et al. Compost Science & Utilization 2012. doi:10.1080/1065657x.2012.10737019
Other claims from this paper (3)
- Intervention effect Compost application maintained a similar average grape yield to chemical fertilizers over nine years
- Intervention effect Long-term compost addition can be beneficial to soil characteristics including organic matter and nitrate content
- Intervention effect Production parameters gave contrasting results under compost application compared with chemical fertilizers