Claim · model-written summary
Compost amendment improved field capacity, permanent wilting point and available water content relative to control.
- Taxon
- onion
Allium cepae2 - Treatment
- Compost amendmente1
- Outcome
- field capacity (FC), permanent wilting point (PWP), and available water content (AWC)e1
- Direction
- improvede1
- Comparator
- controle3
- Setting
- field conditione2
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Verbatim
e1“Compost amendment improved the soil pH, TOC, TKN, field capacity (FC), permanent wilting point (PWP), and available water content (AWC), cultivable bacterial count and fungi”
e2“growth and yield of onion ( Allium cepa L.) under field condition”
e3“But no significant effect was found on electrical conductivity (EC), available phosphorus (P) compared to the control”
Title
Feyisa Girma Erana; Tesfaye Alemu Tenkegna; Seyoum Leta Asfaw International Journal Of Recycling of Organic Waste in Agriculture 2019. doi:10.1007/s40093-019-0286-2
Other claims from this paper (11)
- Intervention effect Compost amendment improved soil pH, TOC and TKN relative to control in an onion field trial.
- Intervention effect Compost amendment improved cultivable bacterial count and fungi relative to control.
- Intervention effect Compost had no significant effect on soil electrical conductivity or available phosphorus compared to control.
- Intervention effect Compost increased exchangeable Na, K and Ca in soil.
- Intervention effect Compost increased exchangeable Mg, Fe and Zn in soil.
- Intervention effect Compost increased exchangeable Cu in soil.
- Intervention effect Compost application showed no significant change in soil Pb, Cr and Mn.
- Intervention effect Field application of compost improved onion shoot numbers, shoot girth and shoot length.
- Intervention effect Compost treatment gave significant shoot weight and bulb weight in onion.
- Intervention effect Compost amendment gave a significant improvement in soil fertility and onion yield.
- Recommendation Compost amendment is recommended for small-scale farmers to improve food security.