Paper · 2015 · Journal of Elementology

Effect of potassium fertilization, rhizobium inoculation and water deficit on the yield and quality of fenugreek seeds

Krystyna Żuk-Gołaszewska; Jadwiga Wierzbowska; Krystyna Żuk-Gołaszewska; et al.

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Abstract

The paper presents results on the effect of agronomic factors on the content of chlorophyll, the biometric parameters of plants and quality of fenugreek seeds. It has been shown that potassium fertilization and inoculation of fenugreek seeds had no significant effect on the plant’s performance. The only trait influenced by those factors was the seed weight per plant; under higher doses of potassium fertilization K2.5 and K3.75, its value was about 10% higher, but fell down by 19.3% in treatments with inoculated seeds compared to non-inoculated ones. Soil water deficit caused reduction of plant height by 15.5%, number of pods by 18.3%, number of seeds per pod by 20%, weight of seeds by 28%, weight of the plant’s aerial parts by 18.0%, and harvest index by 13.2%. In response to water deficit, the content of chlorophyll decreased significantly from 57.8 SPAD units at 43 DAS to 52.4 and 54.0 SPAD units in the next phases (51 and 58 DAS), when 40% and 80% of pods attained the final length. Increasing doses of potassium caused a significant increase in the crude protein (by 3.2-5.4%) and potassium content (by 7-8%) in seeds of fenugreek grown under water deficit. After seed inoculation, an increase in the protein content was found.

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Claims 13

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectnot significant (as stated)measured

Claim · model-written summary

Potassium fertilization and seed inoculation had no significant effect on fenugreek plant performance.

Treatment
potassium fertilization and inoculation of fenugreek seedse1
Outcome
performancee1
Direction
no significant effecte1

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Trigonella foenum-graecum
Trigonella foenum-graecum · TaxonYak · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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t0

“quality of fenugreek seeds”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 92–118 · show in text ↑
e1

“potassium fertilization and inoculation of fenugreek seeds had no significant effect on the plant’s performance”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Higher potassium doses increased seed weight per plant by about 10%.

Treatment
higher doses of potassium fertilization K2.5 and K3.75e2
Outcome
seed weight per plante2
Direction
highere2
Value
10%e2

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Trigonella foenum-graecum
Trigonella foenum-graecum · TaxonYak · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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t0

“quality of fenugreek seeds”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 92–118 · show in text ↑
e2

“The only trait influenced by those factors was the seed weight per plant; under higher doses of potassium fertilization K2.5 and K3.75, its value was about 10% higher, but fell down by 19.3% in treatments with inoculated seeds compared to non-inoculated ones”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 296–554 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Inoculated seeds reduced seed weight per plant by 19.3% compared with non-inoculated seeds.

Treatment
inoculated seedse2
Outcome
seed weight per plante2
Direction
fell downe2
Value
19.3%e2
Comparator
non-inoculated onese2

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Trigonella foenum-graecum
Trigonella foenum-graecum · TaxonYak · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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t0

“quality of fenugreek seeds”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 92–118 · show in text ↑
e2

“The only trait influenced by those factors was the seed weight per plant; under higher doses of potassium fertilization K2.5 and K3.75, its value was about 10% higher, but fell down by 19.3% in treatments with inoculated seeds compared to non-inoculated ones”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 296–554 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Soil water deficit reduced plant height by 15.5%.

Treatment
Soil water deficite3
Outcome
plant heighte3
Direction
reductione3
Value
15.5%e3

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Trigonella foenum-graecum
Trigonella foenum-graecum · TaxonYak · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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t0

“quality of fenugreek seeds”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 92–118 · show in text ↑
e3

“Soil water deficit caused reduction of plant height by 15.5%, number of pods by 18.3%, number of seeds per pod by 20%, weight of seeds by 28%, weight of the plant’s aerial parts by 18.0%, and harvest index by 13.2%”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 556–770 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Soil water deficit reduced the number of pods by 18.3%.

Treatment
Soil water deficite3
Outcome
number of podse3
Direction
reductione3
Value
18.3%e3

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Trigonella foenum-graecum
Trigonella foenum-graecum · TaxonYak · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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t0

“quality of fenugreek seeds”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 92–118 · show in text ↑
e3

“Soil water deficit caused reduction of plant height by 15.5%, number of pods by 18.3%, number of seeds per pod by 20%, weight of seeds by 28%, weight of the plant’s aerial parts by 18.0%, and harvest index by 13.2%”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 556–770 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Soil water deficit reduced the number of seeds per pod by 20%.

Treatment
Soil water deficite3
Outcome
number of seeds per pode3
Direction
reductione3
Value
20%e3

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Trigonella foenum-graecum
Trigonella foenum-graecum · TaxonYak · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

t0

“quality of fenugreek seeds”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 92–118 · show in text ↑
e3

“Soil water deficit caused reduction of plant height by 15.5%, number of pods by 18.3%, number of seeds per pod by 20%, weight of seeds by 28%, weight of the plant’s aerial parts by 18.0%, and harvest index by 13.2%”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 556–770 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Soil water deficit reduced seed weight by 28%.

Treatment
Soil water deficite3
Outcome
weight of seedse3
Direction
reductione3
Value
28%e3

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Trigonella foenum-graecum
Trigonella foenum-graecum · TaxonYak · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

t0

“quality of fenugreek seeds”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 92–118 · show in text ↑
e3

“Soil water deficit caused reduction of plant height by 15.5%, number of pods by 18.3%, number of seeds per pod by 20%, weight of seeds by 28%, weight of the plant’s aerial parts by 18.0%, and harvest index by 13.2%”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 556–770 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Soil water deficit reduced aerial plant part weight by 18.0%.

Treatment
Soil water deficite3
Outcome
aerial partse3
Direction
reductione3
Value
18.0%e3

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Trigonella foenum-graecum
Trigonella foenum-graecum · TaxonYak · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

t0

“quality of fenugreek seeds”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 92–118 · show in text ↑
e3

“Soil water deficit caused reduction of plant height by 15.5%, number of pods by 18.3%, number of seeds per pod by 20%, weight of seeds by 28%, weight of the plant’s aerial parts by 18.0%, and harvest index by 13.2%”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 556–770 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Soil water deficit reduced harvest index by 13.2%.

Treatment
Soil water deficite3
Outcome
harvest indexe3
Direction
reductione3
Value
13.2%e3

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Trigonella foenum-graecum
Trigonella foenum-graecum · TaxonYak · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

t0

“quality of fenugreek seeds”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 92–118 · show in text ↑
e3

“Soil water deficit caused reduction of plant height by 15.5%, number of pods by 18.3%, number of seeds per pod by 20%, weight of seeds by 28%, weight of the plant’s aerial parts by 18.0%, and harvest index by 13.2%”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 556–770 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativesignificant (as stated)measured

Claim · model-written summary

Under water deficit, chlorophyll content decreased significantly from 57.8 SPAD units at 43 DAS to 52.4 and 54.0 SPAD units in later phases.

Treatment
water deficite4
Outcome
the content of chlorophylle4
Direction
decreasede4
Value
52.4 and 54.0 SPAD unitse4
Comparator
57.8 SPAD units at 43 DASe4

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Trigonella foenum-graecum
Trigonella foenum-graecum · TaxonYak · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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t0

“quality of fenugreek seeds”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 92–118 · show in text ↑
e4

“In response to water deficit, the content of chlorophyll decreased significantly from 57.8 SPAD units at 43 DAS to 52.4 and 54.0 SPAD units in the next phases”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 772–930 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivesignificant (as stated)measured

Claim · model-written summary

Increasing potassium doses increased crude protein by 3.2-5.4% in seeds grown under water deficit.

Organ / stage
seedse5
Treatment
Increasing doses of potassiume5
Outcome
crude proteine5
Direction
increasee5
Value
3.2-5.4%e5
Qualifier
grown under water deficite5

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Trigonella foenum-graecum
Trigonella foenum-graecum · TaxonYak · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

t0

“quality of fenugreek seeds”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 92–118 · show in text ↑
e5

“Increasing doses of potassium caused a significant increase in the crude protein (by 3.2-5.4%) and potassium content (by 7-8%) in seeds of fenugreek grown under water deficit”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1000–1174 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivesignificant (as stated)measured

Claim · model-written summary

Increasing potassium doses increased seed potassium content by 7-8% under water deficit.

Organ / stage
seedse5
Treatment
Increasing doses of potassiume5
Outcome
potassium contente5
Direction
increasee5
Value
7-8%e5
Qualifier
grown under water deficite5

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Trigonella foenum-graecum
Trigonella foenum-graecum · TaxonYak · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

t0

“quality of fenugreek seeds”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 92–118 · show in text ↑
e5

“Increasing doses of potassium caused a significant increase in the crude protein (by 3.2-5.4%) and potassium content (by 7-8%) in seeds of fenugreek grown under water deficit”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1000–1174 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Seed inoculation increased seed protein content.

Treatment
seed inoculatione6
Outcome
protein contente6
Direction
increasee6

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Trigonella foenum-graecum
Trigonella foenum-graecum · TaxonYak · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

t0

“quality of fenugreek seeds”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 92–118 · show in text ↑
e6

“After seed inoculation, an increase in the protein content was found”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1176–1244 · show in text ↑

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