Paper · 2015 · Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Combined Effects of Water and Nitrogen on Growth, Biomass, and Quality of Spinach (Spinacia oleraceaLinn.)

Jinxiu Zhang; Yi Zhang; Linkui Cao

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Abstract

Water scarcity and nitrate contamination have caused considerable attention to environmental matters. Water and nitrogen interactions have critical impacts on their use efficiency, plant growth, and quality. In a field experiment, a combination of three water treatments and three nitrogen rates was applied to determine their interactive effects on the growth of spinach. Soil water supply that was too low [W3N1 (the combination of water treatment 3 and nitrogen treatment 1), W3N2] could cause an increase in nitrate content. Oxalate contents would increase when water and nitrogen were either inadequate (W3N0, W3N1) or too high (W2N2). The most profit from spinach was obtained in plots that received water treatment 2 and nitrogen fertilizer 78 kg N ha−1. However, considering nitrogen treatments could affect the nitrate and oxalic acid, application of water treatment 2 and 39 kg N ha−1 nitrogen fertilizer could get better spinach quality.

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Too-low soil water supply (W3N1, W3N2) increased nitrate content in spinach.

Treatment
Soil water supply that was too lowe1
Outcome
nitrate contente1
Direction
increasee1

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

Spinacia oleracea
Spinacia oleracea · TaxonRasbak · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Soil water supply that was too low [W3N1 (the combination of water treatment 3 and nitrogen treatment 1), W3N2] could cause an increase in nitrate content”

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“Spinach”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Oxalate contents in spinach increased when water and nitrogen were inadequate (W3N0, W3N1).

Treatment
water and nitrogen were either inadequate (W3N0, W3N1)e1
Outcome
Oxalate contentse1
Direction
increasee1

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

Spinacia oleracea
Spinacia oleracea · TaxonRasbak · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Oxalate contents would increase when water and nitrogen were either inadequate (W3N0, W3N1)”

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“Spinach”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Oxalate contents in spinach increased when water and nitrogen were too high (W2N2).

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too high (W2N2)e1
Outcome
Oxalate contentse1
Direction
increasee1

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

Spinacia oleracea
Spinacia oleracea · TaxonRasbak · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Oxalate contents would increase when water and nitrogen were either inadequate (W3N0, W3N1) or too high (W2N2)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 529–639 · show in text ↑
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“Spinach”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

The most profit from spinach was obtained with water treatment 2 and nitrogen fertilizer at 78 kg N ha-1.

Treatment
water treatment 2 and nitrogen fertilizer 78 kg N ha−1e1
Outcome
profite1
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moste1

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

Spinacia oleracea
Spinacia oleracea · TaxonRasbak · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“The most profit from spinach was obtained in plots that received water treatment 2 and nitrogen fertilizer 78 kg N ha−1”

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Recommendationauthor interpretationoriginal resultpositivebasis n/a

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The authors recommend water treatment 2 with 39 kg N ha-1 nitrogen fertilizer for better spinach quality.

Outcome
better spinach qualitye1

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

Spinacia oleracea
Spinacia oleracea · TaxonRasbak · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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e1

“application of water treatment 2 and 39 kg N ha−1 nitrogen fertilizer could get better spinach quality”

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nitrogen · yield · Spinacia oleracea (spinach)Results differ

43 papers: 38 positive, 5 negative or no effect

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  3. no effect

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fertilization · yield · Spinacia oleracea (spinach)Results differ

79 papers: 68 positive, 11 negative or no effect

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  1. no effect
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irrigation · nutrient: content · Spinacia oleracea (spinach)Positive and negative results

5 papers: 2 positive, 3 negative or no effect

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irrigation · yield · Spinacia oleracea (spinach)Positive and negative results

13 papers: 7 positive, 6 negative or no effect

6 papers in the same direction as this paper · 5 in the opposite direction · 1 reporting no difference from an alternative

  1. no effect
  2. no effect
  3. no effect

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nitrogen · molecular: metabolites · Spinacia oleracea (spinach)Positive and negative results

24 papers: 14 positive, 10 negative or no effect

9 papers in the same direction as this paper · 14 in the opposite direction

  1. positive
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