Abstract
Brassicaceae are promising oil feedstock for cultivation in centralsouthern Italy. Therefore, a two-year investigation on Brassica carinata A. Braun (cv. CT 204) was carried out in three sites of Apulia region [Site 1, Alberobello - Murgia foreland; Site 2, Troia (Foggia) - Daunian sub-Apennines; Site 3, Monteroni (Lecce) - Area of Salento], and in one site of Basilicata region (Site 4, Hill of Matera). The aim was to identify site-specific management practices [by comparing minimum vs conventional tillage, low sowing density vs high sowing density; different levels of nitrogen (N) supply and organic fertilisers] in the four different marginal areas, to achieve optimum yield performance for biodiesel prospective production. The crop showed a good adaptability in the study sites, and the highest N level positively influenced the yield performance in Sites 1, 2 and 3. Moreover, the reduction of mechanical operations (minimum tillage) did not negatively influence crop production and seed oil content. The highest density of sowing tested determined the best crop performance in Site 3, particularly showing the maximum seed oil content with the lowest N supply. Finally, in Site 4 the compost mixed with mineral N fertiliser as well as the sewage sludge from urban wastewater determined productive results comparable to those obtained with mineral fertiliser, evidencing that organic fertilisers could (partially or completely) substitute the mineral one for this crop in the study site. On the whole, seed yield and oil content showed a potential for biodiesel production of Brassica carinata cultivated with site-specific agronomic techniques in four different marginal areas of Southern Italy, suggesting it can be likely achieved the crop environmental adaptation.
Abstract from the paper’s OpenAlex record; open copy licensed cc-by-nc. Read at the source ↗
The text the model read, with the source record’s inline markup (italics, sub- and superscripts) rendered and its character entities decoded; quote offsets refer to the raw text.
Claims 10
Claim · model-written summary
Brassica carinata showed good adaptability across study sites.
- Taxon
- Brassica carinata A. Braun
Brassica carinatat0 - Outcome
- good adaptabilitye0
- Setting
- study sitese0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The crop showed a good adaptability in the study sites”
t0“Brassica Carinata A. Braun”
Claim · model-written summary
The highest nitrogen level improved yield at Sites 1, 2 and 3.
- Taxon
- Brassica carinata A. BraunBrassica carinatat0
- Treatment
- highest N levele0
- Outcome
- yield performancee0
- Direction
- positively influencede0
- Setting
- Sites 1, 2 and 3e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the highest N level positively influenced the yield performance in Sites 1, 2 and 3.”
t0“Brassica Carinata A. Braun”
Claim · model-written summary
Minimum tillage did not negatively influence crop production.
- Taxon
- Brassica carinata A. BraunBrassica carinatat0
- Treatment
- minimum tillagee0
- Outcome
- crop productione0
- Direction
- did not negatively influencee0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the reduction of mechanical operations (minimum tillage) did not negatively influence crop production and seed oil content.”
t0“Brassica Carinata A. Braun”
Claim · model-written summary
Minimum tillage did not negatively influence seed oil content.
- Taxon
- Brassica carinata A. BraunBrassica carinatat0
- Treatment
- minimum tillagee0
- Outcome
- seed oil contente0
- Direction
- did not negatively influencee0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the reduction of mechanical operations (minimum tillage) did not negatively influence crop production and seed oil content.”
t0“Brassica Carinata A. Braun”
Claim · model-written summary
Highest sowing density gave the best crop performance at Site 3.
- Taxon
- Brassica carinata A. BraunBrassica carinatat0
- Treatment
- highest density of sowing testede0
- Outcome
- crop performancee0
- Direction
- beste0
- Setting
- Site 3e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The highest density of sowing tested determined the best crop performance in Site 3”
t0“Brassica Carinata A. Braun”
Claim · model-written summary
At Site 3, highest sowing density with lowest nitrogen supply maximized seed oil content.
- Taxon
- Brassica carinata A. BraunBrassica carinatat0
- Treatment
- lowest N supplye0
- Outcome
- seed oil contente0
- Direction
- maximume0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“particularly showing the maximum seed oil content with the lowest N supply.”
t0“Brassica Carinata A. Braun”
Claim · model-written summary
At Site 4, compost with mineral nitrogen produced results comparable with mineral fertilizer.
- Taxon
- Brassica carinata A. BraunBrassica carinatat0
- Treatment
- compost mixed with mineral N fertilisere0
- Outcome
- productive resultse0
- Direction
- comparablee0
- Comparator
- mineral fertilisere0
- Setting
- Site 4e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“in Site 4 the compost mixed with mineral N fertiliser as well as the sewage sludge from urban wastewater determined productive results comparable to those obtained with mineral fertiliser”
t0“Brassica Carinata A. Braun”
Claim · model-written summary
At Site 4, sewage sludge produced results comparable with mineral fertilizer.
- Taxon
- Brassica carinata A. BraunBrassica carinatat0
- Treatment
- sewage sludge from urban wastewatere0
- Outcome
- productive resultse0
- Direction
- comparablee0
- Comparator
- mineral fertilisere0
- Setting
- Site 4e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“in Site 4 the compost mixed with mineral N fertiliser as well as the sewage sludge from urban wastewater determined productive results comparable to those obtained with mineral fertiliser”
t0“Brassica Carinata A. Braun”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors concluded organic fertilizers could substitute mineral fertilizer at Site 4.
- Taxon
- Brassica carinata A. BraunBrassica carinatat0
- Outcome
- organic fertilisers could (partially or completely) substitute the mineral onee0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“organic fertilisers could (partially or completely) substitute the mineral one for this crop in the study site.”
t0“Brassica Carinata A. Braun”
Claim · model-written summary
Seed yield and oil content indicated biodiesel potential under site-specific agronomy in southern Italy.
- Taxon
- Brassica carinataBrassica carinatae0
- Outcome
- potential for biodiesel productione0
- Setting
- Southern Italye0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“seed yield and oil content showed a potential for biodiesel production of Brassica carinata cultivated with site-specific agronomic techniques in four different marginal areas of Southern Italy”
The same questions in other papers
tillage · yield · Brassica carinata (Ethiopian mustard)Positive and negative results
2 in the opposite direction
- positive
- positive
nitrogen · quality: oil · Brassica carinata (Ethiopian mustard)Positive and negative results
2 papers in the same direction as this paper · 2 in the opposite direction
- positive
- negative
- negative
1 paper more in this group
See all 5 papers →nitrogen · yield · Brassica carinata (Ethiopian mustard)Results agree
10 papers in the same direction as this paper
- positive
- positive
- positive
7 papers more in this group
See all 11 papers →Claims are grouped by organism, treatment and what was measured or targeted. A paper counts as positive when any of its claims in the group is positive.