Abstract
Laboratory experiments were conducted to determine the effect of different levels of sludge (0, 40, 80, 120 and 160 tonnes/ha) and liquid sewage (50 per cent diluted and without dilution) on the germination per cent. dry matter yield of sorghum seedlings and macronutrients uptake by adopting Neubauer technique. The study revealed that the addition of sewage wastes caused reduction in the germination of seeds and in turn affected dry matter yield. Sewage amendments significantly increased the concentration as well as uptake of nutrients like P. K. Ca and Mg by sorghum seedlings compared to control. In the different soil layers studied, the P uptake was more from first (0-5 cm) layer and K. Ca and Mg uptake were more from 3rd layer (15 cm).
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Claims 5
Claim · model-written summary
Sewage wastes reduced seed germination.
SorghumNot reportedComparator
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t0“Sorghum Seedlings”
e0“the addition of sewage wastes caused reduction in the germination of seeds”
Claim · model-written summary
Sewage wastes affected dry matter yield.
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t0“Sorghum Seedlings”
e0“the addition of sewage wastes caused reduction in the germination of seeds and in turn affected dry matter yield”
Claim · model-written summary
Sewage amendments increased P, K, Ca and Mg concentration in sorghum seedlings relative to control.
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- Sewage amendmentse0
- Outcome
- concentration as well as uptake of nutrients like P. K. Ca and Mge0
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- increasede0
- Comparator
- controle0
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e0“Sewage amendments significantly increased the concentration as well as uptake of nutrients like P. K. Ca and Mg by sorghum seedlings compared to control”
Claim · model-written summary
P uptake was greater from the first soil layer.
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t0“Sorghum Seedlings”
e0“the P uptake was more from first (0-5 cm) layer”
Claim · model-written summary
K, Ca and Mg uptake was greater from the third soil layer.
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Sorghum Seedlings”
e0“K. Ca and Mg uptake were more from 3rd layer (15 cm)”
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