Abstract
Tea is an evergreen shrub, and tea bushes (plants) are periodically pruned at 3-year intervals. This practice generates tons of pruning litters (leaves and stems) in tea gardens. In spite of availability, the hard nature and slow decomposition rate limit the use of pruning litters as soil amendments. In this study, an attempt was made to cycle pruning litters in shredded form to evaluate their effect on young tea plants under greenhouse condition. It was observed that shredded prunings were decomposed in soil within study duration and enhanced nitrate-N content in the soil. The study revealed that different parameters like plant height, biomass weight, and N uptake were enhanced due to the application of suitable combinations of pruning litter and urea in the soil. Based on this study, it could be concluded that application of shredded prunings had potential to replace up to 15% of recommended urea during tea cultivation.
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Claim · model-written summary
Shredded prunings decomposed in soil during the study
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e0“shredded prunings were decomposed in soil within study duration”
t0“Tea Plants”
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Shredded prunings enhanced soil nitrate-N content
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e0“shredded prunings were decomposed in soil within study duration and enhanced nitrate-N content in the soil.”
t0“Tea Plants”
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Pruning litter and urea combinations enhanced tea plant height and biomass weight
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- Teat0
- Treatment
- suitable combinations of pruning litter and ureae0
- Outcome
- plant height, biomass weighte0
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- enhancede0
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e0“plant height, biomass weight, and N uptake were enhanced due to the application of suitable combinations of pruning litter and urea in the soil.”
t0“Tea Plants”
Claim · model-written summary
Pruning litter and urea combinations enhanced tea nitrogen uptake
- Taxon
- Teat0
- Treatment
- suitable combinations of pruning litter and ureae0
- Outcome
- N uptakee0
- Direction
- enhancede0
Not reportedComparator
Verbatim
e0“plant height, biomass weight, and N uptake were enhanced due to the application of suitable combinations of pruning litter and urea in the soil.”
t0“Tea Plants”
Claim · model-written summary
Shredded prunings could replace up to 15% of recommended urea in tea cultivation
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e0“application of shredded prunings had potential to replace up to 15% of recommended urea during tea cultivation.”
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