Abstract
The present study investigated the effect of different nutrient management practices on soil C fractions, growth and yield of fodder maize variety- African tall. The treatments were seven in number - T1: POP recommendation, T2: Soil test based POP, T3: Organic nutrient management using TOF-F, T4: POP + AMF, T5: Soil test based POP + AMF, T6: Organic nutrient management + AMF, and T7: Absolute control. Among the soil C fractions, highest TOC content was recorded by T3 which was on par with T5 and T6 and highest DOC content was observed for T1 at both levels of sampling depths. The soil labile and recalcitrant fractions followed same trend at both levels of depth of sampling i.e. T5 was found to be superior which was on par with T6. The highest value for shoot weight, root volume, green fodder and dry fodder yield was observed in treatment T5 which was on par with T4. The root weight was higher for organic nutrient and AMF combination treatment – T6 (50.23 g/plant). The results indicated an increased AMF activity in soil test based and organic manured treatments and inoculation with AMF resulted in better growth and yield of fodder maize in all the treatments. The correlation study indicated a strong positive correlation between labile and recalcitrant soil C fractions and fodder yield of maize giving an insight to the importance those C fractions in microbial growth, nutrient cycling, and plant growth.
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Claim · model-written summary
T3 recorded the highest soil TOC content and was on par with T5 and T6.
Zea maysOrganisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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e0“highest TOC content was recorded by T3 which was on par with T5 and T6”
t0“Fodder Maize (Zea mays L.)”
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T1 had the highest soil DOC content at both sampling depths.
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e0“highest DOC content was observed for T1 at both levels of sampling depths”
t0“Fodder Maize (Zea mays L.)”
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T5 was superior for soil labile and recalcitrant fractions at both depths, on par with T6.
- Treatment
- T5e0
- Outcome
- soil labile and recalcitrant fractionse0
- Direction
- superiore0
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- both levels of depth of samplinge0
- Comparator
- T6e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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e0“The soil labile and recalcitrant fractions followed same trend at both levels of depth of sampling i.e. T5 was found to be superior which was on par with T6”
t0“Fodder Maize (Zea mays L.)”
Claim · model-written summary
T5 had the highest shoot weight, root volume and green fodder yield, on par with T4.
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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e0“The highest value for shoot weight, root volume, green fodder and dry fodder yield was observed in treatment T5 which was on par with T4”
t0“Fodder Maize (Zea mays L.)”
Claim · model-written summary
T5 had the highest dry fodder yield, on par with T4.
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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e0“The highest value for shoot weight, root volume, green fodder and dry fodder yield was observed in treatment T5 which was on par with T4”
t0“Fodder Maize (Zea mays L.)”
Claim · model-written summary
The organic nutrient and AMF combination T6 gave higher root weight of 50.23 g/plant.
- Treatment
- Organic nutrient management + AMFe1
- Interactor
- AMFe1symbiont
- Outcome
- root weighte0
- Direction
- highere0
- Value
- 50.23 g/plante0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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e0“The root weight was higher for organic nutrient and AMF combination treatment – T6 (50.23 g/plant)”
t0“Fodder Maize (Zea mays L.)”
e1“T6: Organic nutrient management + AMF”
Claim · model-written summary
AMF activity increased under soil test based and organic manured treatments.
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- AMFe0
- Treatment
- soil test based and organic manured treatmentse0
- Outcome
- AMF activitye0
- Direction
- increasede0
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e0“increased AMF activity in soil test based and organic manured treatments”
t0“Fodder Maize (Zea mays L.)”
Claim · model-written summary
AMF inoculation resulted in better growth and yield of fodder maize across treatments.
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- fodder maizee0
- Treatment
- inoculation with AMFe0
- Interactor
- AMFe0symbiont
- Outcome
- growth and yielde0
- Direction
- bettere0
- Qualifier
- in all the treatmentse0
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e0“inoculation with AMF resulted in better growth and yield of fodder maize in all the treatments”
Claim · model-written summary
Labile and recalcitrant soil carbon fractions correlated positively with maize fodder yield.
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e0“a strong positive correlation between labile and recalcitrant soil C fractions and fodder yield of maize”
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