Paper · 2022 · Scientific Reports

Effects of foliar application of humic acid extracts and indole acetic acid on important growth indices of canola (Brassica napus L.)

Arash Hemati; Hossein Ali Alikhani; Mehdi Babaei; et al.

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Abstract

Abstract Vermicompost (VC) is a rich source of HA that improves plant growth and yield indices such as fresh and dry weights, plant height, stem diameter, leaf area, and chlorophyll index value. In this study, the effect of foliar application of HA extracted from different types of VC enriched with bacteria and/or fertilizers, commercial HA (CHA) and indole acetic acid (IAA) on the growth characteristics of canola ( Brassica napus ) in greenhouse conditions were compared. According to the results, the foliar application of HA extracted from VC had complete superiority over CHA and IAA in most traits except for the leaf number. Furthermore, the highest level of foliar application of HA (600 mg L −1 ) enriched with Azotobacter chroococcum (21Az) + Pseudomonas fluorescens (Ps 59) (HA-AS) generated the highest height, diameter, leaf area, and chlorophyll index value. Also, the highest stomatal conductance and photosynthesis rate were observed with the application of 600 mg L −1 HA extracted from VC enriched with nitrogen, sulfur, and phosphorus (HA-NSP) compared to the other treatments. Besides, dry and fresh weights and seed yield under HA-NSP and HA-AS treatments were at their highest rate. Among the extracted HAs, the one extracted from the nitrogen enriched VC had the lowest efficiency. Based on the present study, the HA extracted from VC enriched with Azotobacter , Pseudomonas and NSP is recommended to increase canola growth and production.

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Claims 7

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Foliar application of HA extracted from vermicompost was superior to commercial HA and IAA in most growth traits, except leaf number.

Taxon
Brassica napusBrassica napuse0
Treatment
foliar application of HA extracted from VCe1
Outcome
most traitse1
Direction
superioritye1
Qualifier
except for the leaf numbere1
Comparator
CHA and IAAe1
Setting
greenhouse conditionse0

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

Brassica napus
Brassica napus · TaxonDidier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“the effect of foliar application of HA extracted from different types of VC enriched with bacteria and/or fertilizers, commercial HA (CHA) and indole acetic acid (IAA) on the growth characteristics of canola ( Brassica napus ) in greenhouse conditions were compared”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 210–475 · show in text ↑
e1

“the foliar application of HA extracted from VC had complete superiority over CHA and IAA in most traits except for the leaf number”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

The highest level of foliar HA enriched with Azotobacter chroococcum and Pseudomonas fluorescens gave the highest height, diameter and leaf area.

Taxon
Brassica napusBrassica napuse0
Treatment
HA (600 mg L −1) enriched with Azotobacter chroococcum (21Az) + Pseudomonas fluorescens (Ps 59) (HA-AS)e2
Outcome
height, diameter, leaf areae2
Direction
higheste2

Not reportedComparator

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

Brassica napus
Brassica napus · TaxonDidier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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e0

“the effect of foliar application of HA extracted from different types of VC enriched with bacteria and/or fertilizers, commercial HA (CHA) and indole acetic acid (IAA) on the growth characteristics of canola ( Brassica napus ) in greenhouse conditions were compared”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 210–475 · show in text ↑
e2

“the highest level of foliar application of HA (600 mg L −1) enriched with Azotobacter chroococcum (21Az) + Pseudomonas fluorescens (Ps 59) (HA-AS) generated the highest height, diameter, leaf area, and chlorophyll index value”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

The same HA-AS treatment gave the highest chlorophyll index value.

Taxon
Brassica napusBrassica napuse0
Treatment
HA (600 mg L −1) enriched with Azotobacter chroococcum (21Az) + Pseudomonas fluorescens (Ps 59) (HA-AS)e2
Outcome
chlorophyll index valuee2
Direction
higheste2

Not reportedComparator

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

Brassica napus
Brassica napus · TaxonDidier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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e0

“the effect of foliar application of HA extracted from different types of VC enriched with bacteria and/or fertilizers, commercial HA (CHA) and indole acetic acid (IAA) on the growth characteristics of canola ( Brassica napus ) in greenhouse conditions were compared”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 210–475 · show in text ↑
e2

“the highest level of foliar application of HA (600 mg L −1) enriched with Azotobacter chroococcum (21Az) + Pseudomonas fluorescens (Ps 59) (HA-AS) generated the highest height, diameter, leaf area, and chlorophyll index value”

✓ located after whitespace/quote normalisation · abstract, characters 648–874 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

HA extracted from vermicompost enriched with nitrogen, sulfur and phosphorus gave the highest stomatal conductance and photosynthesis rate compared with the other treatments.

Taxon
Brassica napusBrassica napuse0
Treatment
600 mg L −1 HA extracted from VC enriched with nitrogen, sulfur, and phosphorus (HA-NSP)e3
Outcome
stomatal conductance and photosynthesis ratee3
Direction
higheste3
Comparator
the other treatmentse3

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

Brassica napus
Brassica napus · TaxonDidier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“the effect of foliar application of HA extracted from different types of VC enriched with bacteria and/or fertilizers, commercial HA (CHA) and indole acetic acid (IAA) on the growth characteristics of canola ( Brassica napus ) in greenhouse conditions were compared”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 210–475 · show in text ↑
e3

“the highest stomatal conductance and photosynthesis rate were observed with the application of 600 mg L −1 HA extracted from VC enriched with nitrogen, sulfur, and phosphorus (HA-NSP) compared to the other treatments”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 882–1098 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

HA-NSP and HA-AS gave the highest dry and fresh weights and seed yield.

Taxon
Brassica napusBrassica napuse0
Treatment
HA-NSP and HA-AS treatmentse4
Outcome
dry and fresh weights and seed yielde4
Direction
highest ratee4

Not reportedComparator

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

Brassica napus
Brassica napus · TaxonDidier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“the effect of foliar application of HA extracted from different types of VC enriched with bacteria and/or fertilizers, commercial HA (CHA) and indole acetic acid (IAA) on the growth characteristics of canola ( Brassica napus ) in greenhouse conditions were compared”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 210–475 · show in text ↑
e4

“dry and fresh weights and seed yield under HA-NSP and HA-AS treatments were at their highest rate”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

HA extracted from the nitrogen-enriched vermicompost had the lowest efficiency among the extracted HAs.

Taxon
Brassica napusBrassica napuse0
Treatment
extracted from the nitrogen enriched VCe5
Outcome
efficiencye5
Direction
loweste5
Comparator
the extracted HAse5

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

Brassica napus
Brassica napus · TaxonDidier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“the effect of foliar application of HA extracted from different types of VC enriched with bacteria and/or fertilizers, commercial HA (CHA) and indole acetic acid (IAA) on the growth characteristics of canola ( Brassica napus ) in greenhouse conditions were compared”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 210–475 · show in text ↑
e5

“Among the extracted HAs, the one extracted from the nitrogen enriched VC had the lowest efficiency”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1208–1306 · show in text ↑
Recommendationauthor interpretationoriginal resultpositivebasis n/a

Claim · model-written summary

HA from vermicompost enriched with Azotobacter, Pseudomonas and NSP is recommended to increase canola growth and production.

Outcome
the HA extracted from VC enriched with Azotobacter , Pseudomonas and NSPe6

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

Brassica napus var. napus
Brassica napus var. napus · Taxoncontri from Yonezawa-Shi, Yamagata, Japan · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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e6

“the HA extracted from VC enriched with Azotobacter , Pseudomonas and NSP is recommended to increase canola growth and production”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1336–1464 · show in text ↑

sulfur atom · yield · Brassica napus (oilseed rape)Results differ

59 papers: 49 positive, 10 negative or no effect

48 papers in the same direction as this paper · 10 in the opposite direction

  1. no effect
  2. no effect
  3. negative

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Azotobacter chroococcum · growth · Brassica napus (oilseed rape)Results agree

2 papers: 2 positive, 0 negative or no effect

1 paper in the same direction as this paper

  1. positive
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Pseudomonas fluorescens · growth · Brassica napus (oilseed rape)Results agree

2 papers: 2 positive, 0 negative or no effect

1 paper in the same direction as this paper

  1. positive
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sulfur atom · physiology: photosynthesis · Brassica napus (oilseed rape)Results agree

3 papers: 3 positive, 0 negative or no effect

2 papers in the same direction as this paper

  1. positive
  2. positive
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phosphorus · yield · Brassica napus (oilseed rape)Results differ

76 papers: 69 positive, 7 negative or no effect

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

  1. negative
  2. negative
  3. no effect

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fertilization · physiology: photosynthesis · Brassica napus (oilseed rape)Positive and negative results

9 papers: 8 positive, 1 negative or no effect

7 papers in the same direction as this paper · 1 in the opposite direction

  1. negative
  2. positive
  3. positive

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nitrogen · physiology: photosynthesis · Brassica napus (oilseed rape)Positive and negative results

19 papers: 13 positive, 6 negative or no effect

12 papers in the same direction as this paper · 6 in the opposite direction

  1. negative
  2. negative
  3. no effect

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nitrogen · yield · Brassica napus (oilseed rape)Positive and negative results

239 papers: 198 positive, 41 negative or no effect

197 papers in the same direction as this paper · 34 in the opposite direction · 7 reporting no difference from an alternative

  1. negative
  2. negative
  3. negative

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