Abstract
Biochar is a promising solution to alleviate the negative impacts of salinity stress on agricultural production. Biochar derived from food waste effect was investigated on three plant species, Medicago sativa, Amaranthus caudatus, and Zea mays, under saline environments. The results showed that biochar improved significantly the height by 30%, fresh weight of shoot by 35% and root by 45% of all three species compared to control (saline soil without biochar adding), as well as enhanced their photosynthetic pigments and enzyme activities in soil. This positive effect varied significantly between the 3 plants highlighting the importance of the plant-biochar interactions. Thus, the application of biochar is a promising solution to enhance the growth, root morphology, and physiological characteristics of plants under salt-induced stress.
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Claim · model-written summary
Biochar increased height by 30% across the three species relative to saline controls.
- Taxon
- Medicago sativa, Amaranthus caudatus, and Zea mays
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Amaranthus caudatus
Medicago sativa
Zea mayse0 - Treatment
- biochare1
- Outcome
- heighte1
- Direction
- improvede1
- Value
- 30%e1
- Comparator
- control (saline soil without biochar adding)e1
- Setting
- saline environmentse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
e0“Biochar derived from food waste effect was investigated on three plant species, Medicago sativa, Amaranthus caudatus, and Zea mays, under saline environments.”
e1“biochar improved significantly the height by 30%, fresh weight of shoot by 35% and root by 45% of all three species compared to control (saline soil without biochar adding)”
Claim · model-written summary
Biochar increased shoot fresh weight by 35% across the three species.
- Taxon
- Medicago sativa, Amaranthus caudatus, and Zea maysAmaranthus caudatusMedicago sativaZea mayse0
- Treatment
- biochare1
- Outcome
- fresh weight of shoote1
- Direction
- improvede1
- Value
- 35%e1
- Comparator
- control (saline soil without biochar adding)e1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Medicago sativa, Amaranthus caudatus, and Zea mays”
e1“biochar improved significantly the height by 30%, fresh weight of shoot by 35% and root by 45% of all three species compared to control (saline soil without biochar adding)”
Claim · model-written summary
Biochar increased root fresh weight by 45% across the three species.
- Taxon
- Medicago sativa, Amaranthus caudatus, and Zea maysAmaranthus caudatusMedicago sativaZea mayse0
- Treatment
- biochare1
- Outcome
- fresh weight of shoot by 35% and roote1
- Direction
- improvede1
- Value
- 45%e1
- Comparator
- control (saline soil without biochar adding)e1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Medicago sativa, Amaranthus caudatus, and Zea mays”
e1“biochar improved significantly the height by 30%, fresh weight of shoot by 35% and root by 45% of all three species compared to control (saline soil without biochar adding)”
Claim · model-written summary
Biochar enhanced photosynthetic pigments across the three species.
- Taxon
- Medicago sativa, Amaranthus caudatus, and Zea maysAmaranthus caudatusMedicago sativaZea mayse0
- Treatment
- biochare1
- Outcome
- photosynthetic pigmentse1
- Direction
- enhancede1
- Comparator
- control (saline soil without biochar adding)e1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Medicago sativa, Amaranthus caudatus, and Zea mays”
e1“biochar improved significantly the height by 30%, fresh weight of shoot by 35% and root by 45% of all three species compared to control (saline soil without biochar adding), as well as enhanced their photosynthetic pigments and enzyme activities in soil.”
Claim · model-written summary
Biochar enhanced soil enzyme activities.
- Taxon
- Medicago sativa, Amaranthus caudatus, and Zea maysAmaranthus caudatusMedicago sativaZea mayse0
- Treatment
- biochare1
- Outcome
- enzyme activities in soile1
- Direction
- enhancede1
- Comparator
- control (saline soil without biochar adding)e1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Medicago sativa, Amaranthus caudatus, and Zea mays”
e1“biochar improved significantly the height by 30%, fresh weight of shoot by 35% and root by 45% of all three species compared to control (saline soil without biochar adding), as well as enhanced their photosynthetic pigments and enzyme activities in soil.”
Claim · model-written summary
The biochar benefit differed significantly among the three plant species.
- Taxon
- Medicago sativa, Amaranthus caudatus, and Zea maysAmaranthus caudatusMedicago sativaZea mayse0
- Outcome
- positive effecte1
- Direction
- variede1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Medicago sativa, Amaranthus caudatus, and Zea mays”
e1“This positive effect varied significantly between the 3 plants”
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