Abstract
• New composts were prepared from agricultural wastes at the biomass utilization unit. • Compost treatments were formulated in combination with or without microbial consortia. • Compost treatments improved mango orchard soil biochemical and nutrient status. • Mango tree growth, yield, and quality were enhanced significantly by organic composts. This study assessed the impact of various organic manures, alone and combined with microbial consortia, on soil health, tree growth, yield, and fruit quality in ‘Amrapali’ mango orchards. Among 12 treatments, vermicompost with microbial consortia (T8) significantly improved soil biochemical properties—including cation exchange capacity, enzymatic activity, and nutrient availability. T8-treated trees showed increased canopy volume, shoot length, and fruit yield, along with reduced malformed panicles. Enhanced leaf physiological and biochemical traits (photosynthesis, transpiration, proline, phenolics, and nutrient content) were also observed. Fruit quality improved under T8, with higher levels of ascorbic acid, flavonoids, carotenoids, sugars, and antioxidant activity. Correlation and PCA confirmed positive relationships among soil, leaf, and fruit parameters. Compost treatments using rice waste, neem, and mixed leaves performed comparably to synthetic fertilizers. These results highlight vermicompost-microbial integration as a sustainable strategy to enhance productivity and resource efficiency in mango cultivation, thereby supporting soil fertility and reducing dependence on synthetic inputs.
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Claim · model-written summary
Vermicompost with microbial consortia (T8) improved soil biochemical properties in mango orchards.
- Taxon
- mango
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Mangifera indicae0 - Treatment
- vermicompost with microbial consortia (T8)e1
- Outcome
- soil biochemical propertiese1
- Direction
- improvede1
- Setting
- mango orchardse0
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Verbatim
e0“mango orchards”
e1“vermicompost with microbial consortia (T8) significantly improved soil biochemical properties”
Claim · model-written summary
T8-treated mango trees showed increased canopy volume, shoot length and fruit yield.
- Taxon
- mangoMangifera indicae0
- Treatment
- vermicompost with microbial consortia (T8)e1
- Outcome
- canopy volume, shoot length, and fruit yielde2
- Direction
- increasede2
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Verbatim
e0“mango orchards”
e1“vermicompost with microbial consortia (T8) significantly improved soil biochemical properties”
e2“T8-treated trees showed increased canopy volume, shoot length, and fruit yield”
Claim · model-written summary
T8 reduced malformed panicles in mango.
- Taxon
- mangoMangifera indicae0
- Treatment
- vermicompost with microbial consortia (T8)e1
- Outcome
- malformed paniclese3
- Direction
- reducede3
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Verbatim
e0“mango orchards”
e1“vermicompost with microbial consortia (T8) significantly improved soil biochemical properties”
e3“reduced malformed panicles”
Claim · model-written summary
T8 enhanced photosynthesis, transpiration and proline in mango leaves.
- Taxon
- mangoMangifera indicae0
- Organ / stage
- leafe4
- Treatment
- vermicompost with microbial consortia (T8)e1
- Outcome
- photosynthesis, transpiration, prolinee4
- Direction
- Enhancede4
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Verbatim
e0“mango orchards”
e1“vermicompost with microbial consortia (T8) significantly improved soil biochemical properties”
e4“Enhanced leaf physiological and biochemical traits (photosynthesis, transpiration, proline, phenolics, and nutrient content) were also observed”
Claim · model-written summary
T8 enhanced phenolics and nutrient content in mango leaves.
- Taxon
- mangoMangifera indicae0
- Organ / stage
- leafe4
- Treatment
- vermicompost with microbial consortia (T8)e1
- Outcome
- phenolics, and nutrient contente4
- Direction
- Enhancede4
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e0“mango orchards”
e1“vermicompost with microbial consortia (T8) significantly improved soil biochemical properties”
e4“Enhanced leaf physiological and biochemical traits (photosynthesis, transpiration, proline, phenolics, and nutrient content) were also observed”
Claim · model-written summary
Under T8, mango fruit had higher levels of ascorbic acid, flavonoids and carotenoids.
- Taxon
- mangoMangifera indicae0
- Organ / stage
- fruite5
- Treatment
- vermicompost with microbial consortia (T8)e1
- Outcome
- ascorbic acid, flavonoids, carotenoidse5
- Direction
- higher levelse5
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e0“mango orchards”
e1“vermicompost with microbial consortia (T8) significantly improved soil biochemical properties”
e5“Fruit quality improved under T8, with higher levels of ascorbic acid, flavonoids, carotenoids, sugars, and antioxidant activity”
Claim · model-written summary
Under T8, mango fruit had higher levels of sugars and antioxidant activity.
- Taxon
- mangoMangifera indicae0
- Organ / stage
- fruite5
- Treatment
- vermicompost with microbial consortia (T8)e1
- Outcome
- sugars, and antioxidant activitye5
- Direction
- higher levelse5
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Verbatim
e0“mango orchards”
e1“vermicompost with microbial consortia (T8) significantly improved soil biochemical properties”
e5“Fruit quality improved under T8, with higher levels of ascorbic acid, flavonoids, carotenoids, sugars, and antioxidant activity”
Claim · model-written summary
Soil, leaf and fruit parameters were positively related in mango.
- Taxon
- mangoMangifera indicae0
- Organ / stage
- leafe6
- Outcome
- relationships among soil, leaf, and fruit parameterse6
- Direction
- positivee6
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e0“mango orchards”
e6“Correlation and PCA confirmed positive relationships among soil, leaf, and fruit parameters”
Claim · model-written summary
Compost treatments from rice waste, neem and mixed leaves performed comparably to synthetic fertilizers in mango.
- Taxon
- mangoMangifera indicae0
- Treatment
- Compost treatments using rice waste, neem, and mixed leavese7
- Outcome
- performed comparablye7
- Direction
- no_changeinferrede7
- Comparator
- synthetic fertilizerse7
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Verbatim
e0“mango orchards”
e7“Compost treatments using rice waste, neem, and mixed leaves performed comparably to synthetic fertilizers”
Claim · model-written summary
Vermicompost-microbial integration is a sustainable strategy to enhance productivity and resource efficiency in mango cultivation.
- Taxon
- mangoMangifera indicae0
- Outcome
- vermicompost-microbial integration as a sustainable strategy to enhance productivity and resource efficiency in mango cultivatione1
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Verbatim
e0“mango orchards”
e1“vermicompost-microbial integration as a sustainable strategy to enhance productivity and resource efficiency in mango cultivation”
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