Abstract
The presence of bio-activators in the decomposition of goat manure determines the nutrient content of the produced solid organic fertilizer. These experiments aimed to ascertain the impacts of several bio-activators on goat manured-based fertilizer’s nutrient content and its effects on the growth and yield of sweet corn. The first experiment, arranged in complete randomized design with three replicates, employed five treatments of bio-activators. The treatments were (1) no bio-activator, (2) cow blood, (3) cow rumen+cow blood, (4) yeast+cow blood, (5) effective microorganism (EM4). The second experiment was a bi-factorial complete randomized block design with three replicates. The first factor was types of bio-activators: (1) no bio-activator, (2) cow blood, (3) cow rumen+cow blood, (4) yeast+cow blood, (5) effective microorganism (EM4), respectively. The second factor was dosage of goat manure-based solid organic fertilizers: (1) 5 Mg ha-1, (2) 10 Mg ha-1, (3) 15 Mg ha-1. The results indicated that goat manure-based fertilizer produced using cow rumen+cow blood bio-activator had the highest nutrient content. The presence of bio-activators in goat manure-based fertilizer increased the weight of sweet corn (husked-ear and unhusked-ear), the length of sweet corn (husked-ear and unhusked-ear), and the weight of husked-ear sweet corn plot-1, but not the sweet corn diameter (husked-ear and unhusked-ear), and sweetness level. Moreover, the use of goat manure-based fertilizer with 5 Mg ha-1 was generally sufficient to support growth and yield of sweet corn. The optimal combination of treatments to enhance sweet corn growth and yield was the interaction between the cow rumen+cow blood bio-activators and dosage of 5 Mg ha-1.
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Claim · model-written summary
Goat manure fertilizer made with the cow rumen+cow blood bio-activator had the highest nutrient content
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e1“goat manure-based fertilizer produced using cow rumen+cow blood bio-activator had the highest nutrient content”
e2“its effects on the growth and yield of sweet corn”
Claim · model-written summary
Bio-activators in goat manure-based fertilizer increased sweet corn weight and length and the husked-ear weight per plot
- Taxon
- sweet corne2
- Treatment
- The presence of bio-activators in goat manure-based fertilizere3
- Outcome
- weight of sweet corn (husked-ear and unhusked-ear)e3
- Direction
- increasede3
- Qualifier
- the length of sweet corn (husked-ear and unhusked-ear), and the weight of husked-ear sweet corn plot-1e3
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e2“its effects on the growth and yield of sweet corn”
e3“The presence of bio-activators in goat manure-based fertilizer increased the weight of sweet corn (husked-ear and unhusked-ear), the length of sweet corn (husked-ear and unhusked-ear), and the weight of husked-ear sweet corn plot-1”
Claim · model-written summary
Bio-activators in goat manure-based fertilizer did not change sweet corn diameter or sweetness level
- Taxon
- sweet corne2
- Treatment
- The presence of bio-activators in goat manure-based fertilizere3
- Outcome
- sweet corn diameter (husked-ear and unhusked-ear), and sweetness levele4
- Direction
- no_changeinferrede4
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e2“its effects on the growth and yield of sweet corn”
e3“The presence of bio-activators in goat manure-based fertilizer increased the weight of sweet corn (husked-ear and unhusked-ear), the length of sweet corn (husked-ear and unhusked-ear), and the weight of husked-ear sweet corn plot-1”
e4“but not the sweet corn diameter (husked-ear and unhusked-ear), and sweetness level”
Claim · model-written summary
Goat manure-based fertilizer at 5 Mg ha-1 was generally sufficient to support sweet corn growth and yield
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e2“its effects on the growth and yield of sweet corn”
e5“the use of goat manure-based fertilizer with 5 Mg ha-1 was generally sufficient to support growth and yield of sweet corn”
Claim · model-written summary
The combination of cow rumen+cow blood bio-activators with 5 Mg ha-1 dosage was the optimal combination for sweet corn growth and yield
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e6“The optimal combination of treatments to enhance sweet corn growth and yield was the interaction between the cow rumen+cow blood bio-activators and dosage of 5 Mg ha-1”
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