Abstract
Forage is a critical component in ruminant nutrition, yet the availability of land for cultivating quality forage is increasingly limited. Post-coal mining lands offer a promising alternative for forage production, despite their poor soil fertility and degraded structure. This study aimed to evaluate the forage production and nutritional quality of Sorghum bicolor cv. Samurai-1 in response to different urea fertilization rates and the application of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) on post-coal mining land in South Kalimantan, Indonesia. A Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with a two-factorial arrangement and four replications was employed. Factor A consisted of urea rates (200, 300, and 400 kg/ha), while Factor B involved AMF application (with and without). Results indicated that both urea and AMF treatments had a highly significant effect (p < 0.001) on sorghum agronomic traits, including plant height, stem diameter, leaf length, leaf width, and number of leaves. Biomass yield (both fresh and dry matter) was significantly enhanced, while the combined application of urea and AMF also improved crude protein, crude fat, and crude fiber contents. These findings suggest that integrating urea fertilization with AMF inoculation can substantially enhance the productivity and forage quality of sorghum cultivated on degraded post-mining land.
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Urea treatments significantly affected sorghum height, stem diameter, leaf dimensions and leaf number, with direction unstated.
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e0“both urea and AMF treatments had a highly significant effect (p < 0.001) on sorghum agronomic traits, including plant height, stem diameter, leaf length, leaf width, and number of leaves”
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AMF treatments significantly affected sorghum height, stem diameter, leaf dimensions and leaf number, with direction unstated.
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- AMF treatmentse0
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- AMFe0symbiont
- Outcome
- plant height, stem diameter, leaf length, leaf width, and number of leavese0
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e0“both urea and AMF treatments had a highly significant effect (p < 0.001) on sorghum agronomic traits, including plant height, stem diameter, leaf length, leaf width, and number of leaves”
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The treatments significantly enhanced fresh and dry biomass yield.
- Treatment
- both urea and AMF treatmentse1
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- AMFe1symbiont
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- Biomass yield (both fresh and dry matter)e0
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- enhancede0
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e0“Biomass yield (both fresh and dry matter) was significantly enhanced”
e1“both urea and AMF treatments”
e2“productivity and forage quality of sorghum cultivated on degraded post-mining land”
Claim · model-written summary
Combined urea and AMF application improved crude protein, fat and fiber contents.
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- combined application of urea and AMFe0
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- AMFe0symbiont
- Outcome
- crude protein, crude fat, and crude fiber contentse0
- Direction
- improvede0
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e0“the combined application of urea and AMF also improved crude protein, crude fat, and crude fiber contents”
e1“productivity and forage quality of sorghum cultivated on degraded post-mining land”
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The authors recommend integrating urea fertilization and AMF inoculation to improve sorghum productivity and forage quality on degraded mining land.
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e0“integrating urea fertilization with AMF inoculation can substantially enhance the productivity and forage quality of sorghum cultivated on degraded post-mining land”
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