Claim · model-written summary
Compared with the alternative treatment, the gypsum, PGPR and 50 mg L−1 chitosan treatment decreased the proportion of exchangeable sodium.
- Treatment
- gypsum + PGPR + 50 mg L−1 chitosan treatment (T8)e1
- Interactor
- Azospirillum lipoferumAzospirillum lipoferume6symbiont
- Second interactor
- Bacillus subtilis
Bacillus subtilise6symbiont - Outcome
- the proportion of exchangeable sodium (ESP)e7
- Direction
- decreaseinferrede7
- Comparator
- alternative treatmente7
- Setting
- Field testse0
Verbatim
t0“Impact of Gypsum and Bio-Priming of Maize Grains”
e0“Field tests were carried out in triplicate across two growing seasons, 2020 and 2021”
e1“applying the gypsum + PGPR + 50 mg L−1 chitosan treatment (T8) considerably improved”
e6“PGPR inoculation (Azospirillum lipoferum + Bacillus subtilis)”
e7“we revealed positive effects on Na+, bulk density (BD), electrical conductivity (EC), and the proportion of exchangeable sodium (ESP), thus, enhancing the productivity compared to the alternative treatment”
Title
Megahed M. Amer; Mohssen Elbagory; Sahar El-Nahrawy; et al. Agronomy 2022. doi:10.3390/agronomy12102550
Other claims from this paper (8)
- Intervention effect The gypsum, PGPR and 50 mg L−1 chitosan treatment improved chlorophyll, carotenoids and proline levels of maize.
- Intervention effect The gypsum, PGPR and 50 mg L−1 chitosan treatment improved N, K+ and K+/Na+ ratio of maize.
- Intervention effect The gypsum, PGPR and 50 mg L−1 chitosan treatment improved dehydrogenase, urease and amylase activity in soil.
- Intervention effect The gypsum, PGPR and 50 mg L−1 chitosan treatment improved invertase activity in soil.
- Intervention effect The gypsum, PGPR and 50 mg L−1 chitosan treatment improved cation exchange capacity and porosity of the soil.
- Intervention effect Compared with the alternative treatment, the gypsum, PGPR and 50 mg L−1 chitosan treatment decreased Na+, bulk density and electrical conductivity.
- Intervention effect The gypsum, PGPR and 50 mg L−1 chitosan treatment enhanced maize productivity compared with the alternative treatment.
- Recommendation Gypsum, microbial inoculation and 50 mg L−1 chitosan may be a key strategy for reducing the detrimental effects of salinity on maize.