Claim · model-written summary
Seeds sown in soil amended with 15 t/ha of biochar had a lower Germination Index (646.3) than seeds in soil with 30 t/ha fine biochar (668.7).
- Taxon
- Lactuca sativa
Lactuca sativat0 - Organ / stage
- seedse3
- Treatment
- 15 t/ha of biochare3
- Outcome
- Germination Index (GI)e5
- Direction
- loweste5
- Value
- 646.3e5
- Qualifier
- GI = 668.7e4
- Comparator
- 30 t/ha fine biochare4
- Setting
- field experimente2
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor role
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Lettuce (Lactuca sativa”
e2“The field experiment utilized a factorial design”
e3“seeds sown in soil amended with 15 t/ha of biochar exhibited the longest Mean Germination Time (MGT) (4.3 ± 0.19 days)”
e4“compared to those in soil with 30 t/ha fine biochar (MGT = 4.0 ± 0.03 days; GI = 668.7)”
e5“lowest Germination Index (GI) (646.3)”
Title
Kwadwo Boakye Boadu; Charlesworth Osei Soadwa; Olivia Adamu; et al. Journal of Sustainability Research 2024. doi:10.20900/jsr20240054
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Intervention effect Biochar addition significantly enhanced soil properties, including organic carbon, total nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, pH and moisture content (p < 0.05).
- Intervention effect Seeds sown in soil amended with 15 t/ha of biochar had a longer Mean Germination Time (4.3 ± 0.19 days) than seeds in soil with 30 t/ha fine biochar (4.0 ± 0.03 days).
- Intervention effect Lettuce grown in soil with 30 t/ha of fine biochar had the longest leaves (17.42 ± 0.12 cm).
- Intervention effect Plants from soil with 15 t/ha of coarse biochar had the shortest leaves (13.8 ± 0.17 cm).
- Association Leaf width followed a similar trend to leaf length across the biochar treatments.
- Intervention effect The cropping season did not significantly affect lettuce seed germination and leaf morphology.
- Association Moisture content was the most influential property of biochar-amended soil on lettuce seed germination.