Intervention effectmodel-written summary

100 % N with potassium silicate gave the highest plant height and stem diameter of sorghum

A claim from EFFECT OF ORGANIC AND MINERAL FERTILIZERS ON YIELD AND QUALITY OF SORGHUM UNDER SANDY SOIL CONDITIONS · 2021

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

100 % N with potassium silicate gave the highest plant height and stem diameter of sorghum

Taxon
sorghumSorghumt0
Treatment
100 N % + potassium silicatee0
Outcome
plant height, stem diametere2
Direction
higheste2
Comparator
100 % N without spraye1

Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleSettingValueQualifier

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Sorghum
Sorghum · Taxon · picture of the genus (one of its species)Evelyn Simak · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

t0

“SORGHUM”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 66–73
e0

“The treatment (100 N % + potassium silicate) increasedno. of days to 50 % flowering”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1111–1194
e1

“compared with thetreatment (100 % N without spray)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1352–1402
e2

“gave the highest values of plant height, stem diameter, number and area of leaves, 1000 – grain weight and thehighest value of green yield (12.40 ton / fed)”

✓ located after whitespace/quote normalisation · abstract, characters 1196–1351

Title

EFFECT OF ORGANIC AND MINERAL FERTILIZERS ON YIELD AND QUALITY OF SORGHUM UNDER SANDY SOIL CONDITIONS

Salwa Hassanen; H Abotaleb; J Katyal; et al. Egyptian Journal of Applied Science 2021. doi:10.21608/ejas.2021.183466

Other claims from this paper (12)

Record rev-ad45e828362b7f42821d84923f8d02526bf31fce99f1254681c001dc9e4ba46d · schema claims-v0.9 · position 9 in the model’s answer

silicate(4-) · growth · SorghumPositive and negative results

3 papers: 2 positive, 1 negative or no effect

1 paper in the same direction as this claim · 1 in the opposite direction

  1. no effect
    Sorghum growth was not significantly affected.

    Pemberian Pupuk Silikat dan Pupuk Kandang Terhadap Pertumbuhan, Kadar Brix, dan Hasil Tanaman Sorgum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) · 2019

    Opposite direction

  2. positive
    Potassium silicate increased four growth measures under water stress.

    AMELIORATION OF WATER STRESS EFFECT ON SORGHUM PLANT GROWTH AND WATER USE EFFICIENCY BY APPLICATION OF POTASSIUM SILICATE AND SALICYLIC ACID · 2018 · compared with the control

    Same direction

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potassium · growth · SorghumPositive and negative results

9 papers: 8 positive, 1 negative or no effect

7 papers in the same direction as this claim · 1 in the opposite direction

  1. negative
    Additional potassium negatively affected growth under salinity.

    Interactive effects of nacl induced salinity, calcium and potassium on physiomorphological traits of sorghum (sorghum bicolor l.) · 2009

    Opposite direction

  2. positive
    PNS significantly increased fresh weight of sorghum seeds under drought.

    Potassium silica nanostructure improved growth and nutrient uptake of sorghum plants subjected to drought stress · 2024

    Same direction

  3. positive
    The combined treatment increased growth attributes by 20–40%.

    EFFECT OF ZINC NUTRITION ON GROWTH, YIELD, AND QUALITY OF FORAGE SORGHUM IN RESPECT WITH INCREASING POTASSIUM APPLICATION RATES · 2010 · compared with comparable K level applied without zinc

    Same direction

  4. positive
    In 1995 under nitrogen, potassium reduced lodging.

    NITROGEN, PHOSPHORUS, AND POTASSIUM EFFECTS ON GRAIN SORGHUM PRODUCTION AND STALK ROT FOLLOWING ALFALFA AND BIRDSFOOT TREFOIL · 2011

    Same direction

  5. positive
    Potassium silicate increased four growth measures under water stress.

    AMELIORATION OF WATER STRESS EFFECT ON SORGHUM PLANT GROWTH AND WATER USE EFFICIENCY BY APPLICATION OF POTASSIUM SILICATE AND SALICYLIC ACID · 2018 · compared with the control

    Same direction

  6. positive
    The highest fertility level produced the tallest plants, most leaves and greatest dry biomass.

    Effect of fertility levels, dates and methods of sowing on growth attributes, grain or stalk yield and net returns in sweet sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) · 2018

    Same direction

  7. positive
    P at 100 kg significantly increased seed weight relative to other doses.

    EFFECT OF N, P AND K ON CSH-5 SORGHUM HYBRID SEED CROP. 11. SEED WEIGHT, GERMINATION AND VIGOUR · 1986 · compared with other doses

    Same direction

  8. positive
    PNS treatment was the most effective at increasing germination.

    Modeling Germination Dynamics and Drought Stress Tolerance in Sorghum Genotypes: Role of Priming and Hydrotime Analysis · 2025

    Same direction

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Claims are grouped by organism, treatment and what was measured or targeted. A paper counts as positive when any of its claims in the group is positive.