Abstract
Saranac alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) was grown on Charlottetown fine sandy loam (CHFSL) and Culloden sandy loam (CSL) in the greenhouse and field. Uninoculated, inoculated with peat-based rhizobia (I), inoculated and molybdenum-treated (IMo), inoculated and lime-coated (ILC), and inoculated, lime-coated and Mo-treated (ILCMo) seeds were included. At soil pH 5.0 and 5.3 in the greenhouse, the dry weights of alfalfa ranged from 214 to 727 mg/plant in the four cuttings from the ILC and ILCMo seed. The dry weights of alfalfa from the I and IMo seed were 1.3 to 99.7% of those from the ILCMo seed. Alfalfa from the ILC and ILCMo seed was well nodulated, whereas I and IMo seed resulted in poor nodulation. The 1973 field experiment showed that ILC and ILCMo seed at soil pH 5.5 and 5.6 resulted in alfalfa dry matter (DM) yields of 4,050 and 4,830 kg/ha which were equal to DM yields from plots with a pH of 6.0 and 6.1 seeded with inoculated seed. In plots with pH 5.5 and 5.6, total DM yields from I and IMo seed were 26.0–49.7% lower than those from ILCMo seed. In 1972, seed treatments on CHFSL at pH 5.6 did not influence the DM yields of alfalfa, whereas on CSL at pH 5.2 the crop failed to establish except from ILC and ILCMo seed and in limed plots at pH 5.9. In the first cutting, high N concentrations of alfalfa tissue coincided with good growth and good nodulation. The Mo concentrations of alfalfa tissue were not influenced in a uniform manner by seed treatments and varied from 0.11 to 0.49 ppm in the first cut tissue.
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Claims 10
Claim · model-written summary
Lime-coated inoculated seed produced alfalfa dry weights of 214 to 727 mg/plant across four greenhouse cuttings at pH 5.0 and 5.3.
- Taxon
- alfalfa
Medicago sativae0 - Treatment
- ILC and ILCMo seede0
- Outcome
- dry weights of alfalfae0
- Value
- 214 to 727 mg/plante0
- Qualifier
- soil pH 5.0 and 5.3e0
- Setting
- greenhousee0
Not reportedComparatorDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“At soil pH 5.0 and 5.3 in the greenhouse, the dry weights of alfalfa ranged from 214 to 727 mg/plant in the four cuttings from the ILC and ILCMo seed.”
Claim · model-written summary
Alfalfa from inoculated and inoculated plus molybdenum seed had dry weights of 1.3 to 99.7% of the lime-coated inoculated plus molybdenum treatment.
- Taxon
- alfalfaMedicago sativae0
- Treatment
- I and IMo seede0
- Outcome
- dry weights of alfalfae0
- Value
- 1.3 to 99.7%e0
- Comparator
- ILCMo seede0
Not reportedDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The dry weights of alfalfa from the I and IMo seed were 1.3 to 99.7% of those from the ILCMo seed.”
Claim · model-written summary
Lime-coated inoculated seed, with or without molybdenum, produced good alfalfa nodulation; inoculated seed without lime produced poor nodulation.
- Taxon
- AlfalfaMedicago sativae0
- Treatment
- ILC and ILCMo seede0
- Outcome
- well nodulatede0
- Comparator
- I and IMo seede0
Not reportedDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Alfalfa from the ILC and ILCMo seed was well nodulated, whereas I and IMo seed resulted in poor nodulation.”
Claim · model-written summary
At pH 5.5 and 5.6, lime-coated inoculated seed gave 4,050 kg/ha alfalfa dry matter yield in the 1973 field experiment.
- Taxon
- alfalfaMedicago sativae0
- Treatment
- ILCe0
- Outcome
- alfalfa dry matter (DM) yieldse0
- Direction
- equale0
- Value
- 4,050 and 4,830 kg/hae0
- Qualifier
- soil pH 5.5 and 5.6e0
- Comparator
- plots with a pH of 6.0 and 6.1 seeded with inoculated seede0
- Setting
- fielde0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The 1973 field experiment showed that ILC and ILCMo seed at soil pH 5.5 and 5.6 resulted in alfalfa dry matter (DM) yields of 4,050 and 4,830 kg/ha which were equal to DM yields from plots with a pH of 6.0 and 6.1 seeded with inoculated seed.”
Claim · model-written summary
At pH 5.5 and 5.6, lime-coated inoculated molybdenum-treated seed gave 4,830 kg/ha alfalfa dry matter yield in 1973.
- Taxon
- alfalfaMedicago sativae0
- Treatment
- ILCMo seede0
- Outcome
- alfalfa dry matter (DM) yieldse0
- Direction
- equale0
- Value
- 4,830 kg/hae0
- Qualifier
- soil pH 5.5 and 5.6e0
- Comparator
- plots with a pH of 6.0 and 6.1 seeded with inoculated seede0
- Setting
- fielde0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The 1973 field experiment showed that ILC and ILCMo seed at soil pH 5.5 and 5.6 resulted in alfalfa dry matter (DM) yields of 4,050 and 4,830 kg/ha which were equal to DM yields from plots with a pH of 6.0 and 6.1 seeded with inoculated seed.”
Claim · model-written summary
At pH 5.5 and 5.6, inoculated seed with or without molybdenum yielded 26.0–49.7% less dry matter than lime-coated inoculated molybdenum-treated seed.
- Taxon
- ALFALFAMedicago sativat0
- Treatment
- I and IMo seede0
- Outcome
- total DM yieldse0
- Direction
- lowere0
- Value
- 26.0–49.7%e0
- Qualifier
- pH 5.5 and 5.6e0
- Comparator
- ILCMo seede0
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Verbatim
e0“In plots with pH 5.5 and 5.6, total DM yields from I and IMo seed were 26.0–49.7% lower than those from ILCMo seed.”
t0“EFFECTS OF SEED INOCULATION METHODS WITH PEAT-BASED RHIZOBIUM MELILOTI ON ALFALFA”
Claim · model-written summary
Seed treatment did not influence alfalfa dry matter yield on CHFSL at pH 5.6 in 1972.
- Taxon
- alfalfaMedicago sativae0
- Treatment
- seed treatmentse0
- Outcome
- DM yields of alfalfae0
- Direction
- did not influencee0
- Qualifier
- pH 5.6e0
- Setting
- CHFSLe0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“In 1972, seed treatments on CHFSL at pH 5.6 did not influence the DM yields of alfalfa”
Claim · model-written summary
On CSL at pH 5.2 in 1972, alfalfa established only from lime-coated inoculated seed with or without molybdenum, and in limed plots at pH 5.9.
- Taxon
- ALFALFAMedicago sativat0
- Treatment
- ILC and ILCMo seede0
- Outcome
- the crop failed to establish except from ILC and ILCMo seed and in limed plots at pH 5.9e0
- Comparator
- the crop failed to establishe0
- Setting
- CSLe0
Not reportedDirection
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Verbatim
e0“whereas on CSL at pH 5.2 the crop failed to establish except from ILC and ILCMo seed and in limed plots at pH 5.9.”
t0“EFFECTS OF SEED INOCULATION METHODS WITH PEAT-BASED RHIZOBIUM MELILOTI ON ALFALFA”
Claim · model-written summary
In the first cutting, high alfalfa tissue nitrogen concentration coincided with good growth and nodulation.
- Taxon
- alfalfaMedicago sativae0
- Organ / stage
- first cuttinge0
- Compound
- Ne0
- Outcome
- good growth and good nodulatione0
Not reportedDirection
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Verbatim
e0“In the first cutting, high N concentrations of alfalfa tissue coincided with good growth and good nodulation.”
Claim · model-written summary
Seed treatments did not uniformly influence alfalfa tissue molybdenum concentrations, which ranged from 0.11 to 0.49 ppm in first-cut tissue.
- Taxon
- alfalfaMedicago sativae0
- Organ / stage
- first cut tissuee0
- Treatment
- seed treatmentse0
- Outcome
- Mo concentrations of alfalfa tissuee0
- Direction
- not influenced in a uniform mannere0
- Value
- 0.11 to 0.49 ppme0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The Mo concentrations of alfalfa tissue were not influenced in a uniform manner by seed treatments and varied from 0.11 to 0.49 ppm in the first cut tissue.”
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