Paper · 1995 · HortScience

Influence of Growing Media Amended with Compost and the Electrical Conductivity of Nutrient Solution on Three Medicinal Plants Grown in Multicompartment Trays

Elizabeth Herrera; Nicolas Tremblay; André Gosselin

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Abstract

Transplants of angelica ( Angelica archangelica L.), horehound ( Marrubium vulgare L.), and thyme ( Thymus vulgaris L.) were grown in multicompartment trays with five proportions of compost (0%, 15%, 30%, 45%, 60%) mixed to peatmoss and perlite. Plants were fertilized with different electrical conductivity (EC) levels of the nutrient solution (0, 1, and 2 mmho/cm). Horehound and thyme plants were transplanted in the field to measure the residual effects of treatments on dry matter yields and level of active substances. The three medicinal plants showed increased shoot and root dry weights as well as leaf mineral content (some nutrients) when proportion of compost and EC of nutrient solution were higher. The optimal combinations of compost and fertilization treatments on plants growth varied between species. Residual effects of treatments applied in greenhouse on shoot dry matter weight of horehound and thyme plants were observed until the 9th and 12th week, respectively, after transplantation. Treatments also affected active substance levels in horehound plants in field. Organic fertilization management influenced growth, yield in the field and level of certain active substances of the harvested parts of medicinal plants.

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Higher compost proportion and nutrient-solution conductivity increased shoot and root dry weights in angelica.

Taxon
angelicaAngelicae7
Treatment
proportion of compost and EC of nutrient solution were highere0
Outcome
shoot and root dry weightse0
Direction
increasede0

Not reportedComparator

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

Angelica
Angelica · Taxon · picture of the genus (one of its species)No machine-readable author provided. TeunSpaans assumed (based on copyright claims). · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“The three medicinal plants showed increased shoot and root dry weights as well as leaf mineral content (some nutrients) when proportion of compost and EC of nutrient solution were higher”

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“Transplants of angelica ( Angelica archangelica L.), horehound ( Marrubium vulgare L.), and thyme ( Thymus vulgaris L.)”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Higher compost proportion and nutrient-solution conductivity increased shoot and root dry weights in horehound.

Taxon
horehounde7
Treatment
proportion of compost and EC of nutrient solution were highere0
Outcome
shoot and root dry weightse0
Direction
increasede0

Not reportedComparator

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“The three medicinal plants showed increased shoot and root dry weights as well as leaf mineral content (some nutrients) when proportion of compost and EC of nutrient solution were higher”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 525–711 · show in text ↑
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“Transplants of angelica ( Angelica archangelica L.), horehound ( Marrubium vulgare L.), and thyme ( Thymus vulgaris L.)”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Higher compost proportion and nutrient-solution conductivity increased shoot and root dry weights in thyme.

Treatment
proportion of compost and EC of nutrient solution were highere0
Outcome
shoot and root dry weightse0
Direction
increasede0

Not reportedComparator

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

Thymus vulgaris
Thymus vulgaris · TaxonIsidre blanc · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“The three medicinal plants showed increased shoot and root dry weights as well as leaf mineral content (some nutrients) when proportion of compost and EC of nutrient solution were higher”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 525–711 · show in text ↑
e7

“Transplants of angelica ( Angelica archangelica L.), horehound ( Marrubium vulgare L.), and thyme ( Thymus vulgaris L.)”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Higher compost proportion and nutrient-solution conductivity increased leaf mineral content in angelica.

Taxon
angelicaAngelicae7
Treatment
proportion of compost and EC of nutrient solution were highere0
Outcome
leaf mineral contente0
Direction
increasede0
Qualifier
some nutrientse0

Not reportedComparator

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

Angelica
Angelica · Taxon · picture of the genus (one of its species)No machine-readable author provided. TeunSpaans assumed (based on copyright claims). · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“The three medicinal plants showed increased shoot and root dry weights as well as leaf mineral content (some nutrients) when proportion of compost and EC of nutrient solution were higher”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 525–711 · show in text ↑
e7

“Transplants of angelica ( Angelica archangelica L.), horehound ( Marrubium vulgare L.), and thyme ( Thymus vulgaris L.)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 0–119 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Higher compost proportion and nutrient-solution conductivity increased leaf mineral content in horehound.

Taxon
horehounde7
Treatment
proportion of compost and EC of nutrient solution were highere0
Outcome
leaf mineral contente0
Direction
increasede0
Qualifier
some nutrientse0

Not reportedComparator

Verbatim

e0

“The three medicinal plants showed increased shoot and root dry weights as well as leaf mineral content (some nutrients) when proportion of compost and EC of nutrient solution were higher”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 525–711 · show in text ↑
e7

“Transplants of angelica ( Angelica archangelica L.), horehound ( Marrubium vulgare L.), and thyme ( Thymus vulgaris L.)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 0–119 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Higher compost proportion and nutrient-solution conductivity increased leaf mineral content in thyme.

Treatment
proportion of compost and EC of nutrient solution were highere0
Outcome
leaf mineral contente0
Direction
increasede0
Qualifier
some nutrientse0

Not reportedComparator

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

Thymus vulgaris
Thymus vulgaris · TaxonIsidre blanc · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“The three medicinal plants showed increased shoot and root dry weights as well as leaf mineral content (some nutrients) when proportion of compost and EC of nutrient solution were higher”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 525–711 · show in text ↑
e7

“Transplants of angelica ( Angelica archangelica L.), horehound ( Marrubium vulgare L.), and thyme ( Thymus vulgaris L.)”

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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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The optimal compost and fertilization combinations for growth varied among species.

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optimal combinations of compost and fertilization treatments on plants growthe0
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variede0

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“The optimal combinations of compost and fertilization treatments on plants growth varied between species”

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“medicinal plants”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Greenhouse treatments had residual effects on horehound shoot dry matter weight until week 9 after transplanting.

Taxon
horehounde0
Treatment
treatments applied in greenhousee0
Outcome
shoot dry matter weighte0
Value
9the0
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after transplantatione0

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“Residual effects of treatments applied in greenhouse on shoot dry matter weight of horehound and thyme plants were observed until the 9th and 12th week, respectively, after transplantation”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Greenhouse treatments had residual effects on thyme shoot dry matter weight until week 12 after transplanting.

Treatment
treatments applied in greenhousee0
Outcome
shoot dry matter weighte0
Value
12th weeke0

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

Thymus vulgaris
Thymus vulgaris · TaxonIsidre blanc · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Residual effects of treatments applied in greenhouse on shoot dry matter weight of horehound and thyme plants were observed until the 9th and 12th week, respectively, after transplantation”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 819–1007 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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Treatments affected active substance levels in field-grown horehound.

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horehounde0
Treatment
Treatmentse0
Outcome
active substance levelse0
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fielde0

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“Treatments also affected active substance levels in horehound plants in field”

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fertilization · growth · AngelicaPositive and negative results

2 papers: 1 positive, 1 negative or no effect

1 in the opposite direction

  1. no effect
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fertilization · nutrient: content · Thymus vulgaris (thyme)Positive and negative results

3 papers: 2 positive, 1 negative or no effect

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

  1. negative
  2. positive
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fertilization · growth · Thymus vulgaris (thyme)Results agree

9 papers: 9 positive, 0 negative or no effect

8 papers in the same direction as this paper

  1. positive
  2. positive
  3. positive

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