Abstract
Suitable management techniques are required to improve soil nutrient availability and crop yield. This study evaluated biochar particle sizes (<2 mm, 2-5 mm and 5-10 mm) in combination with rhizobia inocula (Biozote-N (Rhizobium leguminosarum (BZ)) and Rhizogold (a mixture of Rhizobium leguminosarum with other plant growth promoting bacteria (RG)) for enhancing lentils yield and nutrients availability in a low fertility alfisol using randomized complete block split plot design during Winter 2015-16. Biochar with lowest particle size (< 2 mm) showed the maximum 13, 17, 6 and 17% increase in bundle weight, straw yield, grain yield and thousand grain weight, respectively, and 27, 43 and 18% increase in soil mineral nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) status, respectively, compared to no Biochar plots. The Bizote-N inoculation improved the grain yield by 4%. Combination of Bizote-N and the biochar smallest particle size (< 2 mm) resulted in more mineral N content. The extractable K was highest at < 2 mm particle size and no biofertilizer treatment followed by Bizote-N inoculation. It was concluded that the Biozote-N performance was consistent with the lowest biochar particle size (< 2 mm) for enhanced lentil yield and soil fertility.
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Claims 10
Claim · model-written summary
Biochar below 2 mm gave a 13% increase in lentil bundle weight compared with no biochar.
- Taxon
- lentil
Lens culinarist0 - Treatment
- Biochar with lowest particle size (< 2 mm)e1
- Outcome
- bundle weighte1
- Direction
- increasee1
- Value
- 13e1
- Comparator
- no Biochar plotse4
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Verbatim
t0“Effect of biochar particle size and biofertilizers on lentil (Lense culinarous M.) yield and available fractions of soil nutrients”
e1“Biochar with lowest particle size (< 2 mm) showed the maximum 13, 17, 6 and 17% increase in bundle weight, straw yield, grain yield and thousand grain weight, respectively”
e4“compared to no Biochar plots”
Claim · model-written summary
Biochar below 2 mm gave a 17% increase in lentil straw yield compared with no biochar.
- Taxon
- lentilLens culinarist0
- Treatment
- Biochar with lowest particle size (< 2 mm)e1
- Outcome
- straw yielde1
- Direction
- increasee1
- Value
- 17e1
- Comparator
- no Biochar plotse4
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Effect of biochar particle size and biofertilizers on lentil (Lense culinarous M.) yield and available fractions of soil nutrients”
e1“Biochar with lowest particle size (< 2 mm) showed the maximum 13, 17, 6 and 17% increase in bundle weight, straw yield, grain yield and thousand grain weight, respectively”
e4“compared to no Biochar plots”
Claim · model-written summary
Biochar below 2 mm gave a 6% increase in lentil grain yield compared with no biochar.
- Taxon
- lentilLens culinarist0
- Treatment
- Biochar with lowest particle size (< 2 mm)e1
- Outcome
- grain yielde1
- Direction
- increasee1
- Value
- 6e1
- Comparator
- no Biochar plotse4
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Effect of biochar particle size and biofertilizers on lentil (Lense culinarous M.) yield and available fractions of soil nutrients”
e1“Biochar with lowest particle size (< 2 mm) showed the maximum 13, 17, 6 and 17% increase in bundle weight, straw yield, grain yield and thousand grain weight, respectively”
e4“compared to no Biochar plots”
Claim · model-written summary
Biochar below 2 mm gave a 17% increase in lentil thousand grain weight compared with no biochar.
- Taxon
- lentilLens culinarist0
- Treatment
- Biochar with lowest particle size (< 2 mm)e1
- Outcome
- thousand grain weighte1
- Direction
- increasee1
- Value
- 17e1
- Comparator
- no Biochar plotse4
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Effect of biochar particle size and biofertilizers on lentil (Lense culinarous M.) yield and available fractions of soil nutrients”
e1“Biochar with lowest particle size (< 2 mm) showed the maximum 13, 17, 6 and 17% increase in bundle weight, straw yield, grain yield and thousand grain weight, respectively”
e4“compared to no Biochar plots”
Claim · model-written summary
Biochar below 2 mm increased soil mineral nitrogen by 27% compared with no biochar.
- Taxon
- lentilLens culinarist0
- Treatment
- Biochar with lowest particle size (< 2 mm)e3
- Outcome
- soil mineral nitrogen (N)e2
- Direction
- increasee2
- Value
- 27e2
- Comparator
- no Biochar plotse4
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Effect of biochar particle size and biofertilizers on lentil (Lense culinarous M.) yield and available fractions of soil nutrients”
e2“27, 43 and 18% increase in soil mineral nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) status, respectively”
e3“Biochar with lowest particle size (< 2 mm)”
e4“compared to no Biochar plots”
Claim · model-written summary
Biochar below 2 mm increased soil mineral phosphorus by 43% compared with no biochar.
- Taxon
- lentilLens culinarist0
- Treatment
- Biochar with lowest particle size (< 2 mm)e3
- Outcome
- phosphorus (P)e2
- Direction
- increasee2
- Value
- 43e2
- Comparator
- no Biochar plotse4
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Effect of biochar particle size and biofertilizers on lentil (Lense culinarous M.) yield and available fractions of soil nutrients”
e2“27, 43 and 18% increase in soil mineral nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) status, respectively”
e3“Biochar with lowest particle size (< 2 mm)”
e4“compared to no Biochar plots”
Claim · model-written summary
Biochar below 2 mm increased soil potassium status by 18% compared with no biochar.
- Taxon
- lentilLens culinarist0
- Treatment
- Biochar with lowest particle size (< 2 mm)e3
- Outcome
- potassium (K) statuse2
- Direction
- increasee2
- Value
- 18e2
- Comparator
- no Biochar plotse4
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Effect of biochar particle size and biofertilizers on lentil (Lense culinarous M.) yield and available fractions of soil nutrients”
e2“27, 43 and 18% increase in soil mineral nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) status, respectively”
e3“Biochar with lowest particle size (< 2 mm)”
e4“compared to no Biochar plots”
Claim · model-written summary
Rhizobium inoculation (Bizote-N) improved lentil grain yield by 4%.
- Taxon
- lentilLens culinarist0
- Treatment
- Bizote-N inoculatione5
- Interactor
- Rhizobium leguminosarum
Rhizobium leguminosarume6symbiont - Outcome
- grain yielde5
- Direction
- improvede5
- Value
- 4%e5
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
t0“Effect of biochar particle size and biofertilizers on lentil (Lense culinarous M.) yield and available fractions of soil nutrients”
e5“The Bizote-N inoculation improved the grain yield by 4%”
e6“Biozote-N (Rhizobium leguminosarum (BZ))”
Claim · model-written summary
Combining Bizote-N with the smallest biochar particle size resulted in more mineral N content in soil.
- Taxon
- lentilLens culinarist0
- Treatment
- Combination of Bizote-N and the biochar smallest particle size (< 2 mm)e7
- Outcome
- mineral N contente7
- Direction
- moree7
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
t0“Effect of biochar particle size and biofertilizers on lentil (Lense culinarous M.) yield and available fractions of soil nutrients”
e7“Combination of Bizote-N and the biochar smallest particle size (< 2 mm) resulted in more mineral N content”
Claim · model-written summary
Extractable K was highest at the smallest biochar particle size with no biofertilizer, followed by Bizote-N inoculation.
- Taxon
- lentilLens culinarist0
- Treatment
- < 2 mm particle sizee0
- Outcome
- extractable Ke0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Comparator
- no biofertilizer treatmente0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Effect of biochar particle size and biofertilizers on lentil (Lense culinarous M.) yield and available fractions of soil nutrients”
e0“The extractable K was highest at < 2 mm particle size and no biofertilizer treatment followed by Bizote-N inoculation”
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