Abstract
Composts produced with kiwifruit waste from the calibration process (KW), mixed with 5%, 10%, and 20% wheat straw (WS), were evaluated as crop fertilizers through a pot experiment with lettuce, arranged as a randomized block design. Highest lettuce yields were achieved with 20 and 40 t·ha−1 5%WS compost and 40 t·ha−1 10%WS compost, suggesting that the physical characteristics of the composts increased soil water holding capacity and root growth, whereas chemical characteristics such as pH, organic matter, and nutrient contents contributed to improving soil reaction and nutrient availability. The type of soil amendment used influenced the development of different bacterial consortia in the bulk soil and rhizosphere, leading to increased levels of potentially beneficial bacteria and enhanced levels of relevant functions for plant growth, such as nitrogen fixation. Composted KW as an organic amendment can be used to improve soil quality and the circular economy.
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Claim · model-written summary
20 t·ha−1 5%WS compost produced among the highest lettuce yields.
- Taxon
- lettuce
Lactuca sativae0 - Treatment
- 5%WS composte0
- Outcome
- lettuce yieldse0
- Direction
- Higheste0
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Verbatim
e0“Highest lettuce yields were achieved with 20 and 40 t·ha−1 5%WS compost and 40 t·ha−1 10%WS compost, suggesting that the physical characteristics of the composts increased soil water holding capacity and root growth, whereas chemical characteristics such as pH, organic matter, and nutrient contents contributed to improving soil reaction and nutrient availability.”
Claim · model-written summary
40 t·ha−1 5%WS compost produced among the highest lettuce yields.
- Taxon
- lettuceLactuca sativae0
- Treatment
- 40 t·ha−1 5%WS composte0
- Outcome
- lettuce yieldse0
- Direction
- Higheste0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Highest lettuce yields were achieved with 20 and 40 t·ha−1 5%WS compost and 40 t·ha−1 10%WS compost, suggesting that the physical characteristics of the composts increased soil water holding capacity and root growth, whereas chemical characteristics such as pH, organic matter, and nutrient contents contributed to improving soil reaction and nutrient availability.”
Claim · model-written summary
40 t·ha−1 10%WS compost produced among the highest lettuce yields.
- Taxon
- lettuceLactuca sativae0
- Treatment
- 40 t·ha−1 10%WS composte0
- Outcome
- lettuce yieldse0
- Direction
- Higheste0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Highest lettuce yields were achieved with 20 and 40 t·ha−1 5%WS compost and 40 t·ha−1 10%WS compost, suggesting that the physical characteristics of the composts increased soil water holding capacity and root growth, whereas chemical characteristics such as pH, organic matter, and nutrient contents contributed to improving soil reaction and nutrient availability.”
Claim · model-written summary
Soil amendment type influenced bulk soil and rhizosphere bacterial consortia.
- Taxon
- LettuceLactuca sativat0
- Treatment
- soil amendmente0
- Interactor
- bacterial consortiae0symbiont
- Outcome
- development of different bacterial consortia in the bulk soil and rhizospheree0
Not reportedDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The type of soil amendment used influenced the development of different bacterial consortia in the bulk soil and rhizosphere, leading to increased levels of potentially beneficial bacteria and enhanced levels of relevant functions for plant growth, such as nitrogen fixation.”
t0“Lettuce”
Claim · model-written summary
Soil amendment type increased potentially beneficial bacteria.
- Taxon
- LettuceLactuca sativat0
- Treatment
- soil amendmente0
- Interactor
- potentially beneficial bacteriae0symbiont
- Outcome
- levels of potentially beneficial bacteriae0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The type of soil amendment used influenced the development of different bacterial consortia in the bulk soil and rhizosphere, leading to increased levels of potentially beneficial bacteria and enhanced levels of relevant functions for plant growth, such as nitrogen fixation.”
t0“Lettuce”
Claim · model-written summary
Soil amendment type enhanced plant-growth functions including nitrogen fixation.
- Taxon
- LettuceLactuca sativat0
- Treatment
- soil amendmente0
- Outcome
- levels of relevant functions for plant growth, such as nitrogen fixatione0
- Direction
- enhancede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The type of soil amendment used influenced the development of different bacterial consortia in the bulk soil and rhizosphere, leading to increased levels of potentially beneficial bacteria and enhanced levels of relevant functions for plant growth, such as nitrogen fixation.”
t0“Lettuce”
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