Abstract
This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of different organic fertilizers and Mesorhizobium ciceri inoculation on seedling growth and nodulation traits of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.). The experiment was carried out during the 2023–2024 growing season at the experimental fields of Siirt University Faculty of Agriculture, arranged in a randomized complete block design with three replications. Solid worm manure, sheep, cattle, and poultry manures were applied at different rates, while a peat-based Mesorhizobium ciceri inoculant was used as microbial fertilizer through seed coating. The measured traits included plant height, number of primary and secondary branches, shoot fresh and dry weights, root length, root fresh and dry weights, nodule number, and nodule fresh and dry weights. Results indicated that the combination of organic and microbial fertilizers significantly enhanced plant growth and nodulation compared to the control and sole applications. Particularly, the Mesorhizobium ciceri + 200 kg da⁻¹ worm manure treatment achieved the highest values for root traits and nodulation parameters. The findings suggest that the integrated use of organic manures and biofertilizers provides a sustainable alternative to chemical fertilization, enhances nitrogen use efficiency, and supports environmentally friendly production systems in chickpea cultivation.
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Claim · model-written summary
Combined organic and microbial fertilizers significantly enhanced chickpea plant growth relative to controls and sole applications.
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- chickpea
Cicer arietinumt0 - Treatment
- combination of organic and microbial fertilizerse0
- Outcome
- plant growthe0
- Direction
- enhancede0
- Comparator
- the control and sole applicationse0
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e0“the combination of organic and microbial fertilizers significantly enhanced plant growth and nodulation compared to the control and sole applications.”
t0“Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)”
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Combined organic and microbial fertilizers significantly enhanced chickpea nodulation relative to controls and sole applications.
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- chickpeaCicer arietinumt0
- Treatment
- combination of organic and microbial fertilizerse0
- Outcome
- nodulatione0
- Direction
- enhancede0
- Comparator
- the control and sole applicationse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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e0“the combination of organic and microbial fertilizers significantly enhanced plant growth and nodulation compared to the control and sole applications.”
t0“Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)”
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Mesorhizobium ciceri with 200 kg da⁻¹ worm manure gave the highest chickpea root trait values.
- Taxon
- chickpeaCicer arietinumt0
- Treatment
- Mesorhizobium ciceri + 200 kg da⁻¹ worm manure treatmente0
- Interactor
- Mesorhizobium ciceriMesorhizobium cicerie0symbiont
- Outcome
- root traitse0
- Direction
- higheste0
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e0“the Mesorhizobium ciceri + 200 kg da⁻¹ worm manure treatment achieved the highest values for root traits and nodulation parameters.”
t0“Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)”
Claim · model-written summary
Mesorhizobium ciceri with 200 kg da⁻¹ worm manure gave the highest chickpea nodulation parameter values.
- Taxon
- chickpeaCicer arietinumt0
- Treatment
- Mesorhizobium ciceri + 200 kg da⁻¹ worm manure treatmente0
- Interactor
- Mesorhizobium ciceriMesorhizobium cicerie0symbiont
- Outcome
- nodulation parameterse0
- Direction
- higheste0
Not reportedComparator
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e0“the Mesorhizobium ciceri + 200 kg da⁻¹ worm manure treatment achieved the highest values for root traits and nodulation parameters.”
t0“Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)”
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The authors suggest integrated manures and biofertilizers as a sustainable chemical fertilizer alternative for chickpea.
- Taxon
- chickpeaCicer arietinumt0
- Outcome
- sustainable alternative to chemical fertilizatione0
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e0“the integrated use of organic manures and biofertilizers provides a sustainable alternative to chemical fertilization”
t0“Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)”
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The authors suggest integrated fertilizers enhance nitrogen use efficiency in chickpea.
- Taxon
- chickpeaCicer arietinumt0
- Outcome
- nitrogen use efficiencye0
- Direction
- enhancese0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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e0“enhances nitrogen use efficiency”
t0“Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors suggest integrated fertilization supports environmentally friendly chickpea production.
- Taxon
- chickpeaCicer arietinume0
- Outcome
- environmentally friendly production systemse0
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e0“supports environmentally friendly production systems in chickpea cultivation.”
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