Abstract
We explored the feasibility of mixing sandy soil with manure compost for growing muskmelon (Cucumis melon L.). Eight combinations of two compost types (cattle manure with straw (CS) and sheep manure with straw (SS)) mixed in different ratios to sandy soil were used. The mineralisation rate of N and P in CS substrates was higher than that in SS substrates. The reverse was the case for K. The yield and quality of fruit was higher in CS than in SS substrates. CS substrates were therefore better than SS substrates and the optimum rate of addition was a 1:1 ratio of compost to sandy soil.
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Claims 4
Claim · model-written summary
Mineralisation rate of N and P was higher in cattle manure compost substrates than in sheep manure compost substrates for muskmelon.
- Taxon
- muskmelon
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Cucumis meloe3 - Treatment
- cattle manure with straw (CS)e2
- Outcome
- mineralisation rate of N and Pe1
- Direction
- highere1
- Comparator
- sheep manure with straw (SS)e2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
e1“The mineralisation rate of N and P in CS substrates was higher than that in SS substrates. The reverse was the case for K”
e2“cattle manure with straw (CS) and sheep manure with straw (SS)”
e3“for growing muskmelon (Cucumis melon L.)”
Claim · model-written summary
Mineralisation rate of K was lower in cattle manure compost substrates than in sheep manure compost substrates.
- Taxon
- muskmelonCucumis meloe3
- Treatment
- cattle manure with straw (CS)e2
- Outcome
- mineralisation ratee1
- Direction
- lowerinferrede1
- Qualifier
- for Ke1
- Comparator
- sheep manure with straw (SS)e2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“The mineralisation rate of N and P in CS substrates was higher than that in SS substrates. The reverse was the case for K”
e2“cattle manure with straw (CS) and sheep manure with straw (SS)”
e3“for growing muskmelon (Cucumis melon L.)”
Claim · model-written summary
Muskmelon fruit yield and quality were higher on CS substrates than on SS substrates.
- Taxon
- muskmelonCucumis meloe3
- Treatment
- CSe4
- Outcome
- yield and quality of fruite4
- Direction
- highere4
- Comparator
- SS substratese4
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e4“The yield and quality of fruit was higher in CS than in SS substrates”
e3“for growing muskmelon (Cucumis melon L.)”
Claim · model-written summary
The optimum rate of compost addition to sandy soil for muskmelon was a 1:1 ratio.
- Taxon
- muskmelonCucumis meloe3
- Outcome
- optimum rate of additione5
- Value
- 1:1 ratioe5
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e5“the optimum rate of addition was a 1:1 ratio of compost to sandy soil”
e3“for growing muskmelon (Cucumis melon L.)”
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