Effect of Biochar Amendment and Organic Fertilization on the Yield and Nutritional Quality of Artichoke (Cynara cardunculus L.)
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Field Experimental Design and Treatments
2.2. Crop Yield and Production
2.3. Cation Determination in Plants and Soil
2.4. Organic Matter (OM) and Total Organic Carbon (TOC) in the Soil
2.5. Extraction and Determination of Fatty Acids
2.6. Extraction and Determination of Phenolic Compounds and Flavonoids
2.7. Statistics
3. Results
3.1. Crop Yield and Production
3.2. Mineral Content in Plant and Soils: Organic Matter and Total Organic Carbon in the Soil
3.3. Relationship between Soil Fertility and Plant Parameters
3.4. Fatty Acid Content
3.5. Phenolic Compound Content
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Micronutrients (mg kg−1 DW) | Control | Biochar |
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Mn | 91.3 ± 2.11 a | 104.8 ± 4.60 b |
Co | 1.3 ± 0.15 a | 0.90 ± 0.02 b |
Zn | 305.0 ± 7.30 a | 225.5 ± 7.75 b |
Fe | 314.5 ± 17.61 n.s | 310.2 ± 6.27 n.s |
Cu | 42.9 ± 1.30 a | 30.5 ± 0.60 b |
Control | Biochar | |
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CEC (meq 100 g−1) | 9.99 b | 11.6 a |
OM (%) | 1.88 b | 1.98 a |
TOC (%) | 1.0 b | 1.2 a |
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García Gómez, P.; Moreno, D.A.; Conesa, E.; Martínez Ballesta, M.d.C. Effect of Biochar Amendment and Organic Fertilization on the Yield and Nutritional Quality of Artichoke (Cynara cardunculus L.). Horticulturae 2024, 10, 910. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae10090910
García Gómez P, Moreno DA, Conesa E, Martínez Ballesta MdC. Effect of Biochar Amendment and Organic Fertilization on the Yield and Nutritional Quality of Artichoke (Cynara cardunculus L.). Horticulturae. 2024; 10(9):910. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae10090910
Chicago/Turabian StyleGarcía Gómez, Pablo, Diego A. Moreno, Encarna Conesa, and María del Carmen Martínez Ballesta. 2024. "Effect of Biochar Amendment and Organic Fertilization on the Yield and Nutritional Quality of Artichoke (Cynara cardunculus L.)" Horticulturae 10, no. 9: 910. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae10090910