Effects of Vermicompost Application on Plant Growth Stimulation in Technogenic Soils †
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Material and Methods
2.1. Preparation of Vermicomposts and Their Aqueous Solutions
2.2. Experimental Plants
2.3. Method of Plants Growth Assessment
2.4. Statistical Evaluation
3. Results
3.1. Basic Statistics of the Evaluated Data Set
3.2. Impact of Vermicompost Leachates on Plant Growth
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Variable | n | s | min. | max. | s.e. | V (%) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
root (g) | 191 | 42.47 | 6.04 | 29.87 | 58.04 | 0.44 | 14.23 |
stem (g) | 192 | 66.60 | 6.31 | 46.88 | 81.66 | 0.46 | 9.47 |
fruits (g) | 192 | 6.49 | 0.77 | 4.41 | 8.21 | 0.06 | 11.82 |
fruits (pcs) | 192 | 22.27 | 3.61 | 10 | 29 | 0.26 | 16.22 |
Rated Properties | Model | Form | Dose | |||
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r2 | p | F-Value | p | F-Value | p | |
root (g) | 0.820 | <0.001 | 59.66 | <0.001 | 156.42 | <0.001 |
stem (g) | 0.51 | <0.001 | 8.76 | 0.004 | 36.73 | <0.001 |
fruits (g) | 0.692 | <0.001 | 1.04 | 0.308 | 82.79 | <0.001 |
fruits (pcs) | 0.194 | <0.001 | 0.02 | 0.878 | 8.91 | <0.001 |
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