Research Article
Investigating the Effects of Various Soil Amendments on Forages Production in the Field
Table 5
Performance of the soil amendments on the germination of alfalfa seeds [
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| Soil amendments | 5.0 tons/ha | 7.5 tons/ha | 10 tons/ha | Germination (%) | Number of seeds germinated out of 15 in each |
| Compost | 14 | 13 | 10 | 82 | Commercial-compost | 14 | 13 | 10 | 82 | Biochar | 12 | 15 | 12 | 87 | Soil conditioner | 14 | 13 | 10 | 82 | Control | | 78 |
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