Claim · model-written summary
Conventional tillage had higher soil Mg concentration of 406.75 mg/L at 0 to 10 cm depth.
- Treatment
- conventional tillagee0
- Outcome
- Mge0
- Direction
- highere0
- Value
- 406.75 mg/Le0
- Qualifier
- 0 to 10 cm soil sampling depthe0
- Setting
- Eastern Cape Province in South Africae1
Zea maysNot reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleComparator
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Verbatim
t0“maize”
e0“Ca (395.6 mg/L) and Mg (406.75 mg/L) concentration were higher under conventional tillage at 0 to 10 cm soil sampling depth”
e1“Eastern Cape Province in South Africa”
Title
Mtyobile Mxolisi; Mhlontlo Simphiwo Journal of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development 2021. doi:10.5897/jaerd2021.1199
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Intervention effect Minimum tillage increased soil P concentration to 46 mg/L.
- Intervention effect Minimum tillage increased soil K concentration to 227 mg/L.
- Intervention effect Conventional tillage had higher soil Ca concentration of 395.6 mg/L at 0 to 10 cm depth.
- Intervention effect Soil pH was not affected by tillage practices.
- Intervention effect Minimum tillage raised maize yield from 2.3 to 4.78 tons per ha, versus 4.16 tons under conventional tillage.
- Intervention effect Minimum tillage gave a greater gross margin of US $273.92 than conventional tillage at US $207.02.
- Recommendation The authors recommend wider adoption of minimum tillage with crop rotation and residue retention.