Intervention effectmodel-written summary

Straw mulch increased yield in all three years.

A claim from Effect of mulches and transpiration suppressants on yield, water use efficiency and uptake of nitrogen and phosphorus by sorghum under dryland conditions of north-western India · 1982

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Straw mulch increased yield in all three years.

Taxon
sorghumSorghumt0
Treatment
straw mulche0
Outcome
yielde0
Direction
increasede0
Qualifier
all 3 yearse0
Comparator
no mulche0

Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleSettingValue

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Sorghum
Sorghum · Taxon · picture of the genus (one of its species)Evelyn Simak · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

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“Compared with no mulch, straw mulch increased yield in all 3 years”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 378–444
t0

“sorghum”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 121–128

Title

Effect of mulches and transpiration suppressants on yield, water use efficiency and uptake of nitrogen and phosphorus by sorghum under dryland conditions of north-western India

P. Raghavulu; S. P. Singh The Journal of Agricultural Science 1982. doi:10.1017/s0021859600041162

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organic · yield · SorghumResults differ

27 papers: 20 positive, 7 negative or no effect

19 papers in the same direction as this claim · 6 in the opposite direction · 1 reporting no difference from an alternative

  1. no effect
    Removing 50 percent or adding 50 percent of surface residues had little or no effect on crop yields compared with no removal.

    Crop Residue Removal and Soil Productivity with No‐Till Corn, Sorghum, and Soybean · 1984 · compared with no removal (100%)

    Opposite direction

  2. no effect
    Residue retention did not significantly change sorghum yield across soils in either season.

    Crop and weed responses to residue retention and method of weeding in first two years of a hoe-based minimum tillage system in semi-arid Zimbabwe · 2009

    Opposite direction

  3. no effect
    Sewage sludge did not influence first-year sorghum production under unfavorable soil moisture.

    Influence of Biosolids Rate on Chemical Properties of an Oxisol in São Paulo, Brazil · 2006

    Opposite direction

  4. no effect
    Crop residue incorporation had no significant effect on sorghum yield.

    Productivity and residual benefits of grain legumes to sorghum under semi-arid conditions in southwestern Zimbabwe · 2007

    Opposite direction

  5. no effect
    Textile sewage sludge rates gave the same sorghum grain production.

    Sorghum growth in soil treated with sewage sludge from the textile industry · 2015

    Opposite direction

  6. negative
    sorghum yield was 6 lower after complete surface residue removal.

    Influence of Crop Residue Removal on Yields of Corn, Sorghum, and Soybeans With No Tillage · 1981 · compared with residues were not removed

    Opposite direction

  7. no effect
    A 67 metric ton/ha sludge rate produced nearly the same sorghum yield as the nitrogen treatment.

    Interactions of gamma‐irradiated sewage, nitrogen and phosphorus for Sorghum on a calcareous soil · 1983 · compared with nitrogen treatment

    No difference from an alternative

  8. positive
    Mulch and additional water increased sorghum grain yield from 1,780 to 3,990 kg/ha.

    Straw‐mulch Rate Effect on Soil Water Storage and Sorghum Yield · 1978

    Same direction

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Claims are grouped by organism, treatment and what was measured or targeted. A paper counts as positive when any of its claims in the group is positive.