Claim · model-written summary
Direct-seeding mulch cropping retained higher soil water potential than reduced tillage at three depths.
- Treatment
- DMCe0
- Outcome
- soil water potential retentione0
- Direction
- highere0
- Qualifier
- at 10, 30, and 60 cm soil depthe0
- Comparator
- RTe0
Zea maysNot reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleSettingValue
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“We found higher soil water potential retention in DMC than in RT at 10, 30, and 60 cm soil depth.”
e7“Two fields were cropped with maize (Zea mays L.) and one with sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.)”
Title
Short-Term Effects of Conversion from Reduced Tillage to Direct-Seeding Mulch-Based Cropping Systems
Rémy Kulagowski; Anaïs Chailleux Journal of Crop Improvement 2015. doi:10.1080/15427528.2015.1070390
Other claims from this paper (5)
- Intervention effect Nitrogen availability was slightly higher under reduced tillage.
- Intervention effect Crop development did not change with soil practice.
- Intervention effect Maize yield in one field was 3.04 t/ha higher under DMC than RT.
- Intervention effect Sorghum yield was 2.105 t/ha higher under DMC than RT.
- Recommendation The authors conclude DMC can provide short-term field benefits in southern France, though conditions for benefits remain unclear.