Claim · model-written summary
Intercropping increased soil organic matter by 24.1%.
- Taxon
- Teae0
- Treatment
- intercropped with white cloverse1
- Outcome
- organic mattere1
- Direction
- increasede1
- Value
- 24.1%e1
- Comparator
- controle1
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleSettingQualifier
Verbatim
e0“Tea(Camellia sinensis)”
e1“the soil porosity and the content of organic matter,total N,water-soluble N,and available K increased 4.4%,24.1%,33.3%,30.3% and 16.1%,respectively,in the treatment intercropped with white clovers between the tea rows(a.0.8),compared to those values measured in the control(the rows remained bare)”
Title
Ecological effects of intercropping white clover on tea plantation in a subtropical hilly region
Song Tong; Wang Jiu Acta Ecologica Sinica 2006
Other claims from this paper (19)
- Intervention effect Intercropping increased soil porosity by 4.4%.
- Intervention effect Intercropping increased total soil N by 33.3%.
- Intervention effect Intercropping increased water-soluble N by 30.3%.
- Intervention effect Intercropping increased available K by 16.1%.
- Intervention effect Intercropping decreased total soil K by 10.4%.
- Intervention effect Intercropping decreased available soil P by 9.2%.
- Intervention effect Clover intercropping significantly increased soil water at 0–20 cm during spring, summer and autumn.
- Intervention effect Clover intercropping increased winter soil temperature.
- Intervention effect Clover intercropping decreased summer soil temperature.
- Intervention effect Intercropping protected tea from cold and heat damage.
- Intervention effect Weed species, density and biomass decreased by 18.5%, 61.8% and 87.5%, respectively.
- Intervention effect Ectropis griseescens populations decreased 80.00%.
- Intervention effect Empoasca vitis populations decreased 81.94%.
- Intervention effect Toxoptera aurantii populations decreased 31.40%.
- Intervention effect Aranera, coleoptera and hymenoptera natural enemies increased by 84%, 129% and 110%.
- Intervention effect Earthworm population increased by 4.15 individuals per square meter.
- Intervention effect Earthworm biomass increased by 8.32 grams per square meter.
- Intervention effect Tea yield increased by 32.6% under intercropping.
- Intervention effect Intercropping reduced tea polyphenol to amino acid ratio in spring by 17.10% and autumn by 30.90%.