Claim · model-written summary
Soil moisture was positively correlated with wheat yields throughout all growing periods, strongest early in vegetative development.
- Taxon
- wheat
Triticum aestivume0 - Organ / stage
- early vegetative development phasee0
- Treatment
- Soil moisturee0
- Outcome
- wheat yieldse0
- Direction
- positivelye0
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Verbatim
e0“Soil moisture was positively correlated with wheat yields throughout all growing periods, showing the strongest impacts during the early vegetative development phase.”
Title
Lahcen Ousayd; Terence Epule Epule; Salwa Belaqziz; et al. Agriculture & Food Security 2025. doi:10.1186/s40066-024-00509-w
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