Claim · model-written summary
Tithonia diversifolia plus inorganic fertilizer under tied ridging gave the highest maize grain yield, 4.87 Mg ha−1, in the long rain 2016 season.
- Treatment
- Tithonia diversifolia plus inorganic fertilizer under tied ridginge7
- Outcome
- maize grain yielde7
- Direction
- higheste7
- Value
- 4.87 Mg ha−1e7
- Setting
- long rain 2016 seasone7
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Verbatim
e7“The highest (4.87 Mg ha−1) maize grain yield was recorded in Tithonia diversifolia plus inorganic fertilizer under tied ridging in the long rain 2016 season”
Title
M. Ndung’u; J.N. Mugwe; M.W. Mucheru-Muna; et al. Agricultural Water Management 2023. doi:10.1016/j.agwat.2023.108390
Other claims from this paper (12)
- Intervention effect Tithonia diversifolia or manure combined with inorganic fertilizer consistently affected soil water content positively.
- Intervention effect The effect of tied ridging on soil water content was greater in the short rain season than in the long rains.
- Intervention effect Tied ridging and organic soil inputs resulted in greater soil moisture conservation during the silking and tasselling stages in the short rain season.
- Intervention effect Treatments had a significant effect on grain yield in the long rain 2016 season (p < 0.0001).
- Intervention effect Treatments had a significant effect on stover yield in the long rain 2016 season (p = 0.0477).
- Intervention effect Treatments had a significant effect on grain yield in the short rain 2016 season (p < 0.0001).
- Intervention effect Treatments had a significant effect on stover yield in the short rain 2016 season (p = 0.0035).
- Intervention effect Manure plus inorganic fertilizer without tied ridging gave the highest yields, 1.27 Mg ha−1, in the short rain 2016 season.
- Intervention effect Tithonia diversifolia plus inorganic fertilizer with tied ridging gave the highest net benefit, US$ 1229.90 ha−1, in the long rain season.
- Intervention effect Tithonia diversifolia plus inorganic fertilizer with tied ridging gave the highest net benefit, US$ 171.57 ha−1, in the short rain season.
- Intervention effect The best-performing treatments in yields and profitability combined organic and inorganic fertilizers, with or without tied ridging.
- Recommendation The authors recommend that climate-smart strategies combining tied ridges and organic inputs be an integral component of farmer management.