Claim · model-written summary
Cowpea cover cropping did not affect maize yield.
- Treatment
- cowpea (Vigna unguiculata cv. Iron Clay) cover croppinge1
- Interactor
- cowpea
Vigna unguiculatae1other - Outcome
- maize yieldse0
- Direction
- did not affecte0
Zea maysNot reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageSecond interactorSecond interactor roleComparatorSettingValueQualifier
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Verbatim
e0“Cover crop did not affect maize yields”
e1“cowpea (Vigna unguiculata cv. Iron Clay) cover cropping”
e2“inbred maize (Zea mays L.) lines”
Title
Cover crop and nitrogen fertilizer influence on inbred maize performance and soil nitrogen
Ada Vilches-Ortega; David Sotomayor-Ramírez; Johanis Rivera-Zayas; et al. The Journal of Agriculture of the University of Puerto Rico 2022. doi:10.46429/jaupr.v106i1.21051
Other claims from this paper (11)
- Intervention effect Fertilizer nitrogen affected seed yield in two of three years.
- Observation Optimum seed yield was 7,034 kg/ha at 135 kg N/ha fertilizer.
- Observation Optimum seed yield was 4,708 kg/ha at 90 kg N/ha fertilizer.
- Intervention effect Residual soil nitrogen tended to increase with fertilizer and cover crop.
- Association Net aboveground nitrogen balance increased with successive fertilizer levels.
- Observation The fallow nitrogen balance reached +516 kg N/ha.
- Observation The cover crop nitrogen balance reached +621 kg N/ha.
- Observation Some excess nitrogen was found in the soil profile.
- Intervention effect The cover crop rotation gave a slightly greater positive nitrogen balance at higher fertilizer rates.
- Recommendation The authors recommend cowpea cover cropping for long-term nitrogen recycling.
- Recommendation The authors recommend 90 to 135 kg N/ha, adjusted using soil inorganic nitrogen knowledge.