Intervention effectmodel-written summary

Site-specific subsoiling gave yields equivalent to deep subsoiling.

A claim from Site-specific subsoiling: benefits for Coastal Plain soils. · 2004

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Taxon: cornZea mays subsp. mayse1
Treatment: Site-specific subsoilinge0
Outcome: yieldse0
Direction: equivalente0
Comparator: deep subsoiling treatmente0

Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleSettingValueQualifier

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

*Zea mays subsp. mays* · TaxonDominicus Johannes Bergsma · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0
“Site-specific subsoiling produced yields equivalent to deep subsoiling treatment”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 683–763

e1
“corn (Zea mays L.)-cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) rotation”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 279–337

Title

Site-specific subsoiling: benefits for Coastal Plain soils.

R. L. Raper; D. W. Reeves; J. N. Shaw; et al. 2004

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Intervention effect Corn benefited from subsoiling versus no subsoiling.
Intervention effect Cotton benefited from subsoiling versus no subsoiling.
Intervention effect Site-specific subsoiling gave cotton yields equivalent to deep subsoiling.
Intervention effect Site-specific subsoiling avoided excessive surface soil and residue disturbance.

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286 papers in the same direction as this claim · 812 reporting no difference from an alternative

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