Intervention effectmodel-written summary

Live mulching improved maize yield by 12.0%.

A claim from Tillage and mulching effects on performance of maize (Zea mays)-wheat (Triticum aestivum) cropping system under varying land slopes. · 2011

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Live mulching improved maize yield by 12.0%.

Taxon
maizeZea mayse0
Treatment
live mulchinge0
Outcome
yield of maizee0
Direction
improvede0
Value
12.0%e0
Comparator
no mulchinge0

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Zea mays
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Verbatim

e0

“live mulching) improved soil moisture conservation at maize harvest (+1.63 to 1.94%), and yield of maize (12.0%) as well as of following wheat (13.8%) compared with the no mulching”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1181–1361

Title

Tillage and mulching effects on performance of maize (Zea mays)-wheat (Triticum aestivum) cropping system under varying land slopes.

Ratan Singh; A. R. Sharma; S. K. Dhyani; et al. The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 2011

Other claims from this paper (10)

Record rev-66f701ec99bf670bb1d1bab873a3de41941382f299ab2eb53d11e0b12c4bb542 · schema claims-v0.9 · position 10 in the model’s answer

mulching · yield · Zea mays (maize)Positive and negative results

364 papers: 330 positive, 34 negative or no effect

329 papers in the same direction as this claim · 31 in the opposite direction · 3 reporting no difference from an alternative

  1. negative
    Crimson, Balansa, and subterranean clover mulches produced poor corn yields despite high nitrogen.

    Nitrogen Delivery from Legume Cover Crops in No‐Till Organic Corn Production · 2011

    Opposite direction

  2. no effect
    Living mulches did not significantly reduce corn grain yield when legume suppression was adequate.

    Cyanazine Losses in Runoff from No‐Tillage Corn in “Living” and Dead Mulches vs. Unmulched, Conventional Tillage · 1984

    Opposite direction

  3. negative
    Without nitrogen in the wet year, mulched plots yielded much less.

    Effect of a Killed Sod Mulch on Nitrate Movement and Corn Yield1 · 1973 · compared with conventionally‐tilled no nitrogen treatment

    Opposite direction

  4. negative
    Corn yield was lower with ladino clover mulch than with conventional disk planting.

    No-Till Corn Production in a Living Mulch System · 1989 · compared with conventional disk-plant treatment

    Opposite direction

  5. negative
    Mulching reduced maize yield by 18% in 2011.

    Straw Mulching Reduces Maize Yield, Water, and Nitrogen Use in Northeastern China · 2014 · compared with no mulch

    Opposite direction

  6. negative
    WF produced yield losses relative to BF.

    Response of Soil Temperature, Moisture, and Spring Maize (Zea mays L.) Root/Shoot Growth to Different Mulching Materials in Semi-Arid Areas of Northwest China · 2020 · compared with BF

    Opposite direction

  7. negative
    Adding only mulch or crop rotation to no-tillage or conventional tillage led to lower or equal maize yield.

    The crucial role of mulch to enhance the stability and resilience of cropping systems in southern Africa · 2021 · compared with no-tillage or conventional tillage

    Opposite direction

  8. no effect
    Weeds mulch, white plastic mulch and living mulch did not enhance maize biological yield.

    Impact of tillage, plant population and mulches on biological yield of maize. · 2009

    Opposite direction

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