Claim · model-written summary
No tillage with biochar lowered soil respiration relative to no tillage with URAN.
- Taxon
- corn
Zea mays subsp. mayst0 - Treatment
- NT-biochare0
- Outcome
- soil respiratione0
- Direction
- lowere0
- Comparator
- NT-URANe0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleSettingValueQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Compared to the NT-URAN, the NT-biochar had lower soil respiration and similar yield.”
t0“corn”
Title
Chih-Li Yu; Dafeng Hui; Qi Deng; et al. Scientific Reports 2016. doi:10.1038/srep27504
Other claims from this paper (6)
- Intervention effect Agricultural practices significantly affected leaf photosynthesis, transpiration, soil respiration, height and yield.
- Intervention effect Agricultural practices did not significantly affect leaf area index or biomass.
- Intervention effect No tillage with URAN yielded 10.03 ton/ha, 28.9% more than conventional tillage with URAN.
- Intervention effect No tillage with biochar produced similar yield to no tillage with URAN.
- Observation All measured variables varied among the three years.
- Mechanism The authors attributed increased corn yield under no tillage to soil moisture preservation during drought.