Claim · model-written summary
NTS increased nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) by 4.2–14.4% relative to RT.
- Treatment
- NTS treatmente0
- Outcome
- nitrogen use efficiency (NUE)e0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 4.2–14.4%e0
- Comparator
- RTe0
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Verbatim
e0“The NTS treatment increased grain yield of maize ( Zea mays L.) by 2.7–15.2%, nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) by 4.2–14.4%, and water use efficiency (WUE) by 5.4–16.5% compared with RT.”
Title
Effects of tillage methods on soil physical properties and maize growth in a saline–alkali soil
Tianyu Chen; Yifei Zhang; Jian Fu; et al. Crop Science 2021. doi:10.1002/csc2.20589
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Intervention effect No tillage increased soil water content at the first-leaf stage compared with RT and FT.
- Intervention effect Subsoiling increased average daily soil temperature and soil thermal time.
- Intervention effect Subsoiling promoted deep root growth and development.
- Intervention effect Subsoiling increased leaf area index.
- Intervention effect NTS increased grain yield by 2.7–15.2% relative to RT.
- Intervention effect NTS increased water use efficiency (WUE) by 5.4–16.5% relative to RT.
- Recommendation The authors recommend NTS for sustainable farming in the semiarid Songnen Plain.