Claim · model-written summary
Direct drilling gave among the highest full-cycle maize yields.
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Verbatim
e0“direct‐drilled, once‐over, and rotary‐cultivated treatments gave highest maize yields”
Title
Comparisons of reduced time and energy seedbed preparation systems: year 1
R. E. H. Sims; C. J. Baker New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science 1981. doi:10.1080/03015521.1981.10425428
Other claims from this paper (16)
- Intervention effect Once-over tillage gave maize dry matter yield above minimum and rotary tillage.
- Intervention effect Direct drilling gave maize dry matter yield above minimum and rotary tillage.
- Intervention effect Conventional fallow tillage gave maize dry matter yield above minimum and rotary tillage.
- Observation Oats yields did not differ among cultivation techniques.
- Observation Once-over cultivation gave among the highest full-cycle maize yields.
- Observation Rotary cultivation gave among the highest full-cycle maize yields.
- Observation Once-over cultivation gave among the highest oats yields.
- Observation Minimum tillage gave among the highest oats yields.
- Observation Fallow tillage gave the least yields of both crops.
- Observation Once-over cultivation gave among the highest total yields.
- Observation Direct drilling gave among the highest total yields.
- Observation Fallow tillage gave the lowest total yield.
- Intervention effect Weeds reduced yields under all treatments.
- Intervention effect With direct drilling, weeds reduced yield by 6.5%.
- Intervention effect With rotary cultivation, weeds reduced yield by 16.8%.
- Observation Direct drilling and once-over cultivation avoided yield loss while claiming fuel savings.