Claim · model-written summary
The authors concluded that black film mulch helped slow late leaf senescence in dryland maize.
- Outcome
- using BFM helped to slow down leaf senescence in the late maize stagee0
- Qualifier
- dryland area, which had intense light and high temperaturee0
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Verbatim
e0“In the dryland area, which had intense light and high temperature, using BFM helped to slow down leaf senescence in the late maize stage and increase yield; it was especially effective for the early maturing maize variety.”
Title
Yafang Fu; Leiyong Si; Yan Jin; et al. Soil Use and Management 2020. doi:10.1111/sum.12677
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Intervention effect Black film mulch significantly increased maize leaf SPAD values relative to white film or bare land.
- Intervention effect Black film mulch significantly increased superoxide dismutase and catalase activities in maize leaves relative to white film or bare land.
- Intervention effect Black film mulch lowered maize malondialdehyde content relative to white film and bare land.
- Intervention effect Black film mulch significantly increased aboveground biomass in both maize varieties relative to white film and bare land.
- Intervention effect Black film mulch significantly increased yield in both maize varieties relative to white film and bare land.
- Observation The response to film mulch differed between the varieties.
- Observation The authors found black film mulch especially effective for the early maturing maize variety.