Claim · model-written summary
Planting corn in rye stubble after forage removal reduced corn yields by an average of 47% in three of seven comparisons.
- Taxon
- corn
Zea mays subsp. mayse0 - Treatment
- Planting corn in rye stubble after removal of forage for hay or silagee5
- Outcome
- corn yieldse5
- Direction
- reducede5
- Value
- 47%e5
- Qualifier
- in three of seven comparisonse5
- Comparator
- rye left as mulche5
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Verbatim
e0“Winter cover crops for sod‐planted corn ( Zea mays L.) were studied in 11 location‐year field experiments in Virginia during the 1962–1966 period”
e5“Planting corn in rye stubble after removal of forage for hay or silage reduced corn yields an average of 47% in three of seven comparisons with rye left as mulch, while yields in the remaining four were comparable”
Title
Winter Cover Crops for Sod‐Planted Corn: Their Selection and Management1
W. W. Moschler; G. M. Shear; D. L. Hallock; et al. Agronomy Journal 1967. doi:10.2134/agronj1967.00021962005900060018x
Other claims from this paper (12)
- Observation Rye was the most satisfactory winter cover crop for sod-planted corn.
- Observation Wheat and oats were comparable as mulches.
- Observation Oats winterkilled at higher elevations.
- Observation Barley was the least satisfactory winter grain tested, because of resistance to herbicides.
- Intervention effect Inclusion of crimson clover or hairy vetch in winter grain seedings slightly increased mulch forage.
- Intervention effect Inclusion of crimson clover or hairy vetch in winter grain seedings did not change corn yields.
- Intervention effect Corn yields after planting in rye stubble after forage removal were comparable to rye left as mulch in the remaining four comparisons.
- Intervention effect Yields of sod-planted corn in rye sod averaged 44% higher than conventionally tilled corn in 4 of 13 comparisons.
- Intervention effect Yields of sod-planted corn in rye sod were comparable to conventionally tilled corn in the remaining nine comparisons.
- Intervention effect More soil moisture was found under sod-planted corn than under conventionally tilled corn, especially in the first half of the growing season.
- Intervention effect Sod-planting in rye increased or at least maintained corn yields compared with conventional tillage over a wide range of soil and moisture conditions.
- Recommendation Sod-planting in rye is advantageous for soil and water conservation in corn.