Intervention effectmodel-written summary

Tillage increased corn yield by 3%.

A claim from Can Management Practices Enhance Corn Productivity in a Rye Cover Crop System? · 2019

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Tillage increased corn yield by 3%.

Treatment
tillagee0
Outcome
yielde0
Direction
increasede0
Value
3%e0
Comparator
no‐tille1

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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Zea mays subsp. mays
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e0

“tillage increased yield (3%)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1238–1266
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“tillage or no‐till”

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“corn ( Zea mays L.)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 191–210

Title

Can Management Practices Enhance Corn Productivity in a Rye Cover Crop System?

Swetabh Patel; John E. Sawyer; John P. Lundvall Agronomy Journal 2019. doi:10.2134/agronj2019.03.0158

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tillage · yield · Zea mays (maize)Positive and negative results

1,099 papers: 812 positive, 287 negative or no effect

811 papers in the same direction as this claim · 230 in the opposite direction · 57 reporting no difference from an alternative

  1. no effect
    A significant tillage x year interaction indicated equal continuous corn yields for CT and NT in the first 2 years.

    Corn Production as Affected by Tillage System and Starter Fertilizer · 2002 · compared with NT

    Opposite directionCited by this paper

  2. negative
    No tillage incurred a larger yield penalty in northern poorly drained locations.

    Tillage and Crop Rotation Effects on Corn Agronomic Response and Economic Return at Seven Iowa Locations · 2015 · compared with conventional tillage

    Opposite directionCited by this paper

  3. no effect
    Cover crops and minimum tillage had no effect on corn yield (p = .09).

    Cover crop and minimum tillage effects on yield, irrigation water use, and net returns · 2021 · compared with Control fields

    Opposite directionCites this paper

  4. positive
    Tillage significantly increased yield in four fields by 210–500 kg ha −1.

    Corn Response to Starter Fertilizer and Tillage across and within Fields Having No‐Till Management Histories · 2004

    Same directionCited by this paper

  5. positive
    Conservation tillage consistently had higher mean yields than conventional tillage for corn.

    The impact of conservation tillage intensities on mean yields and yield risk · 2023 · compared with conventional tillage practices

    Same directionCites this paper

  6. positive
    Conservation tillage with lower intensity and higher residue levels consistently had higher mean yields than conventional tillage in corn and soybean trials on sandy loam soils of the North Carolina Piedmont.

    The Impact of Conservation Tillage Intensities on Mean Yields and Yield Risk · 2024 · compared with conventional tillage practices

    Same directionCites this paper

  7. no effect
    Cover-crop no-tillage and standard no-tillage gave similar corn yields.

    Potential Long‐Term Benefits of No‐Tillage and Organic Cropping Systems for Grain Production and Soil Improvement · 2007 · compared with NT

    Opposite direction

  8. negative
    No-till produced less corn grain than plow tillage.

    Tillage and Rotation Interactions for Corn and Soybean Grain Yield as Affected by Precipitation and Air Temperature · 2004 · compared with plow

    Opposite direction

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