Claim · model-written summary
That FYM, Azotobacter and cowpea treatment reduced wheat yield.
- Taxon
- wheat
Triticum aestivume0 - Treatment
- FYM @ 10 t ha + Azotobacter in cowpea intercroppinge0
- Outcome
- yields of maize and wheate0
- Direction
- reducede0
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Verbatim
e0“Application of FYM @ 10 t ha + Azotobacter in cowpea intercropping sequestrated maximum SOC (0.14 Mg C ha -1 yr -1 ) but reduced yields of maize and wheat”
Title
Veer Singh; Amit Bhatnagar; Anil Kumar Pant; et al. Journal of Experimental Biology and Agricultural Sciences 2020. doi:10.18006/2020.8(4).390.401
Other claims from this paper (17)
- Intervention effect Recommended NPK plus FYM produced significantly higher maize grain yield.
- Intervention effect Recommended NPK plus FYM produced significantly higher wheat grain yield.
- Intervention effect Recommended NPK plus FYM increased N, P and K removal by the system.
- Intervention effect Yield under NPK alone or with FYM or Zn increased in year four relative to year one.
- Intervention effect Cowpea intercropping reduced maize yield.
- Intervention effect Cowpea intercropping had a residual effect that enhanced wheat yield.
- Observation Surface soil bulk density declined 1.4-4.3% except in the control and 50% NPK plots.
- Intervention effect Integrated NPK and FYM or Zn increased available soil N, P, K and Zn.
- Observation Available soil N, P, K and Zn declined more in control plots.
- Intervention effect The maximum maize yield response to 100% NPK was 1.31 t ha -1.
- Intervention effect The maximum wheat yield response to 100% NPK was 1.34 t ha -1.
- Intervention effect FYM plots increased surface soil SOC content 0.7-7.2% over initial.
- Intervention effect FYM plots increased surface soil SOC storage 0.5-2.9% over initial.
- Intervention effect FYM plus Azotobacter with cowpea intercropping maximized SOC sequestration at 0.14 Mg C ha -1 yr -1.
- Intervention effect That FYM, Azotobacter and cowpea treatment reduced maize yield.
- Association Maize grain yield was more closely correlated with SOC content and storage than wheat yield.
- Recommendation Authors recommend continuous full NPK plus 5 t ha -1 FYM for soil fertility and sustainable yield.