Claim · model-written summary
Minimum tillage raised maize yield from 2.3 to 4.78 tons per ha, versus 4.16 tons under conventional tillage.
- Treatment
- Minimum tillagee0
- Outcome
- maize yielde0
- Direction
- increasee0
- Value
- 4.78 tons per hae0
- Qualifier
- 4.16 tons pere0
- Comparator
- conventional tillagee0
- Setting
- Eastern Cape Province in South Africae1
Zea maysNot reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor role
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Verbatim
t0“maize”
e0“Minimum tillage recorded an average increase in maize yield from 2.3 to 4.78 tons per ha compared to 4.16 tons per under conventional tillage”
e1“Eastern Cape Province in South Africa”
Title
Mtyobile Mxolisi; Mhlontlo Simphiwo Journal of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development 2021. doi:10.5897/jaerd2021.1199
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Intervention effect Minimum tillage increased soil P concentration to 46 mg/L.
- Intervention effect Minimum tillage increased soil K concentration to 227 mg/L.
- Intervention effect Conventional tillage had higher soil Ca concentration of 395.6 mg/L at 0 to 10 cm depth.
- Intervention effect Conventional tillage had higher soil Mg concentration of 406.75 mg/L at 0 to 10 cm depth.
- Intervention effect Soil pH was not affected by tillage practices.
- Intervention effect Minimum tillage gave a greater gross margin of US $273.92 than conventional tillage at US $207.02.
- Recommendation The authors recommend wider adoption of minimum tillage with crop rotation and residue retention.