Claim · model-written summary
Drains at 45 and 60 cm gave higher maize stover yield than drains at 0, 15 and 30 cm.
- Treatment
- drain depths, 45 and 60 cm deepe0
- Outcome
- stover yielde0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- drain depths of 0, 15 and 30 cme0
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Verbatim
e0“The results revealed that drain depths, 45 and 60 cm deep resulted in deeper root system and higher grain and stover yield than drain depths of 0, 15 and 30 cm.”
t0“Maize”
Title
Tadesse Debele; Bobe Bedadi; H Akbar; et al. International Journal of Research Studies in Agricultural Sciences 2016. doi:10.20431/2454-6224.0206001
Other claims from this paper (17)
- Intervention effect Drains at 45 and 60 cm gave deeper maize root system than drains at 0, 15 and 30 cm.
- Intervention effect Drains at 45 and 60 cm gave higher maize grain than drains at 0, 15 and 30 cm.
- Intervention effect Grain was significantly affected by drainage depth, nitrogen source, timing and depth-by-source interaction.
- Intervention effect stover yields was significantly affected by drainage depth, nitrogen source, timing and depth-by-source interaction.
- Intervention effect 1000 grain weight was significantly affected by drainage depth, nitrogen source, timing and depth-by-source interaction.
- Intervention effect harvest index (HI) was significantly affected by drainage depth, nitrogen source, timing and depth-by-source interaction.
- Intervention effect The maximum grain yield under 60 cm drainage and three ammonium sulfate applications was 6.33 t ha -1.
- Intervention effect The maximum stover yield under 60 cm drainage and three ammonium sulfate applications was 7.57 t ha -1.
- Intervention effect The maximum 1000 grains weight under 60 cm drainage and three ammonium sulfate applications was 423.83 g.
- Intervention effect The maximum HI under 60 cm drainage and three ammonium sulfate applications was 44.80%.
- Intervention effect Yields at 60 cm drainage were on par with those at 45 cm.
- Intervention effect Three nitrogen applications gave better grain than two applications at 45 and 60 cm drainage.
- Intervention effect Three nitrogen applications gave better stover yields than two applications at 45 and 60 cm drainage.
- Intervention effect Three nitrogen applications gave better 1000 grain weight than two applications at 45 and 60 cm drainage.
- Intervention effect Three nitrogen applications gave better HI than two applications at 45 and 60 cm drainage.
- Intervention effect Undrained plots gave the lowest measured yield and yield component values.
- Recommendation Authors recommend 45 cm drainage with ammonium sulfate applied three times for maize production on Vertisols in Ambo.