Claim · model-written summary
Stale seed-bed significantly increased maize grain yield by 13.7% compared with conventional tillage flat bed.
- Treatment
- stale seed-bede2
- Outcome
- grain yielde2
- Direction
- moree2
- Value
- 13.7%e2
- Comparator
- conventional tillage - flat bede2
- Setting
- New Delhie1
Zea maysNot reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleQualifier
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Verbatim
e0“growth and yield performance of maize (Zea mays L.)”
e1“A field experiment was conducted during rainy season 2004 and 2005 at New Delhi”
e2“The highest grain yield (2.90 tonnes/ha) was obtained under stale seed-bed, which was significantly more (13.7%) than conventional tillage - flat bed”
Title
Ranjeet Singh; Archana Sharma; U.K. Behera The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 2007
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- Intervention effect Unchecked weed infestation caused a mean loss of 43.5-46.4% in maize grain yield.
- Intervention effect Stale seed-bed practice reduced weed count by 18.8-34.1% compared with conventional tillage flat bed in 2005.
- Intervention effect Stale seed-bed practice reduced weed dry weight by 21.3% compared with conventional tillage flat bed.
- Intervention effect Stale seed-bed produced the highest maize grain yield (2.90 tonnes/ha) compared with conventional tillage flat bed.
- Intervention effect Bed planting systems had similar weed infestation to conventional tillage flat bed.
- Intervention effect Bed planting systems gave a relatively higher maize grain yield (6.9-14.6%) than conventional tillage flat bed.
- Intervention effect Minimum tillage gave the lowest maize yield (2.30-2.60 tonnes/ha), due to poor maize growth associated with higher weed infestation.
- Intervention effect Pre-emergence atrazine gave good early control of the few broad-leaved weed species.
- Intervention effect Pre-emergence atrazine only partially controlled the grassy weeds dominated by Echinochloa colonum.
- Recommendation Supplementation with manual weeding or paraquat directed spray after a month is necessary to achieve season-long weed control in maize.
- Intervention effect Supplementation with manual weeding or paraquat directed spray increased maize productivity.
- Recommendation Growing maize with stale seed-bed and atrazine pre-emergence plus paraquat post-emergence spray is recommended for higher productivity and profitability.
- Intervention effect Unweeded control gave negative returns under all tillage practices (-682 to -1594 Rs/ha).
- Intervention effect Stale seed-bed with atrazine plus paraquat gave the highest net returns per rupee invested (0.565).
- Intervention effect Atrazine with manual weeding gave the second-highest net returns per rupee invested (0.512).
- Association Maize yield was negatively correlated with weed yield (r = -0.937).
- Association Maize N uptake was negatively correlated with weed N uptake (r = -0.958).
- Intervention effect Maize N uptake increased under treatments that gave effective weed control.
- Intervention effect Weed N uptake decreased under treatments that gave effective weed control.