Claim · model-written summary
Predicted soil moisture was slightly higher than measured moisture.
- Taxon
- cassava
Manihot esculentat0 - Outcome
- predicted soil moisture contente0
- Direction
- slightly highere0
- Comparator
- measured soil moisture contente0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e0“The predicted soil moisture content (SMCp) was slightly higher than the measured soil moisture content (SMCm).”
t0“cassava”
Title
Xintai Xie; Thitiporn Machikowa; Sodchol Wonprasaid South African Journal of Plant and Soil 2020. doi:10.1080/02571862.2020.1766586
Other claims from this paper (5)
- Intervention effect Irrigation increased cassava yield relative to rainfed treatment.
- Intervention effect Irrigation increased cassava water use efficiency relative to rainfed treatment.
- Intervention effect Sensor and water balance scheduling did not differ significantly in yield and water use efficiency.
- Method / resource The difference between predicted and measured soil moisture remained consistent during measurement.
- Method / resource The soil water balance model accurately predicted soil moisture.