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Bio-tillage enhanced subsoil (40-60 cm) hydraulic conductivity and root length density compared with no-tillage.
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Verbatim
e0“enhancing maize drought resistance”
e6“Compared to CK, BT not only reduced topsoil (0–20 cm) D rwu by 33.3–80.0%”
e7“but also enhanced subsoil (40 − 60 cm) K and RLD”
Title
Jinqiang Wang; Zhuangzhuang Liu; Zhengchao Tian; et al. Geoderma 2026. doi:10.1016/j.geoderma.2026.117847
Other claims from this paper (16)
- Intervention effect Mechanical tillage improved soil hydraulic conductivity and root length density in the 10-20 cm layer.
- Intervention effect Bio-tillage enhanced soil hydraulic conductivity and root length density throughout the profile.
- Intervention effect Bio-tillage improved root distribution depth index (RDDI) to 1.36 times that of no-tillage.
- Intervention effect Bio-tillage increased maximum maize root depth by 10 cm.
- Intervention effect Mechanical tillage reduced root water uptake energy dissipation (D rwu) by 83.3-90.0% in the 10-20 cm depth, with enhanced hydraulic conductivity.
- Intervention effect Mechanical tillage reduced D rwu by 33.5-50.0% in the 10-20 cm depth, with enhanced root length density.
- Intervention effect The effectiveness of mechanical tillage diminished in subsoil due to limited tillage depth.
- Intervention effect Bio-tillage reduced topsoil (0-20 cm) D rwu by 33.3-80.0% compared with no-tillage.
- Intervention effect Bio-tillage reduced D rwu by 88.9-96.2% in subsoil.
- Intervention effect Bio-tillage reduced D rwu by 66.7-80.0% in subsoil with enhanced root length density.
- Intervention effect Bio-tillage reduced D rwu by 26.5% under severe drought.
- Intervention effect Mechanical tillage showed no such benefit for D rwu under severe drought.
- Intervention effect Mechanical tillage increased yield by 33-55%.
- Intervention effect Bio-tillage increased yield by 55-180%.
- Intervention effect Mechanical tillage was effective for alleviating mild drought stress.
- Intervention effect Bio-tillage showed superior performance during severe drought by expanding the spatial distribution of root water uptake.