Claim · model-written summary
Intercropping had relatively higher water productivity than sequential cropping.
- Treatment
- intercropping systemse0
- Outcome
- Water productivitye0
- Direction
- highere0
- Value
- 0.61 to 1.49 kg m–3e0
- Qualifier
- 0.47 to 1.06 kg m–3e0
- Comparator
- sequential cropping systemse0
Zea maysNot reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleSetting
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Verbatim
e0“Water productivity values for intercropping systems (WUE = 0.61 to 1.49 kg m–3) were relatively higher compared to sequential cropping systems (WUE = 0.47 to 1.06 kg m–3)”
e1“maize/pigeon pea intercropping”
Title
Conservation Agriculture for Improving Water Productivity in Vertisols of Semi-Arid Tropics
Mukund D. Patil; Suhas P. Wani; Kaushal K. Garg Current Science 2016. doi:10.18520/cs/v110/i9/1730-1739
Other claims from this paper (5)
- Intervention effect Crop residues reduced modeled surface runoff by 28% against control fields.
- Intervention effect Tillage and residue effects on soil water were inconsistent across the growing period.
- Association The second sequential crop often had poor yield under water stress.
- Association Late monsoon rain events benefited the second sequential crop.
- Intervention effect Simulations indicated conservation agriculture could save up to 30% yield loss during deficit rainfall.