Intervention effectmodel-written summary

No-tillage reduced maize yield by 17.17% compared with conventional tillage.

A claim from Subsoiling increases aggregate-associated organic carbon, dry matter, and maize yield on the North China Plain · 2021

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

No-tillage reduced maize yield by 17.17% compared with conventional tillage.

Taxon
maizeZea mayse0
Treatment
no-tillagee2
Outcome
yieldse1
Direction
declinede1
Value
17.17%e1
Comparator
CTe1

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Zea mays
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Verbatim

e0

“Zhengdan 958 summer maize was used as the test material”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 752–807
e1

“Compared with CT, the mean yield increased at a rate of 0.18% with SS, while yields declined at rates of 17.17% and 11.15 with NT and RT”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 2178–2314
e2

“four tillage methods-no-tillage (NT, tillage depth: 0 cm); rotary tillage (RT, tillage depth: 10 cm); conventional tillage (CT, tillage depth: 20 cm); subsoiling (SS, tillage depth: 40 cm)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 867–1055

Title

Subsoiling increases aggregate-associated organic carbon, dry matter, and maize yield on the North China Plain

Ying Shen; Tingting Zhang; Jichao Cui; et al. PeerJ 2021. doi:10.7717/peerj.11099

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tillage · yield · Zea mays (maize)Positive and negative results

1,099 papers: 812 positive, 287 negative or no effect

287 papers in the same direction as this claim · 811 in the opposite direction

  1. positive
    Subsoiling increased maize grain yield by 6.21% at the low planting density relative to no-tillage.

    Subsoiling practices change root distribution and increase post-anthesis dry matter accumulation and yield in summer maize · 2017 · compared with no-tillage

    Opposite directionCited by this paper

  2. positive
    Strip tillage had numerically greater grain yield than conventional tillage, significantly so in two years.

    Corn Yield and Water Use Characteristics as Affected by Tillage, Plant Density, and Irrigation · 2009 · compared with conventional tillage

    Opposite directionCited by this paper

  3. positive
    Tillage depths from 25 to 35 cm increased crop yield of wheat, maize and soybean relative to conventional tillage.

    The effect of deep-tillage depths on crop yield: A global meta-analysis · 2023 · compared with conventional tillage

    Opposite directionCites this paper

  4. positive
    Subsoiling significantly increased yield in each hybrid.

    Effect of Subsoiling on the Nutritional Quality of Grains of Maize Hybrids of Different Eras · 2024

    Opposite directionCites this paper

  5. positive
    No-tillage was associated with higher corn yields.

    Influence of No‐tillage on Soil Moisture1 · 1971

    Opposite direction

  6. positive
    CA improved maize grain yield, especially in two- or three-year rotations.

    ROTATION IN CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE SYSTEMS OF ZAMBIA: EFFECTS ON SOIL QUALITY AND WATER RELATIONS · 2010

    Opposite direction

  7. positive
    Subsoil tillage increased grain yield of spring maize by 12.8% on average compared with conventional soil treatment.

    Effect of subsoil tillage depth on nutrient accumulation, root distribution, and grain yield in spring maize · 2014 · compared with conventional soil treatment

    Opposite direction

  8. positive
    In 1983 strip or no tillage with soybean rotation raised corn grain yield by 12%.

    Influence of Tillage and Crop Rotation on Yields of Corn, Soybean, and Wheat · 1988

    Opposite direction

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