Claim · model-written summary
Legume rye mixtures reduced weed growth by 50–68%.
- Taxon
- white cabbaget0
- Treatment
- legume/rye mixturese0
- Interactor
- weede0weed
- Outcome
- weed growthe0
- Direction
- decreasinge0
- Value
- 50–68%e0
- Comparator
- legumese1
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageSecond interactorSecond interactor roleSettingQualifier
Verbatim
e0“legume/rye mixtures had the advantage of decreasing weed growth by 50–68%”
t0“white cabbage”
e1“following legumes compared with legume/rye mixtures”
Title
Margita Hefner; Mesfin Tsegaye Gebremikael; Stefano Canali; et al. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment 2020. doi:10.1016/j.agee.2020.106908
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- Intervention effect Roller crimping reduced cabbage biomass by 31% in 2016.
- Intervention effect Roller crimping reduced cabbage biomass by 19% in 2017.
- Intervention effect Marketable cabbage yield was 100% lower under roller crimping than incorporation in 2016.
- Intervention effect Marketable cabbage yield was 24% lower under roller crimping than incorporation in 2017.
- Intervention effect Roller crimping after pea and rye reduced cabbage root growth.
- Intervention effect Roller crimping reduced weed growth by 63% relative to incorporation.
- Intervention effect Roller crimping lowered autumn soil mineral N, indicating lower leaching risk.
- Intervention effect Marketable cabbage yield was 35% higher after pure legumes than legume rye mixtures.
- Intervention effect Pure legumes had 105 kg N ha−1 more spring mineral soil N than mixtures.
- Intervention effect Cabbage root growth increased after roller crimped pure legumes.
- Intervention effect Legume rye mixtures reduced N leaching risk by 22 kg ha−1.