Claim · model-written summary
Bed planting enhanced maize yield compared with conventional planting.
- Treatment
- bed-planting systeme0
- Outcome
- maize yielde0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- conventional plantinge0
Zea maysNot reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleSettingValueQualifier
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Verbatim
e0“bed-planting system is superior to conventional planting as it had wider LLWR indicating better water availability and improved soil structural conditions which led to enhanced root growth, and higher maize yield”
Title
Hydrophysical characteristics of a sandy loam soil under bed planted maize (Zea mays)
Pramila Aggarwal; Rakesh Kumar; Brijesh Yadav The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 2013
Other claims from this paper (9)
- Association Field capacity and wilting point soil water contents changed little with bulk density.
- Association Soil water content at 10% aeration porosity fell significantly as bulk density rose.
- Association Soil water content at 2 MPa soil strength increased with bulk density.
- Association Available water retention capacity varied little with bulk density.
- Association Least limiting water range decreased as bulk density increased.
- Intervention effect Bed planting reduced the water stress period relative to conventional planting.
- Intervention effect Field saturated hydraulic conductivity at 10 cm under beds was three times the conventional planting value.
- Intervention effect Bed planting increased root length density in the upper 45 cm.
- Method / resource Least limiting water range was useful for assessing soil management practices.