Claim · model-written summary
CT had higher nitrous oxide emissions.
- Taxon
- cropse1
- Treatment
- CT‐based systemse0
- Outcome
- emissions of nitrous oxidee0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- CONTe0
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Verbatim
e0“Despite higher emissions of nitrous oxide, the net global warming potential was consistently lower in CT‐based systems than CONT”
e1“Globally, average yields of crops increased by 3.7%”
Title
A Quantitative Comparison of Conventional and Conservation Tillage of Diverse Agro‐Ecologies
C. P. Nath; T. K. Das; Suman Sen; et al. Land Degradation and Development 2025. doi:10.1002/ldr.5511
Other claims from this paper (18)
- Intervention effect Conservation tillage over three years increased global crop yields by 3.7%.
- Intervention effect CT raised crop productivity in North America by 6.2%.
- Intervention effect CT raised crop productivity in Australia/Oceania by 21.4%.
- Intervention effect CT produced nonsignificant positive yield changes in Asia, South America, Europe and Africa.
- Intervention effect CT increased cereal crop yields by 4.0%.
- Intervention effect Sorghum had the highest yield increase under CT, 110.1%.
- Intervention effect Soybean had the lowest yield increase under CT, 1.3%.
- Intervention effect CT for 11–20 years could increase crop yields by 6%–18%.
- Intervention effect CT increased the proportion of soil macroaggregates by 40%.
- Intervention effect CT increased soil organic carbon by 19.1%.
- Intervention effect CT increased microbial biomass carbon by 44%.
- Intervention effect CT had lower net global warming potential than CONT.
- Intervention effect CT could increase mean grain yield by 25%.
- Intervention effect CT could raise net returns by 22%.
- Intervention effect CT could save 27% energy.
- Intervention effect CA reduced soil bulk density by 6.2%.
- Intervention effect CA increased aggregate stability by 30%.
- Intervention effect CA enhanced infiltration rate by 53%.