Intervention effectmodel-written summary

Reducing seeding rate and wheat stubble height increased corn yield.

A claim from Dryland Corn Production and Water Use Affected by Tillage and Crop Management Intensity · 2018

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Reducing seeding rate and wheat stubble height increased corn yield.

Treatment
reducing seeding rate and wheat stubble heighte0
Outcome
yielde0
Direction
increasede0

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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Zea mays subsp. mays
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“Corn yield increased for NT compared with CT during years with below‐average precipitation due to increased seed number and by reducing seeding rate and wheat stubble height.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1587–1761

Title

Dryland Corn Production and Water Use Affected by Tillage and Crop Management Intensity

Andrew W. Lenssen; Upendra. M. Sainju; Brett L. Allen; et al. Agronomy Journal 2018. doi:10.2134/agronj2018.04.0267

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Triticum aestivum · yield · Zea mays (maize)Positive and negative results

102 papers: 83 positive, 19 negative or no effect

82 papers in the same direction as this claim · 18 in the opposite direction · 1 reporting no difference from an alternative

  1. negative
    Corn grain yield in wheat residue treatments was below no-residue treatments in 2005.

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  2. positive
    Corn yield in rotation with soybean and wheat increased by 5% in the plow tillage system when wheat was underseeded with red clover.

    Impact of Tillage and Rotation on Yield and Economic Performance in Corn‐Based Cropping Systems · 2006

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  3. positive
    Corn yield was 9%–10% higher with high or stripper-harvested wheat stubble than with low cut stubble

    Wheat stubble height effects on subsequent corn and grain sorghum crops · 2022 · compared with low cut stubble

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  4. negative
    A wheat cover crop reduced 2018 corn grain yield by 12.6% relative to no cover crop.

    Effect of Wheat Cover Crop and Split Nitrogen Application on Corn Yield and Nitrogen Use Efficiency · 2020 · compared with no cover crop control

    Opposite direction

  5. negative
    Removing wheat stubble reduced corn yield by 15%.

    Grain Yields, Soil Water Storage, and Weed Growth in a Winter Wheat‐Corn‐Fallow Rotation1 · 1981 · compared with plots where stubble was left undisturbed

    Opposite direction

  6. negative
    Winter annual forage reduced subsequent corn yield.

    Integrating a Double‐Cropped Winter Annual Forage into a Corn‐Soybean Rotation · 2002 · compared with treatments thatdid not have a double‐crop winter annual forage

    Opposite direction

  7. no effect
    Greater nitrogen allocation to wheat under W0 did not affect maize yield.

    Optimization of inter-seasonal nitrogen allocation increases yield and resource-use efficiency in a water-limited wheat–maize cropping system in the North China Plain · 2024

    Opposite direction

  8. no effect
    Fertilization at wheat sowing produced maize yield without a difference from split application.

    Ammonium sulphate on maize crops under no tillage · 2012 · compared with parceled form

    Opposite direction

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

658 papers: 519 positive, 139 negative or no effect

518 papers in the same direction as this claim · 132 in the opposite direction · 7 reporting no difference from an alternative

  1. no effect
    In Season 1 increased plant population generally gave no biomass or yield benefit.

    Plant Population and Row Spacing Affects Growth and Yield of Rainfed Maize in Semi-arid Environments · 2022

    Opposite directionCites this paper

  2. positive
    Predicted corn grain yield was maximized at 13.4 Mg ha −1 with a seeding rate of 96,000 ha −1.

    Optimizing Corn Seeding Rates Using a Field's Corn Suitability Rating · 2014

    Same directionCited by this paper

  3. negative
    Corn grain yield with 19-cm row spacing was 11% lower than with 38- and 76-cm row spacings.

    Corn and Soybean Response to Rotation Sequence, Row Spacing, and Tillage System · 2003 · compared with 38‐ and 76‐cm row spacings

    Opposite direction

  4. negative
    Shade reduced yield 66% at high density.

    Intensifying Plant Density Response of Corn with Artificial Shade · 1992 · compared with ambient light

    Opposite direction

  5. no effect
    Variation in within-row spacing did not affect corn yield.

    Response of Corn Grain Yield to Spatial and Temporal Variability in Emergence · 2004

    Opposite direction

  6. no effect
    Moderate plant-spacing variability did not change canopy-level maize grain yield.

    Effect of Crowding Stress on Dry Matter Accumulation and Harvest Index in Maize · 2006

    Opposite direction

  7. negative
    High plant density decreases dry matter accumulation in maize internodes

    How High Plant Density of Maize Affects Basal Internode Development and Strength Formation · 2016

    Opposite direction

  8. no effect
    Grain yields did not differ across planting densities.

    Response to Plant Densities and Nitrogen Levels for Four Maize Cultivars from Different Eras of Breeding1 · 1987

    Opposite direction

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