Intervention effectmodel-written summary

Grain weight was reduced in no-mulch and no-till plots.

A claim from Growth and productivity of corn as affected by mulching and tillage in Alley cropping systems · 2008

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Grain weight was reduced in no-mulch and no-till plots.

Treatment
no-mulch and no-tille0
Outcome
grain weighte0
Direction
reductione0

Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleComparatorSettingValueQualifier

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

Zea mays subsp. mays
Zea mays subsp. mays · TaxonDominicus Johannes Bergsma · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

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“lower productivity in the no-mulch and no-till plots, mainly due to the reduction of grain weight”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1183–1280
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“corn as affected by mulching and tillage in Alley cropping systems”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 27–93

Title

Growth and productivity of corn as affected by mulching and tillage in Alley cropping systems

Emanoel Gomes de Moura; Jonas Mendes Albuquerque; Alana das Chagas Ferreira Aguiar Scientia Agricola 2008. doi:10.1590/s0103-90162008000200014

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  3. positive
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  4. positive
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  5. positive
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  6. positive
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    Opposite direction

  7. positive
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    Tillage Effects on Corn Production and Soil Physical Conditions · 1995 · compared with MP

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  8. positive
    Four-year mean corn grain yield showed a 1000 kg/ha advantage for till planting on sandy loam in northern Indiana.

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    Opposite direction

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