Intervention effectmodel-written summary

Maize shoot growth was better under no tillage than conventional ploughing.

A claim from No-tillage farming, soil fertility and maize root growth · 2012

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Maize shoot growth was better under no tillage than conventional ploughing.

Taxon
maizeZea mayst0
Treatment
NTe0
Outcome
shoot growthe0
Direction
Bettere0
Comparator
CPe0

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Zea mays
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Verbatim

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“Better shoot growth and higher yields are mainly obtained in NT than in CP”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1275–1349
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“maize”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 39–44

Title

No-tillage farming, soil fertility and maize root growth

Margarita L. Himmelbauer; Monika Sobotik; Willibald Loiskandl Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science 2012. doi:10.1080/03650340.2012.695867

Other claims from this paper (8)

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tillage · growth · Zea mays (maize)Positive and negative results

283 papers: 196 positive, 87 negative or no effect

195 papers in the same direction as this claim · 81 in the opposite direction · 6 reporting no difference from an alternative

  1. positive
    MJ enhanced root growth against other tillage layers.

    Potential Mechanism of Optimal Tillage Layer Structure for Improving Maize Yield and Enhancing Root Growth in Northeast China · 2023 · compared with other tillage layer treatments

    Same directionCites this paper

  2. negative
    Conventional tillage and no-till plots had lower maize shoot dry matter than hand-planted no-till plots, but higher than severe disturbance.

    Effect of degree of soil disturbance on mycorrhizal colonization and phosphorus absorption by maize in growth chamber and field experiments · 1990 · compared with hand‐planted no‐till plots

    Opposite direction

  3. negative
    No-till reduced 4-week height of continuous corn by 17% compared with plowing.

    Effect of Tillage and Rotation on Agronomic Performance of Corn and Soybean: Twenty‐Year Study on Dark Silty Clay Loam Soil · 1996 · compared with plowing

    Opposite direction

  4. negative
    Early-season no-till maize had reduced dry matter compared with conventional tillage, due to cooler temperatures near the seed.

    Mycorrhizae, Phosphorus Absorption, and Yield of Maize in Response to Tillage · 1996 · compared with conventional tillage

    Opposite direction

  5. negative
    The 12.5 Mg compaction reduced mature corn height by 26% in 1983.

    Temporal Effects of Subsoil Compaction on Soil Strength and Plant Growth · 1991 · compared with control

    Opposite direction

  6. negative
    No-till depressed initial corn emergence relative to conventional plowing; emergence ranked CN > TP = CH > NT.

    Seed Zone Soil Temperature and Early Corn Growth with Three Conservation Tillage Systems · 1987 · compared with CN

    Opposite direction

  7. no effect
    Tillage and interactions generally did not affect soil properties, corn growth, or N uptake.

    Residual Effects of No‐Till Crop Residues on Corn Yield and Nitrogen Uptake · 1993

    Opposite direction

  8. no effect
    Overall root length density of maize did not differ significantly between conventional tillage and no-tillage on the sandy loam soil.

    Impact of Tillage and Banded Starter Fertilizer on Maize Root Growth in the Top 25 Centimeters of the Soil · 2005 · compared with NT

    Opposite direction

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