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No tillage increased aggregate-associated microbial biomass carbon by 18.3%.
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e0“Compared to CT, NT increased the content of macro-aggregates (+4.8%), aggregate-AOC (+8.3%), and aggregate-AMBC (+18.3%), but decreased maize yield (−11.5%)”
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Ying Shen; Tingting Zhang; Jichao Cui; et al. Experimental Agriculture 2021. doi:10.1017/s001447972100020x
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- Intervention effect No tillage increased macro-aggregate content by 4.8% versus conventional tillage.
- Intervention effect No tillage increased aggregate-associated organic carbon by 8.3%.
- Intervention effect No tillage decreased maize yield by 11.5%.
- Intervention effect Subsoiling increased macro-aggregate content by 5%.
- Intervention effect Subsoiling increased aggregate organic carbon by 14.7%.
- Intervention effect Subsoiling increased aggregate microbial biomass carbon by 16%.
- Intervention effect Subsoiling yield increase of 0.22% was not significant.
- Intervention effect Subsoiling had the highest economic benefit of four tillage measures.
- Intervention effect Rotary tillage had no significant advantage for the soil variables.
- Intervention effect Rotary tillage reduced maize yield by 16.1% versus conventional tillage.
- Recommendation The authors recommend subsoiling for soil aggregates, carbon, yield and economic benefit in the North China Plain.