Claim · model-written summary
Cover crop increased crop greenness throughout the season.
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Verbatim
e0“Cover crop resulted in higher leaf N at V6, greener crop throughout the season, and taller plants at silking and grain fill.”
t0“Maize”
Title
Soil Management Affects Expression of Genes Involved in Carbon and Nitrogen Metabolism in Maize
Erika Roach; Sjoerd W. Duiker; Surinder Chopra Crop Science 2016. doi:10.2135/cropsci2015.08.0488
Other claims from this paper (10)
- Intervention effect No-tillage increased maize greenness and hydration at V6.
- Intervention effect No-tillage increased soil moisture at V6 and silking.
- Intervention effect No-tillage increased plant height throughout the season.
- Intervention effect Cover crop increased maize leaf nitrogen at V6.
- Intervention effect Cover crop increased height at silking and grain fill.
- Intervention effect No-tillage reduced crop greenness at silking.
- Intervention effect No-tillage reduced soil nitrate at grain fill.
- Intervention effect Tillage stimulated later-season expression of GS2, NiR and PEPC.
- Intervention effect Grain yields were unaffected by tillage.
- Intervention effect Cover crop increased grain yield.