Claim · model-written summary
Irrigation had no effect on wheat yield.
- Taxon
- wheat
Triticum aestivumt0 - Treatment
- irrigatione1
- Outcome
- wheate1
- Direction
- no effecte0
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Verbatim
e0“whereas for wheat, it had no effect”
t0“wheat”
e1“irrigation had a significant effect on maize yield in the driest winter only, whereas for wheat, it had no effect”
Title
Urs Schulthess; Zia Uddin Ahmed; Sreejith Aravindakshan; et al. Field Crops Research 2019. doi:10.1016/j.fcr.2019.04.007
Other claims from this paper (9)
- Observation Soil moisture at sowing and grain filling or maturity indicated ample profile water, with most measurements above the drained upper limit.
- Observation Shallow water tables never exceeded 2.75 m and generally remained at 1–2 m throughout the season.
- Intervention effect Irrigation significantly affected maize yield only in the driest winter.
- Intervention effect Higher fertilizer rates reduced maize losses in low yielding site years compared with low rates.
- Intervention effect Higher fertilizer rates increased maize profits in high yielding site years compared with low rates.
- Recommendation The authors recommend starter irrigation and irrigation at crown root initiation for successful wheat establishment.
- Recommendation The authors recommend starter irrigation and irrigation at V6-8 for successful maize establishment.
- Recommendation The authors advise maize farmers against reducing fertilizer rates.
- Recommendation The authors suggest low risk credit with suitable interest rates to enable maize investment.