Claim · model-written summary
Drip irrigation maintained a desirable soil moisture distribution.
- Taxon
- Tomatoes
Solanum lycopersicumt0 - Treatment
- drip irrigation systeme0
- Outcome
- soil moisture distributione0
- Direction
- desirablee0
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Verbatim
e0“A drip irrigation system maintains not only a desirable soil moisture distribution, but also the cultural advantage of a dry surface area for foot traffic of harvesters that improves their efficiency and reduces soil compaction.”
t0“Tomatoes”
Title
D. W. Grimes; Schweers; P. L. Wiley DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) 1976
Other claims from this paper (4)
- Intervention effect Frequent furrow irrigation sealed the soil surface and restricted water penetration into the tomato root zone.
- Intervention effect Reducing furrow irrigation frequency maintained adequate water penetration throughout the season.
- Intervention effect Drip irrigation maintained a dry surface for harvester traffic, improving efficiency.
- Intervention effect Drip irrigation reduced soil compaction associated with harvester traffic.