Claim · model-written summary
Packing should be used judiciously and avoided without surface residue or clods.
- Taxon
- Winter wheat
Triticum aestivume7 - Outcome
- packing should be practiced judiciously, and not considered when surface residue or soil clods are lackinge0
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Verbatim
e0“packing should be practiced judiciously, and not considered when surface residue or soil clods are lacking”
e7“Winter wheat”
Title
Packing Summer Fallow in the Pacific Northwest: Agronomic Benefits and Environmental Concerns
William F. Schillinger Agronomy Journal 1996. doi:10.2134/agronj1996.00021962008800010003x
Other claims from this paper (9)
- Intervention effect Packing loose thick mulch increased soil bulk density at 5 to 12 cm.
- Intervention effect Packing thick mulch benefited wheat emergence and stand establishment.
- Intervention effect Packing thick mulch increased wheat grain yield 9% over nonpacked plots.
- Intervention effect Packing thin mulch over a dense tillage pan did not affect soil bulk density.
- Intervention effect Packing thin mulch over a dense tillage pan did not affect wheat emergence.
- Intervention effect Packing thin mulch over a dense tillage pan did not affect grain yield.
- Intervention effect Packing reduced soil clod mass 55% relative to no packing.
- Intervention effect Packing reduced surface residue 38% relative to no packing.
- Intervention effect Packing increased wind erosion vulnerability at both sites.