Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend conventional tillage for maize seedbeds.
- Outcome
- seed bed preparation for maize production should be done with conventional tillage (Plough+ Harrow or Plough + Harrow+ Ridge)e0
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Verbatim
e0“seed bed preparation for maize production should be done with conventional tillage (Plough+ Harrow or Plough + Harrow+ Ridge)”
Title
I Babatunde; S Ogundare; S Ojeniyi; et al. American Research Journal of Agriculture 2017. doi:10.21694/2378-9018.16009
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Intervention effect Tillage significantly influenced soil physical properties and organic matter, nitrogen and phosphorus in both soils.
- Intervention effect Tillage significantly influenced maize stem girth, leaf area and plant height in both soils.
- Intervention effect Tillage significantly influenced days to 50% tasselling and maize yield in both soils.
- Intervention effect Tillage significantly influenced maize leaf nutrient content in both soils.
- Intervention effect Manual tillage gave better soil physical conditions.
- Intervention effect Conventional plough and harrow treatments gave better maize growth and yield.
- Recommendation The authors recommend ploughing and harrowing to reduce seedbed preparation cost.