Claim · model-written summary
Earthworm biomass increased by 8.32 grams per square meter.
- Taxon
- Teae0
- Treatment
- white clovert0
- Interactor
- earthwormsCrassiclitellatae1other
- Outcome
- total biomass of earthwormse1
- Direction
- increasede1
- Value
- 8.32 g/m~2e1
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageSecond interactorSecond interactor roleComparatorSettingQualifier
Verbatim
e0“Tea(Camellia sinensis)”
e1“the population and total biomass of earthworms increased by 4.15 ind./m~2 and 8.32 g/m~2”
t0“intercropping white clover on tea plantation”
Title
Ecological effects of intercropping white clover on tea plantation in a subtropical hilly region
Song Tong; Wang Jiu Acta Ecologica Sinica 2006
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- Intervention effect Intercropping increased soil porosity by 4.4%.
- Intervention effect Intercropping increased soil organic matter by 24.1%.
- Intervention effect Intercropping increased total soil N by 33.3%.
- Intervention effect Intercropping increased water-soluble N by 30.3%.
- Intervention effect Intercropping increased available K by 16.1%.
- Intervention effect Intercropping decreased total soil K by 10.4%.
- Intervention effect Intercropping decreased available soil P by 9.2%.
- Intervention effect Clover intercropping significantly increased soil water at 0–20 cm during spring, summer and autumn.
- Intervention effect Clover intercropping increased winter soil temperature.
- Intervention effect Clover intercropping decreased summer soil temperature.
- Intervention effect Intercropping protected tea from cold and heat damage.
- Intervention effect Weed species, density and biomass decreased by 18.5%, 61.8% and 87.5%, respectively.
- Intervention effect Ectropis griseescens populations decreased 80.00%.
- Intervention effect Empoasca vitis populations decreased 81.94%.
- Intervention effect Toxoptera aurantii populations decreased 31.40%.
- Intervention effect Aranera, coleoptera and hymenoptera natural enemies increased by 84%, 129% and 110%.
- Intervention effect Earthworm population increased by 4.15 individuals per square meter.
- Intervention effect Tea yield increased by 32.6% under intercropping.
- Intervention effect Intercropping reduced tea polyphenol to amino acid ratio in spring by 17.10% and autumn by 30.90%.