Claim · model-written summary
Lumbricus was more numerous under minimum tillage and straw.
LumbricusNot reportedTaxon
Verbatim
e0“Lumbricus species were more numerous in MT than CT and in straw than no-straw treatments.”
t0“autumn-sown cereals”
Title
T. F. KENNEDY; J. CONNERY; T. FORTUNE; et al. The Journal of Agricultural Science 2012. doi:10.1017/s0021859612000706
Other claims from this paper (19)
- Intervention effect Minimum tillage had more slugs than conventional tillage.
- Intervention effect No-straw plots had more slugs than straw plots in Trial 1.
- Intervention effect Straw did not change slug numbers in Trial 2.
- Observation Slug damage to seeds and seedlings was 1–2% annually.
- Observation Slug leaf damage was widespread and sometimes severe.
- Intervention effect Minimum tillage increased slug leaf damage versus conventional tillage.
- Intervention effect Straw did not affect leaf damage under either tillage method.
- Association Slug damage was unrelated to ear density.
- Association Slug damage was unrelated to grain yield.
- Observation Deroceras reticulatum was the dominant slug.
- Intervention effect Minimum tillage increased earthworm numbers.
- Intervention effect Straw increased earthworm numbers.
- Intervention effect Straw increased earthworms under minimum tillage in Trial 2 but not Trial 1.
- Intervention effect Straw increased earthworms under conventional tillage in both trials.
- Intervention effect Pterostichus melanarius was more numerous under minimum tillage.
- Intervention effect Small carabids were more abundant under conventional tillage.
- Intervention effect Straw did not affect carabid numbers.
- Recommendation Minimum tillage increased slugs, slug damage and earthworms versus conventional tillage.
- Observation Slug leaf damage did not reduce ear density or grain yield under early, 40-mm sowing.