Abstract
Abstract The separation of transpiration by corn and evaporation from the soil was experimentally accomplished, in the field, by covering the ground surface with polyethylene plastic. It was found that as much as 50% of total evapotranspiration could be accounted for by evaporation from the soil surface. Transpiration was found to be influenced in a minor way by plant population and soil moisture environment. Corn yields were depressed in only 1 year by elimination of summer rainfall.
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Claims 4
Claim · model-written summary
Soil surface evaporation accounted for as much as 50% of total evapotranspiration.
- Taxon
- Corn
Zea mays subsp. mayst0 - Outcome
- evaporation from the soil surfacee0
- Value
- 50% of total evapotranspiratione0
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Verbatim
e0“as much as 50% of total evapotranspiration could be accounted for by evaporation from the soil surface”
t0“Field Corn”
Claim · model-written summary
Plant population had a minor influence on corn transpiration.
- Taxon
- CornZea mays subsp. mayst0
- Treatment
- plant populatione0
- Outcome
- Transpiratione0
- Qualifier
- in a minor waye0
Not reportedDirection
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Verbatim
e0“Transpiration was found to be influenced in a minor way by plant population and soil moisture environment”
t0“Field Corn”
Claim · model-written summary
Soil moisture environment had a minor influence on corn transpiration.
- Taxon
- CornZea mays subsp. mayst0
- Treatment
- soil moisture environmente0
- Outcome
- Transpiratione0
- Qualifier
- in a minor waye0
Not reportedDirection
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Verbatim
e0“Transpiration was found to be influenced in a minor way by plant population and soil moisture environment”
t0“Field Corn”
Claim · model-written summary
Eliminating summer rainfall depressed corn yield in only one year.
- Taxon
- CornZea mays subsp. mayst0
- Treatment
- elimination of summer rainfalle0
- Outcome
- Corn yieldse0
- Direction
- depressede0
- Qualifier
- only 1 yeare0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Corn yields were depressed in only 1 year by elimination of summer rainfall”
t0“Field Corn”
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