Abstract
Abstract Conservation tillage systems, such as no‐tillage, have shown tremendous potential for controlling erosion, yet results in crop growth and yield have varied with location, environment, and soil type. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the effects of no‐tillage (NT) and conventional tillage (CT) on growth and development of grain sorghum ( Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) grown on a heavy clay soil in a humid, subtropical climate. The study was conducted over a 2‐year period on an Austin silty clay (fine‐silty, carbonatic, thermic Entic Haplustolls) with grain sorghum grown in rotation with winter wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.). Grain sorghum yields did not differ significantly between NT and CT. Soil water contents were not significantly different between the tillage treatments, but there were consistent trends toward more soil water under NT throughout sorghum development each year. The tillage treatments did not have a major effect on soil temperature. Reductions in the leaf area index at panicle initiation noted under the NT treatment, however, were not reflected in differences in grain yield. Therefore, no‐tillage may become an attractive management alternative for areas with similar soil and climatic conditions.
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Claim · model-written summary
Grain sorghum yields did not differ significantly between no-tillage and conventional tillage.
- Taxon
- grain sorghum
Sorghum bicolort0 - Treatment
- NTe0
- Outcome
- yieldse0
- Direction
- did not differe0
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- CTe0
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e0“Grain sorghum yields did not differ significantly between NT and CT.”
t0“grain sorghum grown in rotation with winter wheat”
Claim · model-written summary
Soil water content did not significantly differ between tillage treatments.
- Taxon
- grain sorghumSorghum bicolort0
- Treatment
- tillage treatmentse0
- Outcome
- Soil water contentse0
- Direction
- not significantly differente0
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e0“Soil water contents were not significantly different between the tillage treatments”
t0“grain sorghum grown in rotation with winter wheat”
Claim · model-written summary
There was a consistent trend toward more soil water under no-tillage during sorghum development.
- Taxon
- grain sorghumSorghum bicolort0
- Treatment
- NTe0
- Outcome
- soil watere0
- Direction
- moree0
- Qualifier
- throughout sorghum development each yeare0
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e0“there were consistent trends toward more soil water under NT throughout sorghum development each year.”
t0“grain sorghum grown in rotation with winter wheat”
Claim · model-written summary
Tillage treatments had no major effect on soil temperature.
- Taxon
- grain sorghumSorghum bicolort0
- Treatment
- tillage treatmentse0
- Outcome
- soil temperaturee0
- Direction
- did not have a major effecte0
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e0“The tillage treatments did not have a major effect on soil temperature.”
t0“grain sorghum grown in rotation with winter wheat”
Claim · model-written summary
No-tillage reduced sorghum leaf area index at panicle initiation.
- Taxon
- grain sorghumSorghum bicolort0
- Organ / stage
- panicle initiatione0
- Treatment
- NT treatmente0
- Outcome
- leaf area indexe0
- Direction
- Reductionse0
Not reportedComparator
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e0“Reductions in the leaf area index at panicle initiation noted under the NT treatment”
t0“grain sorghum grown in rotation with winter wheat”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors propose no-tillage as an attractive management option in similar soil and climate.
- Taxon
- grain sorghumSorghum bicolort0
- Outcome
- no‐tillagee0
- Qualifier
- areas with similar soil and climatic conditionse0
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Verbatim
e0“no‐tillage may become an attractive management alternative for areas with similar soil and climatic conditions.”
t0“grain sorghum grown in rotation with winter wheat”
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