Abstract
Synopsis Detasseling increased corn yields under conditions of drought, low soil fertility, and above‐optimum plant populations. Data indicate that detasseling should be beneficial at close spacings with strong competition for soil nutrients.
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Claim · model-written summary
Detasseling increased corn yields under drought, low fertility and above-optimum populations.
- Taxon
- corn
Zea mays subsp. mayse0 - Treatment
- Detasselinge0
- Outcome
- corn yieldse0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Qualifier
- conditions of drought, low soil fertility, and above‐optimum plant populationse0
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Verbatim
e0“Detasseling increased corn yields under conditions of drought, low soil fertility, and above‐optimum plant populations.”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend detasseling at close spacings with strong competition for soil nutrients.
- Taxon
- CornZea mays subsp. mayst0
- Outcome
- detasseling should be beneficial at close spacings with strong competition for soil nutrientse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“detasseling should be beneficial at close spacings with strong competition for soil nutrients.”
t0“Corn”
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