Abstract
The field experiments were conducted in the dry farming experimental site located in Shouyang, Shanxi province in the semi-humid to arid area. The paper discusses the effects of conservation tillage systems (reduced tillage or no-till and mulching) on wind erosion control, water conservation, corn seedling emergence, yield, and water use efficiency (WUE). The field experiments involved two sets of conservation tillage systems for spring corn in Shouyang and other similar dryland areas: (1) using subsoiling between rows or notill with the whole corn stalk mulching after harvest in fall, and seeding in the next spring with one pass seed and fertilizer application by no-till planter, in combination with weed control by herbicides; (2) using deep plowing with incorporated straw and fertilizers after harvest in the fall, next year harrowing in spring and rolling before sowing, then one pass seeding by machinery or by animal. The two sets of conservation tillage systems have shown promise to reduce water loss, soil erosion, energy, and increase corn yield and improve water use efficiency.
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Claim · model-written summary
Conservation tillage systems reduced water loss, soil erosion and energy use in spring corn.
- Taxon
- Spring Corn
Zea mays subsp. mayst0 - Treatment
- conservation tillage systemse1
- Outcome
- water loss, soil erosion, energye1
- Direction
- reducee1
- Setting
- Shouyang, Shanxi provincee2
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t0“Conservation Tillage Systems for Spring Corn”
e1“The two sets of conservation tillage systems have shown promise to reduce water loss, soil erosion, energy, and increase corn yield and improve water use efficiency”
e2“The field experiments were conducted in the dry farming experimental site located in Shouyang, Shanxi province”
Claim · model-written summary
Conservation tillage systems increased corn yield in spring corn.
- Taxon
- Spring CornZea mays subsp. mayst0
- Treatment
- conservation tillage systemse1
- Outcome
- corn yielde1
- Direction
- increasee1
- Setting
- Shouyang, Shanxi provincee2
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Conservation Tillage Systems for Spring Corn”
e1“The two sets of conservation tillage systems have shown promise to reduce water loss, soil erosion, energy, and increase corn yield and improve water use efficiency”
e2“The field experiments were conducted in the dry farming experimental site located in Shouyang, Shanxi province”
Claim · model-written summary
Conservation tillage systems improved water use efficiency in spring corn.
- Taxon
- Spring CornZea mays subsp. mayst0
- Treatment
- conservation tillage systemse1
- Outcome
- water use efficiencye1
- Direction
- improvee1
- Setting
- Shouyang, Shanxi provincee2
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Conservation Tillage Systems for Spring Corn”
e1“The two sets of conservation tillage systems have shown promise to reduce water loss, soil erosion, energy, and increase corn yield and improve water use efficiency”
e2“The field experiments were conducted in the dry farming experimental site located in Shouyang, Shanxi province”
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