Abstract
Rainfed crop management systems need to be optimized to provide more resilient options in order to cope with projected climatic scenarios which are forecasting a decrease in mean precipitation and more frequent extreme drought periods in the Eastern Romanian Danube Plain. This research, carried out in the period of 2011-2014, had as main purpose the determination of influence of tillage practices and residue management on rainfall use efficiency, maize yield and its stability, in order to evaluate the advantages of conservation agriculture (CA) in the time of stabilization of direct seeding effects, in comparison with traditional chisel tillage. The maize grain yields are presented for each crop management practices, as follows: (1) chisel tillage, retained crop residues being chopped and incorporated (ciz); (2) zero tillage, retained crop residue chopped and kept on the field in short flat condition (rvt); (3) zero tillage, crop residues kept on the field in short root-anchored condition (1/2rva), and (4) zero tillage, crop residues kept on the field in tall root-anchored condition (1/1rva). In 2012, a year with prolonged drought during vegetative growth, yield differences between zero tillage with short root-anchored residue retention (1/2rva) and chisel tillage with residue incorporation (ciz) were positive, up to 840 kg ha-1. In average over 2011-2014, conservation agriculture (CA) practices had a yield advantage over traditional chisel tillage practice. Zero tillage with residue retention used rainfall more efficiently so suggesting that it is a more resilient agronomic system than traditional (conventional) practices involving chisel tillage with residue incorporation.
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Claim · model-written summary
Short root-anchored residue retention under zero tillage raised 2012 maize yield by up to 840 kg ha-1 relative to chisel tillage.
- Treatment
- zero tillage with short root-anchored residue retention (1/2rva)e0
- Outcome
- yield differencese0
- Direction
- positivee0
- Value
- up to 840 kg ha-1e0
- Qualifier
- In 2012, a year with prolonged drought during vegetative growthe0
- Comparator
- chisel tillage with residue incorporation (ciz)e0
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Verbatim
e0“In 2012, a year with prolonged drought during vegetative growth, yield differences between zero tillage with short root-anchored residue retention (1/2rva) and chisel tillage with residue incorporation (ciz) were positive, up to 840 kg ha-1.”
t0“Maize”
Claim · model-written summary
Conservation agriculture had higher average maize yield over 2011–2014 than traditional chisel tillage.
- Treatment
- conservation agriculture (CA) practicese0
- Outcome
- yielde0
- Direction
- advantagee0
- Qualifier
- 2011-2014e0
- Comparator
- traditional chisel tillage practicee0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“In average over 2011-2014, conservation agriculture (CA) practices had a yield advantage over traditional chisel tillage practice.”
t0“Maize”
Claim · model-written summary
Zero tillage with residue retention used rainfall more efficiently than chisel tillage with residue incorporation.
- Treatment
- Zero tillage with residue retentione0
- Outcome
- rainfalle0
- Direction
- more efficientlye0
- Comparator
- chisel tillage with residue incorporatione0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Zero tillage with residue retention used rainfall more efficiently so suggesting that it is a more resilient agronomic system than traditional (conventional) practices involving chisel tillage with residue incorporation.”
t0“Maize”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors suggest zero tillage with residue retention is a more resilient agronomic system.
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Zero tillage with residue retention used rainfall more efficiently so suggesting that it is a more resilient agronomic system than traditional (conventional) practices involving chisel tillage with residue incorporation.”
t0“Maize”
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