Abstract
Furrow diking is the practice of installing earthen dams to form small basins between crop rows to reduce water runoff and improve water retention. Furrow-diking equipment is operated shortly after planting and has been used extensively in the southern Great Plains. Research evaluating crop response to furrow diking is limited in North Carolina and other southeastern states. Experiments were conducted to determine cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) and peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) yields following furrow diking in conventional and strip tillage systems. Corn (Zea mays L.) response to furrow diking was determined only in conventional tillage systems. In the experiments where tillage was compared, variability in cotton and peanut response to tillage was observed, whereas diking did not affect yield of these crops. In separate experiments with conventional tillage only, peanut and corn yields were not affected by the diking treatment. However, in one experiment conducted at five sites in conventional tillage only, cotton yield increased by 7% when furrow diking was included. Although these results indicate that peanut and corn may be nonresponsive to furrow diking on coarse-textured soils in the coastal plain of North Carolina, additional research is needed to make a concrete assessment of potential of furrow diking on these crops. While variability was noted when comparing experiments, cotton responded favorably to furrow diking.
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Claim · model-written summary
Cotton response to tillage varied across experiments.
- Taxon
- cotton
Gossypium hirsutume0 - Outcome
- response to tillagee0
- Direction
- variabilitye0
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Verbatim
e0“variability in cotton and peanut response to tillage was observed”
Claim · model-written summary
Peanut response to tillage varied across experiments.
- Taxon
- peanut
Arachis hypogaeae0 - Outcome
- response to tillagee0
- Direction
- variabilitye0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“variability in cotton and peanut response to tillage was observed”
Claim · model-written summary
Diking did not affect cotton yield in experiments comparing tillage.
- Taxon
- cottonGossypium hirsutume0
- Treatment
- dikinge0
- Outcome
- yielde0
- Direction
- did not affecte0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“variability in cotton and peanut response to tillage was observed, whereas diking did not affect yield of these crops.”
Claim · model-written summary
Diking did not affect peanut yield in experiments comparing tillage.
- Taxon
- peanutArachis hypogaeae0
- Treatment
- dikinge0
- Outcome
- yielde0
- Direction
- did not affecte0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“variability in cotton and peanut response to tillage was observed, whereas diking did not affect yield of these crops.”
Claim · model-written summary
Diking did not affect peanut yield under conventional tillage.
- Taxon
- peanutArachis hypogaeae0
- Treatment
- diking treatmente0
- Outcome
- yieldse0
- Direction
- not affectede0
- Qualifier
- conventional tillage onlye0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“In separate experiments with conventional tillage only, peanut and corn yields were not affected by the diking treatment.”
Claim · model-written summary
Diking did not affect corn yield under conventional tillage.
- Taxon
- corn
Zea mays subsp. mayse0 - Treatment
- diking treatmente0
- Outcome
- yieldse0
- Direction
- not affectede0
- Qualifier
- conventional tillage onlye0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“In separate experiments with conventional tillage only, peanut and corn yields were not affected by the diking treatment.”
Claim · model-written summary
Diking increased cotton yield by 7% in one five-site conventional tillage experiment.
- Taxon
- cottonGossypium hirsutume0
- Treatment
- furrow dikinge0
- Outcome
- yielde0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 7%e0
- Qualifier
- five sites in conventional tillage onlye0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“in one experiment conducted at five sites in conventional tillage only, cotton yield increased by 7% when furrow diking was included.”
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