Abstract
Four field trials (spring wheat and oats) were conducted (one on clay soil, one on loam soil and two on silt soil) for three years in important cereal growing districts, to investigate the influence of tillage regimes (ploughing versus reduced tillage in either autumn or spring) and straw management (removed and retained) on plant residue amounts, weed populations, soil structural parameters and cereal yields. The effect of tillage on soil structure varied, mainly due to the short trial period. In general, the amount of small soil aggregates increased with tillage intensity. Reduced soil tillage, and in some cases spring ploughing, gave significantly higher aggregate stability than autumn ploughing, thus providing protection against erosion. However, decreasing tillage intensity increased the amounts of weeds, particularly of Poa annua on silt soil. Straw treatment only slightly affected yields, while effects of tillage varied between both year and location. Reduced tillage, compared to ploughing, gave only small yield differences on loam soil, while it was superior on clay soil and inferior on silt soil. Our results suggest that shallow spring ploughing is a good alternative to autumn ploughing, since it gave comparable yields, better protection against erosion and was nearly as effective against weeds.
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Claims 8
Claim · model-written summary
Small soil aggregates increased with tillage intensity.
- Taxon
- spring wheat and oats
Avena sativa
Triticum aestivume1 - Treatment
- tillage intensitye0
- Outcome
- amount of small soil aggregatese0
- Direction
- increasede0
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Verbatim
e0“the amount of small soil aggregates increased with tillage intensity”
e1“spring wheat and oats”
Claim · model-written summary
Reduced tillage or spring ploughing sometimes gave higher aggregate stability than autumn ploughing.
- Taxon
- spring wheat and oatsAvena sativaTriticum aestivume1
- Treatment
- Reduced soil tillage, and in some cases spring ploughinge0
- Outcome
- aggregate stabilitye0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- autumn ploughinge0
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Verbatim
e0“Reduced soil tillage, and in some cases spring ploughing, gave significantly higher aggregate stability than autumn ploughing”
e1“spring wheat and oats”
Claim · model-written summary
Decreasing tillage intensity increased weeds, especially Poa annua on silt soil.
- Taxon
- spring wheat and oatsAvena sativaTriticum aestivume1
- Treatment
- decreasing tillage intensitye0
- Outcome
- amounts of weedse0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Setting
- silt soile0
Poa annuaNot reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“decreasing tillage intensity increased the amounts of weeds, particularly of Poa annua on silt soil”
e1“spring wheat and oats”
Claim · model-written summary
Straw treatment only slightly affected cereal yields.
- Taxon
- spring wheat and oatsAvena sativaTriticum aestivume1
- Treatment
- Straw treatmente0
- Outcome
- yieldse0
- Qualifier
- only slightlye0
Not reportedComparatorDirection
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Verbatim
e0“Straw treatment only slightly affected yields”
e1“spring wheat and oats”
Claim · model-written summary
Reduced tillage gave small yield differences from ploughing on loam soil.
- Taxon
- spring wheat and oatsAvena sativaTriticum aestivume1
- Treatment
- Reduced tillagee0
- Outcome
- yield differencese0
- Comparator
- ploughinge0
- Setting
- loam soile0
Not reportedDirection
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Verbatim
e0“Reduced tillage, compared to ploughing, gave only small yield differences on loam soil”
e1“spring wheat and oats”
Claim · model-written summary
Reduced tillage was superior to ploughing on clay soil.
- Taxon
- spring wheat and oatsAvena sativaTriticum aestivume1
- Treatment
- Reduced tillagee0
- Outcome
- yield differencese0
- Direction
- superiore0
- Comparator
- ploughinge0
- Setting
- clay soile0
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Verbatim
e0“Reduced tillage, compared to ploughing, gave only small yield differences on loam soil, while it was superior on clay soil and inferior on silt soil”
e1“spring wheat and oats”
Claim · model-written summary
Reduced tillage was inferior to ploughing on silt soil.
- Taxon
- spring wheat and oatsAvena sativaTriticum aestivume1
- Treatment
- Reduced tillagee0
- Outcome
- yield differencese0
- Direction
- inferiore0
- Comparator
- ploughinge0
- Setting
- silt soile0
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Verbatim
e0“Reduced tillage, compared to ploughing, gave only small yield differences on loam soil, while it was superior on clay soil and inferior on silt soil”
e1“spring wheat and oats”
Claim · model-written summary
Shallow spring ploughing is recommended as an alternative to autumn ploughing.
- Taxon
- spring wheat and oatsAvena sativaTriticum aestivume1
- Interactor
- weedse0weed
- Outcome
- shallow spring ploughing is a good alternative to autumn ploughinge0
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Verbatim
e0“shallow spring ploughing is a good alternative to autumn ploughing, since it gave comparable yields, better protection against erosion and was nearly as effective against weeds”
e1“spring wheat and oats”
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