Abstract
Tillage is a potential crop production activity, which largely affects crop yield. A field study was conducted to compare the effect of Deep tillage (DT), Conventional tillage (CT) and Zero tillage (ZT) practices on maize production. Significant differences among tillage treatments were observed for seedling emergence, plant height, number of leaves per plant and grain and dry matter yields. Compared to other treatments, DT gave high seedling emergence percentage, tallest plants with many leaves and highest gain and dry matter yields, followed by the CT treatment. The ZT treatment tested in this study exhibited lower emergence, shortest plants, with fewer leaves and minimum grain and dry matter yields. Therefore, considering the soil and weather conditions of the experiment, the best tillage practice for maize production is DT, followed by CT and ZT treatments. Keyword: Grain yield, maize growth, tillage practices, yield components.
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Claim · model-written summary
Tillage treatments differed significantly in maize emergence, plant height, leaf number and yields.
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e0“Significant differences among tillage treatments were observed for seedling emergence, plant height, number of leaves per plant and grain and dry matter yields.”
t0“MAIZE PRODUCTION”
Claim · model-written summary
Deep tillage gave the highest maize emergence, height, leaf number and yields compared with other treatments.
- Treatment
- Deep tillagee1
- Outcome
- seedling emergence percentage, tallest plants with many leavese0
- Direction
- highe0
- Comparator
- other treatmentse0
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Verbatim
e0“Compared to other treatments, DT gave high seedling emergence percentage, tallest plants with many leaves and highest gain and dry matter yields, followed by the CT treatment.”
e1“Deep tillage (DT), Conventional tillage (CT) and Zero tillage (ZT)”
t0“MAIZE PRODUCTION”
Claim · model-written summary
Zero tillage had the lowest maize emergence, plant stature, leaf number and yields.
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e0“The ZT treatment tested in this study exhibited lower emergence, shortest plants, with fewer leaves and minimum grain and dry matter yields.”
e1“Zero tillage (ZT)”
t0“MAIZE PRODUCTION”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend deep tillage as the best maize production practice under the experiment conditions.
- Treatment
- DTe0
- Outcome
- best tillage practice for maize productione0
- Qualifier
- soil and weather conditions of the experimente0
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Verbatim
e0“Therefore, considering the soil and weather conditions of the experiment, the best tillage practice for maize production is DT, followed by CT and ZT treatments.”
t0“MAIZE PRODUCTION”
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