Abstract
The subtropical area of Horro Alleltu, Nekemte, the Wollega province, Ethiopia, with predominantly ferralithic (ferralsol) rhodic soils of a very good composition, favourable internal and external drainage, a large amount of precipitations and favourable temperatures, makes it possible instead of conventional tillage to apply some of the alternative soil tillage treatments in maize production, such as: subsoiling, deep (10-15 cm) and shallow (5-10 cm) discharowing, and even sowing without the basic soil tillage. This is primarily possible for agricultural reasons. With regard to the yield, sowing without basic soil tillage, including zero tillage treatments deserves special attention as a measure against the water erosion, which is of a particular importance in the region of Horro Alleltu. The best results of fertilization were obtained with higher levels of applied fertilizers. Soil tillage (hoeing and ridging) during the vegetation period did not show any yield advantages over the possibility to omit these tillage operations.
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Claim · model-written summary
Sowing without basic soil tillage, including zero tillage, deserves special attention for maize yield as a measure against water erosion.
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e1“With regard to the yield, sowing without basic soil tillage, including zero tillage treatments deserves special attention as a measure against the water erosion”
e2“alternative soil tillage treatments in maize production”
t0“in the Horro Alleltu area, Ethiopia”
Claim · model-written summary
Higher levels of applied fertilizers gave the best fertilization results in maize.
- Treatment
- higher levels of applied fertilizerse3
- Outcome
- results of fertilizatione3
- Direction
- beste3
- Setting
- Horro Alleltu areat0
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Verbatim
e3“The best results of fertilization were obtained with higher levels of applied fertilizers”
e2“alternative soil tillage treatments in maize production”
t0“in the Horro Alleltu area, Ethiopia”
Claim · model-written summary
Soil tillage (hoeing and ridging) during the vegetation period gave no yield advantage over omitting it in maize.
- Treatment
- Soil tillage (hoeing and ridging) during the vegetation periode4
- Outcome
- yield advantagese4
- Direction
- no_changeinferrede4
- Comparator
- the possibility to omit these tillage operationse4
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Verbatim
e4“Soil tillage (hoeing and ridging) during the vegetation period did not show any yield advantages over the possibility to omit these tillage operations”
e2“alternative soil tillage treatments in maize production”
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