Abstract
A field experiment was conducted at the Research Farm of the University of Agriculture Peshawar during summer 2012 to check the impact of different tillage and mulching practices on maize yield under non irrigated conditions. Maize variety Azam was sown in the trial in a RCB design having two factors viz., tillage practices and mulching. The treatment combinations were cultivator 4 times + wheat straw, cultivator 4 times + berseem straw, cultivator 4 times + control, mouldboard plow followed by rotavator + wheat straw, mouldboard plow followed by rotavator + berseem straw, mouldboard plow followed by rotavator + control, cultivator twice + wheat straw, cultivator twice + berseem straw, and cultivator twice + control. The results showed that maximum dry weed biomass was recorded in no mulch treatment (19.217 g), maximum plant height (197.34 cm) and grains cob (344.75) were recorded in wheat mulch treatments with mould board plowing followed by rotavator. Similarly, maximum thousand grain weight (146.27g) and grain yield (2252.9 kg ha) were also noticed in plots practiced with wheat straw mulch and mould board plow followed by rotavator. In all respects, the combination of wheat straw mulch and moldboard plow followed by rotavator were proved fruitful in increasing plant height and maize yield under non-irrigated conditions.
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Claim · model-written summary
Weed dry biomass was highest without mulch at 19.217 g.
- Treatment
- no mulch treatmente0
- Interactor
- weede0weed
- Outcome
- dry weed biomasse0
- Direction
- maximume0
- Value
- 19.217 ge0
Zea maysNot reportedComparator
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e0“maximum dry weed biomass was recorded in no mulch treatment (19.217 g)”
t0“maize”
Claim · model-written summary
Wheat mulch with mouldboard plowing and rotavator gave maximum plant height of 197.34 cm.
- Treatment
- wheat mulch treatments with mould board plowing followed by rotavatore0
- Outcome
- plant heighte0
- Direction
- maximume0
- Value
- 197.34 cme0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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e0“maximum plant height (197.34 cm) and grains cob (344.75) were recorded in wheat mulch treatments with mould board plowing followed by rotavator.”
t0“maize”
Claim · model-written summary
The same treatment gave maximum grains per cob of 344.75.
- Treatment
- wheat mulch treatments with mould board plowing followed by rotavatore0
- Outcome
- grains cobe0
- Direction
- maximume0
- Value
- 344.75e0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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e0“maximum plant height (197.34 cm) and grains cob (344.75) were recorded in wheat mulch treatments with mould board plowing followed by rotavator.”
t0“maize”
Claim · model-written summary
Wheat straw mulch and mouldboard plow with rotavator gave maximum thousand grain weight of 146.27g.
- Treatment
- wheat straw mulch and mould board plow followed by rotavatore0
- Outcome
- thousand grain weighte0
- Direction
- maximume0
- Value
- 146.27ge0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“maximum thousand grain weight (146.27g) and grain yield (2252.9 kg ha) were also noticed in plots practiced with wheat straw mulch and mould board plow followed by rotavator.”
t0“maize”
Claim · model-written summary
That treatment gave maximum grain yield of 2252.9 kg ha.
- Treatment
- wheat straw mulch and mould board plow followed by rotavatore0
- Outcome
- grain yielde0
- Direction
- maximume0
- Value
- 2252.9 kg hae0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“maximum thousand grain weight (146.27g) and grain yield (2252.9 kg ha) were also noticed in plots practiced with wheat straw mulch and mould board plow followed by rotavator.”
t0“maize”
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