Abstract
This study was initiated in 1991 at the Kansas State University Southwest Research- Extension Center near Tribune, KS. The purpose of the study was to identify the effects of tillage intensity on precipitation capture, soil water storage, and grain yield in a wheat-sorghum-fallow rotation. Grain yields of wheat and grain sorghum increased with decreased tillage intensity in a wheat-sorghum-fallow (WSF) rotation. In 2016, available soil water at wheat and sorghum planting was greater for reduced tillage (RT) than no-tillage (NT) and least for conventional tillage (CT). Averaged across the 16-yr study, available soil water at wheat and sorghum planting was similar for RT and NT and about 1 inch greater than CT. Averaged across the past 16 years, NT wheat yields were 4 bu/a greater than RT and 7 bu/a greater than CT. Grain sorghum yields in 2016 were 15 bu/a greater with long-term NT than short-term NT. Averaged across the past 16 years, sorghum yields with long-term NT have been 70% greater than with short-term NT (68 vs. 40 bu/a).
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Claim · model-written summary
Wheat grain yields increased as tillage intensity decreased.
- Taxon
- wheat
Triticum aestivume0 - Treatment
- decreased tillage intensitye0
- Outcome
- Grain yieldse0
- Direction
- increasede0
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Verbatim
e0“Grain yields of wheat and grain sorghum increased with decreased tillage intensity in a wheat-sorghum-fallow (WSF) rotation”
Claim · model-written summary
Grain sorghum yields increased as tillage intensity decreased.
- Taxon
- grain sorghum
Sorghum bicolore0 - Treatment
- decreased tillage intensitye0
- Outcome
- Grain yieldse0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“Grain yields of wheat and grain sorghum increased with decreased tillage intensity in a wheat-sorghum-fallow (WSF) rotation”
Claim · model-written summary
In 2016, reduced tillage had greater available soil water at planting than no tillage, while conventional tillage had the least.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivume0
- Treatment
- reduced tillage (RT)e0
- Outcome
- available soil water at wheat and sorghum plantinge0
- Direction
- greatere0
- Qualifier
- In 2016e0
- Comparator
- no-tillage (NT)e0
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Verbatim
e0“In 2016, available soil water at wheat and sorghum planting was greater for reduced tillage (RT) than no-tillage (NT) and least for conventional tillage (CT)”
Claim · model-written summary
Over 16 years, reduced tillage and no tillage had similar soil water at planting, about 1 inch more than conventional tillage.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivume0
- Treatment
- RT and NTe0
- Outcome
- available soil water at wheat and sorghum plantinge0
- Direction
- greatere0
- Value
- about 1 inche0
- Comparator
- CTe0
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Verbatim
e0“Averaged across the 16-yr study, available soil water at wheat and sorghum planting was similar for RT and NT and about 1 inch greater than CT”
Claim · model-written summary
Over 16 years, no tillage wheat yield exceeded reduced tillage by 4 bu/a.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivume0
- Treatment
- NTe0
- Outcome
- wheat yieldse0
- Direction
- greatere0
- Value
- 4 bu/ae0
- Comparator
- RTe0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Averaged across the past 16 years, NT wheat yields were 4 bu/a greater than RT and 7 bu/a greater than CT”
Claim · model-written summary
Over 16 years, no tillage wheat yield exceeded conventional tillage by 7 bu/a.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivume0
- Treatment
- NTe0
- Outcome
- wheat yieldse0
- Direction
- greatere0
- Value
- 7 bu/ae0
- Comparator
- CTe0
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Verbatim
e0“Averaged across the past 16 years, NT wheat yields were 4 bu/a greater than RT and 7 bu/a greater than CT”
Claim · model-written summary
In 2016, long-term no tillage sorghum yield exceeded short-term no tillage by 15 bu/a.
- Treatment
- long-term NTe0
- Outcome
- Grain sorghum yieldse0
- Direction
- greatere0
- Value
- 15 bu/ae0
- Comparator
- short-term NTe0
SorghumOrganisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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e0“Grain sorghum yields in 2016 were 15 bu/a greater with long-term NT than short-term NT”
Claim · model-written summary
Across 16 years, long-term no tillage sorghum yield exceeded short-term no tillage by 70%.
- Treatment
- long-term NTe0
- Outcome
- sorghum yieldse0
- Direction
- greatere0
- Value
- 70%e0
- Qualifier
- 68 vs. 40 bu/ae0
- Comparator
- short-term NTe0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Averaged across the past 16 years, sorghum yields with long-term NT have been 70% greater than with short-term NT (68 vs. 40 bu/a)”
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