Abstract
The effects of four continuous tillage regimes; mouldboard ploughing, tine-tillage, shallow tine-tillage, no-tillage; and three tillage rotations (involving shallow tine-tillage once every two, three, and four years in rotation with no-tillage), and two rates of synthetic agrochemicals (standard: with regular application of synthetic agrochemicals; and reduced: fewer synthetic agrochemicals in combination with biostimulants) on wheat and canola yield and quality were investigated between 2018 and 2020 under typical Mediterranean climatic conditions in South Africa. It was hypothesised that a combination of tillage rotations and the application of reduced synthetic agrochemicals will improve crop yield and quality relative to mouldboard ploughing or no-tillage. Results showed that a combination of reduced application of synthetic agrochemicals and tillage rotation practices maintained but did not significantly increase crop yield and quality, relative to no-tillage and mouldboard ploughing. Results also showed that intensive ploughing is unnecessary as it did not significantly increase yields (p > 0.05). In addition, it is possible to reduce the quantity of synthetic agrochemicals applied by partially replacing them with biostimulants without significant changes in grain or seed yields and quality. We, therefore, suggest that producers opt for biostimulants in combination with no-tillage or tillage rotation as a sustainable way of farming.
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Claim · model-written summary
Reduced agrochemicals with tillage rotation maintained wheat yield and quality relative to no-tillage and mouldboard ploughing.
- Taxon
- wheat
Triticum aestivumt0 - Treatment
- reduced application of synthetic agrochemicals and tillage rotation practicese0
- Outcome
- crop yield and qualitye0
- Direction
- maintainede0
- Comparator
- no-tillage and mouldboard ploughinge0
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Verbatim
e0“a combination of reduced application of synthetic agrochemicals and tillage rotation practices maintained but did not significantly increase crop yield and quality, relative to no-tillage and mouldboard ploughing”
t0“wheat and canola”
Claim · model-written summary
Reduced agrochemicals with tillage rotation maintained canola yield and quality relative to no-tillage and mouldboard ploughing.
- Taxon
- canola
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Brassica napus var. napust0 - Treatment
- reduced application of synthetic agrochemicals and tillage rotation practicese0
- Outcome
- crop yield and qualitye0
- Direction
- maintainede0
- Comparator
- no-tillage and mouldboard ploughinge0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
e0“a combination of reduced application of synthetic agrochemicals and tillage rotation practices maintained but did not significantly increase crop yield and quality, relative to no-tillage and mouldboard ploughing”
t0“wheat and canola”
Claim · model-written summary
Intensive ploughing did not significantly increase yields.
- Taxon
- wheat and canolaTriticum aestivumBrassica napus var. napust0
- Treatment
- intensive ploughinge0
- Outcome
- yieldse0
- Direction
- did not significantly increasee0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“intensive ploughing is unnecessary as it did not significantly increase yields (p > 0.05)”
t0“wheat and canola”
Claim · model-written summary
Partially replacing synthetic agrochemicals with biostimulants did not significantly change grain or seed yields and quality.
- Taxon
- wheat and canolaTriticum aestivumBrassica napus var. napust0
- Treatment
- partially replacing them with biostimulantse0
- Outcome
- grain or seed yields and qualitye0
- Direction
- without significant changese0
- Comparator
- synthetic agrochemicalse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“reduce the quantity of synthetic agrochemicals applied by partially replacing them with biostimulants without significant changes in grain or seed yields and quality”
t0“wheat and canola”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend biostimulants with no-tillage or tillage rotation as a sustainable farming practice.
- Taxon
- wheat and canolaTriticum aestivumBrassica napus var. napust0
- Outcome
- biostimulants in combination with no-tillage or tillage rotatione0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“producers opt for biostimulants in combination with no-tillage or tillage rotation as a sustainable way of farming”
t0“wheat and canola”
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