Abstract
Soil salinity is one of the significant issues in crop production and its adverse effects have been noticed at various stages of a crop life cycle therefore to assess the remedies for mitigation of soil salinity, the present study was conducted in Khipro district, Sanghar, Sindh, Pakistan during 2018-19. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD), to evaluate the growth and yield responses of maize to different tillage practices and straw incorporation under different levels of gypsum in a saline-sodic soil. The factorial study was consisted of three factors including: Tillage practices (shallow tillage [ST] and deep tillage [DT], Wheat straw incorporation (3, 7, and 10 ton. ha-1) and gypsum rates (13.5, 9 and 4.5-ton ha-1). The comparative results showed that Deep Tillage DT with wheat straw incorporation at 10-ton ha-1 (DTWS10) had significantly higher result in term of growth and yield traits followed by shallow tillage ST at 10-ton ha-1 (STWS10). Moreover, the lowest results regard growth and yield attributes were observed in Shallow tillage ST with no wheat straw incorporation (STCK) Additionally, It was also observed that gypsum application did not have significant effect (P > 0.05) on maize growth and yield, but it mitigated soil salinity and sodicity, contributing to improved crop growth and yield. Therefore, incorporating straw into saline-sodic soils can significantly (P < 0.05) enhance maize yield and its attributes, with notable effects observed after two years of treatment.
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Claim · model-written summary
Deep tillage with 10-ton ha-1 wheat straw significantly increased maize growth and yield traits over shallow tillage with the same straw rate.
- Treatment
- Deep Tillage DT with wheat straw incorporation at 10-ton ha-1e0
- Outcome
- growth and yield traitse0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- shallow tillage ST at 10-ton ha-1e0
- Setting
- saline-sodic soile1
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e0“Deep Tillage DT with wheat straw incorporation at 10-ton ha-1 (DTWS10) had significantly higher result in term of growth and yield traits followed by shallow tillage ST at 10-ton ha-1 (STWS10).”
e1“growth and yield responses of maize to different tillage practices and straw incorporation under different levels of gypsum in a saline-sodic soil”
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Shallow tillage without straw had the lowest maize growth and yield attributes.
- Treatment
- Shallow tillage ST with no wheat straw incorporatione0
- Outcome
- growth and yield attributese0
- Direction
- loweste0
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e0“the lowest results regard growth and yield attributes were observed in Shallow tillage ST with no wheat straw incorporation (STCK)”
e1“growth and yield responses of maize”
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Gypsum application had no significant effect on maize growth and yield.
- Treatment
- gypsum applicatione0
- Outcome
- maize growth and yielde0
- Direction
- did not have significant effecte0
- Value
- P > 0.05e0
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Verbatim
e0“gypsum application did not have significant effect (P > 0.05) on maize growth and yield”
e1“growth and yield responses of maize”
Claim · model-written summary
Gypsum mitigated soil salinity and sodicity, contributing to improved crop growth and yield.
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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e0“it mitigated soil salinity and sodicity, contributing to improved crop growth and yield.”
e1“gypsum application”
e2“growth and yield responses of maize”
Claim · model-written summary
Straw incorporation significantly enhanced maize yield and its attributes after two years of treatment.
- Treatment
- incorporating straw into saline-sodic soilse0
- Outcome
- maize yield and its attributese0
- Direction
- enhancee0
- Qualifier
- after two years of treatmente0
- Comparator
- no wheat straw incorporatione1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“incorporating straw into saline-sodic soils can significantly (P < 0.05) enhance maize yield and its attributes, with notable effects observed after two years of treatment.”
e1“no wheat straw incorporation”
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