Abstract
Background: A comprehensive agronomic investigation was undertaken to assess the impact of different conservation farming practices on growth and yield of maize (Zea mays) within alley cropping systems established using Flemingia semialata and Senna timoriensis as companion woody hedgerow species in Sakawrtuichhun, Mizoram, during 2021 (April-July) and 2022 (April-July) for two seasons respectively. Methods: A Factorial Randomized Block Design with eight treatments (T0-T7) and three replications was used, with alleys spaced at 3 m having a plot size of 2 m x 3 m. Treatments comprised various combinations of tilling, crop residue mulching and crop rotation with the application of pruned biomass from the hedgerow species. Result: The data analysis revealed significant variations (p less than 0.05) among treatments and maize performance. Maize exhibited superior growth and yield parameters in Flemingia semialata alleys compared to Senna timoriensis alleys. Treatment T3 (Tilling + crop residue as mulch + crop rotation) demonstrated the highest grain yield and benefit-cost ratio among all treatments. The findings conclusively suggest Flemingia semialata alley cropping system combined with crop residue application as mulch, conventional tilling and crop rotation by a legume crop as an effective agroforestry approach for optimizing maize yields under the specific agroecological conditions of the study area.
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Claim · model-written summary
Maize growth was superior in Flemingia alleys compared with Senna alleys.
- Treatment
- Flemingia semialata alleyse0
- Interactor
- Flemingia semialata
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Flemingia semialatae0other - Second interactor
- Senna timoriensis
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Senna timoriensise0other - Outcome
- growthe0
- Direction
- superiore0
- Comparator
- Senna timoriensis alleyse0
Zea maysOrganisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
e0“Maize exhibited superior growth and yield parameters in Flemingia semialata alleys compared to Senna timoriensis alleys.”
Claim · model-written summary
Maize yield was superior in Flemingia alleys compared with Senna alleys.
- Treatment
- Flemingia semialata alleyse0
- Interactor
- Flemingia semialataFlemingia semialatae0other
- Second interactor
- Senna timoriensisSenna timoriensise0other
- Outcome
- yield parameterse0
- Direction
- superiore0
- Comparator
- Senna timoriensis alleyse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Maize exhibited superior growth and yield parameters in Flemingia semialata alleys compared to Senna timoriensis alleys.”
Claim · model-written summary
T3 had the highest maize grain yield.
- Treatment
- Tilling + crop residue as mulch + crop rotatione0
- Outcome
- grain yielde0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Comparator
- all treatmentse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Treatment T3 (Tilling + crop residue as mulch + crop rotation) demonstrated the highest grain yield and benefit-cost ratio among all treatments.”
e1“growth and yield of maize (Zea mays)”
Claim · model-written summary
T3 had the highest benefit-cost ratio.
- Treatment
- Tilling + crop residue as mulch + crop rotatione0
- Outcome
- benefit-cost ratioe0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Comparator
- all treatmentse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Treatment T3 (Tilling + crop residue as mulch + crop rotation) demonstrated the highest grain yield and benefit-cost ratio among all treatments.”
e1“growth and yield of maize (Zea mays)”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend Flemingia alleys with mulching, tillage, and legume rotation to optimize maize yield.
- Treatment
- Flemingia semialata alley cropping system combined with crop residue application as mulch, conventional tilling and crop rotation by a legume crope0
- Interactor
- Flemingia semialataFlemingia semialatae0other
- Outcome
- optimizing maize yieldse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Flemingia semialata alley cropping system combined with crop residue application as mulch, conventional tilling and crop rotation by a legume crop as an effective agroforestry approach for optimizing maize yields”
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