Abstract
Abstract A study was conducted at the University of Dschang’s Application and Research Farm to evaluate the impact of three types of tillage combined with sole and intercropped systems on maize production and soil properties. The study factors were the type of tillage (zero, minimum, and conventional) and the cropping system under plant cover (intercropping of maize – Bracharia ruziziensis, maize + Arachis glabrata and sole maize, B. ruziziensis , A. glabrata crops). A randomized complete block design with a split-splot arrangement was used. Multiple linear regression model, correlations between soil properties and yield, and comparison of means using Tukey’s test were carried out. Minimum tillage + intercropping with A. glabrata produces the highest maize yield. Intercropping with B. ruziziensis enhances maize growth. Zero/minimum tillage provides the best maize yield overall. No-tillage and minimum tillage systems combined with A. glabrata or B. ruziziensis increase nitrogen, increase organic carbon, increase CEC, improve the C/N ratio, and increase available phosphorus. Minimum tillage & no tillage are the most effective. Which maize-based cropping system is superior (intercropping with A. glabrata or B. ruziziensis ). Which combination gives the best results (minimum tillage + A. glabrata is the best system for yield). Maize performance improves (growth & yield) and soil properties improve (nutrients, C, CEC, etc.). Based on these results, zero/minimum tillages and maize intercropping with A. glabrata / B. ruziziensis can solve the maize production problem and improve the physico-chemical properties of the soil.
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Claim · model-written summary
Minimum tillage with A. glabrata intercropping produced the highest maize yield.
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e0“Minimum tillage + intercropping with A. glabrata produces the highest maize yield.”
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Intercropping with B. ruziziensis enhanced maize growth.
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e0“Intercropping with B. ruziziensis enhances maize growth.”
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Zero or minimum tillage provided the best overall maize yield.
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e0“Zero/minimum tillage provides the best maize yield overall.”
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No-tillage and minimum tillage with cover crops increased soil nitrogen and organic carbon.
- Treatment
- No-tillage and minimum tillage systems combined with A. glabrata or B. ruziziensise0
- Outcome
- nitrogen, increase organic carbone0
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- increasee0
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e0“No-tillage and minimum tillage systems combined with A. glabrata or B. ruziziensis increase nitrogen, increase organic carbon, increase CEC, improve the C/N ratio, and increase available phosphorus.”
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No-tillage and minimum tillage with cover crops increased CEC.
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- No-tillage and minimum tillage systems combined with A. glabrata or B. ruziziensise0
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- CECe0
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- increasee0
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e0“No-tillage and minimum tillage systems combined with A. glabrata or B. ruziziensis increase nitrogen, increase organic carbon, increase CEC, improve the C/N ratio, and increase available phosphorus.”
t0“maize”
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No-tillage and minimum tillage with cover crops improved the soil C/N ratio.
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- No-tillage and minimum tillage systems combined with A. glabrata or B. ruziziensise0
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- C/N ratioe0
- Direction
- improvee0
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e0“No-tillage and minimum tillage systems combined with A. glabrata or B. ruziziensis increase nitrogen, increase organic carbon, increase CEC, improve the C/N ratio, and increase available phosphorus.”
t0“maize”
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No-tillage and minimum tillage with cover crops increased available soil phosphorus.
- Treatment
- No-tillage and minimum tillage systems combined with A. glabrata or B. ruziziensise0
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- available phosphoruse0
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- increasee0
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e0“No-tillage and minimum tillage systems combined with A. glabrata or B. ruziziensis increase nitrogen, increase organic carbon, increase CEC, improve the C/N ratio, and increase available phosphorus.”
t0“maize”
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The authors recommend zero or minimum tillage and maize intercropping with the cover crops to improve maize production and soil properties.
- Outcome
- zero/minimum tillages and maize intercropping with A. glabrata / B. ruziziensise0
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e0“zero/minimum tillages and maize intercropping with A. glabrata / B. ruziziensis can solve the maize production problem and improve the physico-chemical properties of the soil.”
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