Claim · model-written summary
Conservation tillage lowered soil temperature and bulk density relative to conventional tillage.
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e0“decreasing the soil temperature and bulk density over CT”
t0“spring wheat”
e1“conservation tillage systems”
Title
Mahran Sadiq; Nasir Rahim; Majid Mahmood Tahir; et al. Frontiers in Microbiology 2024. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2024.1356426
Other claims from this paper (14)
- Intervention effect Conservation tillage significantly increased wheat plant height, spikes per plant and seeds per square meter relative to conventional tillage.
- Intervention effect Conservation tillage significantly increased wheat root, aboveground biomass and dry matter yields relative to conventional tillage.
- Intervention effect Conservation tillage significantly increased wheat thousand-grain weight and grain yield relative to conventional tillage.
- Intervention effect Conservation tillage improved soil water content, pore space and water storage over conventional tillage.
- Intervention effect Conservation tillage improved soil organic carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus properties over conventional tillage.
- Intervention effect Conservation tillage improved soil potassium, microbial counts and measured soil enzyme activities over conventional tillage.
- Intervention effect Conservation tillage showed non-significant effects on soil electrical conductivity, pH and stoichiometric ratios.
- Intervention effect NTS reduced greenhouse gas emissions and net global warming potential by 23.44% relative to conventional tillage.
- Intervention effect NT reduced greenhouse gas emissions and net global warming potential by 19.57% relative to conventional tillage.
- Intervention effect CTS reduced greenhouse gas emissions and net global warming potential by 16.54% relative to conventional tillage.
- Intervention effect NTS reduced greenhouse gas intensity by 23.20% relative to conventional tillage.
- Intervention effect NT reduced greenhouse gas intensity by 29.96% relative to conventional tillage.
- Intervention effect CTS reduced greenhouse gas intensity by 18.72% relative to conventional tillage.
- Recommendation The authors recommend NTS to increase yield and improve soil and water conservation and climate resilience.