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The authors conclude that twin plants per hole decrease maize root lodging in southwest China.

Taxon: maizeZea mayse0
Treatment: twin plants in a holee0
Outcome: root lodginge0
Direction: decreasee0
Setting: southwest of Chinae0

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“twin plants in a hole are effective to decrease the root lodging of maize in southwest of China”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1081–1176

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Enhancing root lodging resistance of maize with twin plants in wide-narrow rows: a case study

Kaixian Wu; Feng Zhou; Shiyong Zhou; et al. Plant Production Science 2020. doi:10.1080/1343943x.2020.1725392

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Intervention effect Twin planting significantly increased vertical root-pulling resistance.
Intervention effect Twin planting significantly increased the angle of natural root lodging.
Mechanism Twin planting increased root angle and stem diameter, which the authors link to lodging resistance.
Intervention effect Twin planting did not reduce maize yield or biomass.

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Maintenance of K fertilizer is required to prevent a decrease in soil potassium availability in maize production.

Taxon: maizeZea mayst0
Outcome: maintenance of K fertilizere3
Qualifier: preventing a decrease in the availability of potassium nutrients in the soile3

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“Determination of potassium fertilizer requirement of maize hybrid with high K availability in the soil”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 0–102

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“We suggested to preventing a decrease in the availability of potassium nutrients in the soil, prevented decreasing productivity, and to kept sustainability productivity was requires maintenance of K fertilizer”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1073–1282

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Determination of potassium fertilizer requirement of maize hybrid with high K availability in the soil

Herawati; Syafruddin IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science 2020. doi:10.1088/1755-1315/484/1/012087

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Selecting and breeding pollution-safe maize cultivars is recommended to decrease As content in As-contaminated soil.

Taxon: maizeZea mayse6
Outcome: As contente5

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“a maize recombinant inbred line population derived from the Chinese crossbred variety Yuyu22”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 260–352

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“to decrease the As content in As-contaminated soil through the selection and breeding of As pollution-safe cultivars”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 944–1060

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Genetic analysis of arsenic accumulation in maize using QTL mapping

Zhongjun Fu; Weihua Li; Xiaolong Xing; et al. Scientific Reports 2016. doi:10.1038/srep21292

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The authors suggest that an effective systemic insecticide applied as a seed coating may give good control of D. kuscheli, decrease MRCV severity and increase grain yield under field conditions in areas at risk.

Taxon: maizeZea mayse0
Treatment: effective systemic insecticide is applied as a seed coatinge1
Interactor: D. kuscheliDelphacodes kuschelie1pest
Outcome: good control of D. kuscheli, decrease MRCV severity and increase grain yielde1
Setting: field conditionse1

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“maize hybrids whose seeds had been treated with systemic insecticides”
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“if an effective systemic insecticide is applied as a seed coating, it may be possible to obtain good control of D. kuscheli, decrease MRCV severity and increase grain yield under field conditions”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1379–1574

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Systemic insecticides for control of Delphacodes kuscheli and the Mal de Río Cuarto virus on maize

G. J. March; J. A. Ornaghi; J. E. Beviacqua; et al. International Journal of Pest Management 2002. doi:10.1080/09670870110100695

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The authors suggest that applying bio-inoculants with IAA may decrease the deleterious effects of Pb toxicity in oil-polluted agricultural fields.

Taxon: maizeZea mayse2
Treatment: Application of bio-inoculants with IAAe7
Outcome: deleterious effects of Pb toxicitye7
Qualifier: may decreasee7
Setting: oil-polluted agriculture fieldse7

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“Two bacterial strains (Exiguobacterium aurantiacum and Bacillus firmus) were isolated from maize rhizosphere growing in an oil-polluted field and applied as bio-inoculants on maize in a greenhouse experiment for 80 days”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 564–783

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“Application of bio-inoculants with IAA may decrease the deleterious effects of Pb toxicity in oil-polluted agriculture fields”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1630–1755

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Potential of indole-3-acetic acid-producing rhizobacteria to resist Pb toxicity in polluted soil

Bushra Rehman; Tamoor Ul Hassan; Asghari Bano Soil and Sediment Contamination An International Journal 2018. doi:10.1080/15320383.2018.1539947

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Observation The oil-polluted field had Pb geo-accumulation and pollution load index values higher than the standard.
Observation The soil in the polluted field accumulated higher Cd, Zn and Mn contents.
Observation Maize leaves and roots accumulated higher Pb and Zn.
Observation Maize leaves and roots showed biological concentration, biological accumulating and translocation factors for Zn.
Observation Exiguobacterium aurantiacum was tolerant to Pb at 500 ppm.
Observation Bacillus firmus was tolerant to Pb at 500 ppm.
Observation Exiguobacterium aurantiacum had the potential to produce IAA in the presence or absence of Pb.
Observation Bacillus firmus had the potential to produce IAA in the presence or absence of Pb.
Intervention effect Single inoculation of bio-inoculants decreased Pb contents in soil, leaves and roots of maize by 30% relative to the control.
Intervention effect A single application of bio-inoculants improved growth and physiological attributes of maize by 25%.
Intervention effect Applying Pb with bio-inoculants decreased the efficiency of PGPR.
Intervention effect Applying Pb with bio-inoculants increased growth and physiological attributes of maize by only 10–15% over single inoculation.
Intervention effect Bio-inoculants with IAA and Pb application gave the best root growth of maize, 60% better than the control.
Intervention effect Bio-inoculants with IAA and Pb application reduced Pb toxicity in maize by 38%.
Intervention effect Bio-inoculants with IAA and Pb application increased growth and physiological attributes of maize by 10–15% over single inoculation.

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The authors suggest a stale seedbed before maize to reduce resistant weed numbers.

Taxon: maizeZea mayse0
Outcome: stale seedbed preparation that precedes a maize crope0
Qualifier: may specifically decrease the number of resistant plants in the fielde0

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“These results suggested that a stale seedbed preparation that precedes a maize crop may specifically decrease the number of resistant plants in the field.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 855–1009

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Differences in some life history traits between triazine-resistant and susceptible Solanum nigrum.

Edwin F. Kremer; L.A.P. Lotz Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling 1996

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The authors recommend avoiding water stress at the silking growth stage of maize to prevent yield decrease.

Taxon: maizeZea mayse1
Outcome: contraception of water stress in this growth stagee6
Setting: Varamin Agricultural Research Centree1

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“Field experiments were carried out at the Agricultural Experimental Station of Varamin Agricultural Research Centre on a clay loam soil to study the effect of water deficits at different growth stages on growth, some physiological aspects and yield of maize (Zea mays L.)”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 10–281

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“contraception of water stress in this growth stage is necessary”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1104–1167

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Effects of Water Stress on Yield and Some Agronomic Traits of Maiz (SC 301)

Farshad Ghooshchi; Mohsen Seilsepour; P. Jafari http://www.idosi.org/wjas/wjas4(6)/3.pdf 2008

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Intervention effect Water stress before silking, at silking or at grain filling significantly reduced the growth parameters of maize compared with normal irrigation.
Intervention effect Water deficit significantly decreased maize yield compared with normal irrigation.
Intervention effect Water deficit before silking decreased maize yield by 12.5%.
Intervention effect Water deficit at silking decreased maize yield by 42.0%.
Intervention effect Water deficit at the filling growth stage decreased maize yield by 22.5%.
Observation The silking growth stage is the most sensitive stage of maize to water stress.

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Farmers should raise fertilizer dose and farm size and lower seed rate.

Taxon: maizeZea mayse1
Outcome: increase their fertilizer dose and farm size while they should decrease their seed ratee0

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“farmers should increase their fertilizer dose and farm size while they should decrease their seed rate for efficient production”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1070–1197

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“hybrid maize farmers”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 479–499

Title

Technical efficiency of hybrid maize production in eastern terai of Nepal: A stochastic frontier approach

Surya P. Adhikari; Krishna P. Timsina; Peter R. Brown; et al. Journal of Agriculture and Natural Resources 2018. doi:10.3126/janr.v1i1.22234

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Association Maize output responded positively to urea.
Association Maize output responded positively to DAP.
Association Maize output increased with planted area.
Association Maize production responded negatively to seed quantity.
Observation Mean technical efficiency of maize farmers was 79 %.
Association Farmer age was negatively associated with maize output.
Association Household size was positively associated with maize output.
Association Younger farmers were more technically efficient than older farmers.

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Combined application of crop residues with mineral fertilizer could conserve soil N and decrease N losses from mineral fertilizers in tropical regions with high rainfall, in the long term.

Taxon: MaizeZea mayst0
Treatment: combined application of crop residues with mineral fertilizere6
Outcome: conserving and decreasing soil N losses from mineral fertilizerse6
Qualifier: in the long terme6
Setting: In tropical regions with high rainfalle6

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“Recovery of Nitrogen from Maize Residue and Inorganic Fertilizer in a Maize‐Groundnut Rotation System in Humid Tropics of Malaysia”
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“In tropical regions with high rainfall, conserving and decreasing soil N losses from mineral fertilizers could be achieved (in the long term) by the combined application of crop residues with mineral fertilizer”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1449–1659

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Recovery of Nitrogen from Maize Residue and Inorganic Fertilizer in a Maize‐Groundnut Rotation System in Humid Tropics of Malaysia

A. R. Mubarak; A. B. Rosenani; A. R. Anuar; et al. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis 2003. doi:10.1081/css-120024774

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The authors recommend considering temperature and humidity during tropical storage.

Taxon: maizeZea mayst0
Outcome: considered during storage by tropical farmerse0
Qualifier: decrease in temperature and increase in relative humiditye1

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“This should be considered during storage by tropical farmers”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1345–1405

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“Infestation increased with decrease in temperature and increase in relative humidity”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1259–1343

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“maize weevil (Sitophilus zeamais)”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 83–116

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A comparative study on infestation of three varieties of maize (Zea mays (L.) with maize weevil (Sitophilus zeamais) Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

GA Arong; HL Njila Global Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences 2006. doi:10.4314/gjpas.v12i1.16542

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Observation No variety was completely resistant to infestation.
Association Infestation varied significantly among maize varieties.
Observation Suwan 123 had 55.8% pest progeny.
Observation T2 USR White single cross had 39.3% pest progeny.
Observation The resistant Suwan variety had 35.3% pest progeny.
Association Maize grain size and hardness were associated with resistance.
Observation Suwan I-Y had the lowest seed infestation, 5.5%.
Observation T2USR-White single cross had 50% seed infestation.
Observation Suwan 123 had the highest seed infestation, 69.1%.
Observation Weevils preferred suwan 123, then T2USR-white single cross, then suwan I-Y.
Association Infestation increased as temperature decreased.
Association Infestation increased as relative humidity increased.

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