Claim · model-written summary
Soil total nitrogen and organic matter remained the same or increased slightly in spring wheat fields.
- Taxon
- spring wheat
Triticum aestivume0 - Outcome
- soil total nitrogen and organic mattere0
- Direction
- remained the same or increased slightlye0
- Setting
- spring wheat fieldse0
Verbatim
e0“Among the rotation treatments, soil total nitrogen and organic matter decreased greatly in cornfields, while they remained the same or increased slightly in spring wheat fields.”
Title
Jun Wang; Feng-Min Li; Yu Jia Journal of Sustainable Agriculture 2006. doi:10.1300/j064v28n01_10
Other claims from this paper (15)
- Intervention effect Millet fields converted from alfalfa grassland had higher soil moisture than alfalfa grassland over two years.
- Intervention effect Planting millet was not helpful for soil water restoration in the first year.
- Intervention effect planting potatoes changed soil water by 36.0 mm in the second year after alfalfa conversion.
- Intervention effect spring wheat changed soil water by 11.3 mm in the second year after alfalfa conversion.
- Intervention effect corn changed soil water by −1.3 mm in the second year after alfalfa conversion.
- Intervention effect fallow following millet changed soil water by 4.9 mm in the second year after alfalfa conversion.
- Recommendation Potatoes were judged the best rotation choice for restoring soil water.
- Intervention effect Rotation treatments gave lower soil total nitrogen by 9.9% in 2001 than continuous alfalfa.
- Intervention effect Rotation treatments gave lower soil total nitrogen by 21.5% in 2002 than continuous alfalfa.
- Intervention effect Rotation treatments gave lower soil organic matter by 46.8% in 2001 than continuous alfalfa.
- Intervention effect Rotation treatments gave lower soil organic matter by 28.1% in 2002 than continuous alfalfa.
- Intervention effect Rotation treatments gave higher soil mineral nitrogen by 27.2% in 2002 than continuous alfalfa.
- Observation Soil total nitrogen and organic matter decreased greatly in cornfields.
- Recommendation Without fertilizer, spring wheat might best maintain soil fertility after alfalfa conversion.
- Recommendation Planting corn and other nutrient-demanding crops should be avoided after alfalfa conversion without fertilizer.