Claim · model-written summary
Under unmulched conditions, ridged plots increased soil moisture reserve by 8 percent of cumulative rainfall relative to mounds.
- Taxon
- CASSAVA, COWPEA AND MAIZEt0
- Treatment
- ridged plotse0
- Outcome
- Soil moisture reservee0
- Direction
- highere0
- Value
- 8 percente0
- Qualifier
- under unmulched conditionse0
- Comparator
- moundse0
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Verbatim
e0“Soil moisture reserve, 3 weeks after planting was higher by 5 and 8 percent (of cumulative rainfall) respectively for no-tillage and ridged plots compared to mounds under unmulched conditions”
t0“CASSAVA, COWPEA AND MAIZE”
Title
P. O. Aina Ife Journal of Agriculture 1979
Other claims from this paper (13)
- Intervention effect Tillage reduced soil bulk density at planting by 23%.
- Observation Bulk density on ridges and mounds rose by 24% after six weeks under bare conditions.
- Observation Bulk density in no-tillage plots rose by 3.5% after six weeks under bare conditions.
- Intervention effect Mulching reduced soil compaction of tilled plots by 50%.
- Observation Compaction was negligible in mulched no-tillage plots.
- Intervention effect Under unmulched conditions, no-tillage increased soil moisture reserve by 5 percent of cumulative rainfall relative to mounds.
- Intervention effect Soil temperature under no-tillage was 3oC lower than in mounds.
- Intervention effect Soil temperature under ridges was 1oC lower than in mounds.
- Intervention effect Mulch affected soil moisture and temperature more significantly under no-tillage than ridges and mounds.
- Intervention effect Cassava yield fell by 13% with no-tillage plus mulch.
- Intervention effect Cassava yield fell by 40% with no-tillage without mulch.
- Intervention effect Tillage had no significant effect on cowpea yield.
- Mechanism Soil moisture and temperature differences influenced crop seedling germination, stand and development.