Intervention effectmodel-written summary

Sprinkler (S) irrigation increased maize grain yield by 16% compared with flood (F) irrigation.

A claim from Relevance of the irrigation and soil management system to optimize maize crop production under semiarid Mediterranean conditions · 2024

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Sprinkler (S) irrigation increased maize grain yield by 16% compared with flood (F) irrigation.

Taxon
maizeZea mayse0
Treatment
S irrigatione1
Outcome
maize grain yieldse1
Direction
increasede1
Value
16 %e1
Comparator
F irrigation systeme1

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Zea mays
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Verbatim

e0

“maize crop performance”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 108–130
e1

“On average, S irrigation increased maize grain yields by 16 % and AE N and WP I by 23 and 33 %, respectively, compared to F irrigation system”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 932–1073

Title

Relevance of the irrigation and soil management system to optimize maize crop production under semiarid Mediterranean conditions

Samuel Franco-Luesma; José Cavero; Jorge Álvaro-Fuentes Agricultural Water Management 2024. doi:10.1016/j.agwat.2024.109272

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irrigation · yield · Zea mays (maize)Positive and negative results

1,016 papers: 791 positive, 225 negative or no effect

790 papers in the same direction as this claim · 209 in the opposite direction · 16 reporting no difference from an alternative

  1. positive
    Full irrigation in sandy loam gave the highest maize yield.

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  2. positive
    Nighttime irrigation increased maize yield by 10% relative to daytime.

    Sprinkler Irrigation Frequency Affects Maize Yield Depending on Irrigation Time · 2018 · compared with irrigating at daytime

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  3. negative
    Nanoparticle irrigation had mostly insignificant inhibitory effects on long-term shoot production.

    Colloidal suspensions of clay or titanium dioxide nanoparticles can inhibit leaf growth and transpiration via physical effects on root water transport · 2009

    Opposite direction

  4. no effect
    Grain yield did not differ significantly between 75% FIT and 100% FIT.

    Maize Evapotranspiration, Yield Production Functions, Biomass, Grain Yield, Harvest Index, and Yield Response Factors under Full and Limited Irrigation · 2013 · compared with 100% FIT

    Opposite direction

  5. negative
    Minimum irrigation lowered average maize yield by 13% versus full irrigation.

    Performance of Double‐Cropped Winter Wheat–Summer Maize under Minimum Irrigation in the North China Plain · 2006 · compared with fully irrigated treatment (FI)

    Opposite direction

  6. negative
    DI reduced maize yield by 8.8%.

    Yield and water productivity of maize and wheat under deficit and raised bed irrigation practices in Egypt · 2012

    Opposite direction

  7. negative
    Deficit irrigation decreased grain yield and its parameters in maize.

    Regulation of Agronomic Traits, Nutrient Uptake, Osmolytes and Antioxidants of Maize as Influenced by Exogenous Potassium Silicate under Deficit Irrigation and Semiarid Conditions · 2020

    Opposite direction

  8. negative
    Limited irrigation yielded 86% of full irrigation for corn.

    Cropping Systems for Stretching Limited Irrigation Supplies · 1993 · compared with fully irrigated

    Opposite direction

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