Abstract
A study was conducted on different tillage practices for growing clusterbean-pearl millet rotation in sandy soils of arid zone. The results indicated that grains yield of cluster bean and pearl millet ploughed with a cultivator at 22.5cm spacing (farmer's practice) was significantly lower than harrowing treatments. However, yield under modified farmer's practice i.e. planting in alternate row with cultivator tynes spaced at 22.5 cm was equivalent to that of harrowing treatments. Water use efficiency improved with increase in number of tillage operations and it was maximum with cross harrowing treatment. The energy use pattern revealed that disc harrowing (cross) consumed more energy (12715 MJ ha-1) and plough plant system consumed less energy (10477 MJ ha-1). The treatment cultivator (one run) gave highest output-input ratio 13.1 followed by disc harrowing (one run) 12.9 output-input ratio. The specific energy was lowest with disc harrowing (one run) 4.9 MJ kg-1 grain followed by cultivator one run (5.0 MJ kg-1 grain). This shows that the minimum tillage practices, namely; cultivator (one run) and disc harrowing (one run) are more energy efficient as compared to either plough plant system or disc harrowing (cross in sandy soils of arid zone.
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Claims 14
Claim · model-written summary
Farmer-practice cultivation produced significantly lower cluster bean grain yield than harrowing.
- Taxon
- cluster bean
Cyamopsis tetragonolobae0 - Treatment
- ploughed with a cultivator at 22.5cm spacing (farmer's practice)e0
- Outcome
- grains yielde0
- Direction
- lowere0
- Comparator
- harrowing treatmentse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“grains yield of cluster bean and pearl millet ploughed with a cultivator at 22.5cm spacing (farmer's practice) was significantly lower than harrowing treatments.”
Claim · model-written summary
Farmer-practice cultivation produced significantly lower pearl millet grain yield than harrowing.
- Taxon
- pearl millet
Cenchrus americanuse0 - Treatment
- ploughed with a cultivator at 22.5cm spacing (farmer's practice)e0
- Outcome
- grains yielde0
- Direction
- lowere0
- Comparator
- harrowing treatmentse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“grains yield of cluster bean and pearl millet ploughed with a cultivator at 22.5cm spacing (farmer's practice) was significantly lower than harrowing treatments.”
Claim · model-written summary
Modified farmer practice gave clusterbean yield equivalent to harrowing.
- Taxon
- clusterbeanCyamopsis tetragonolobat0
- Treatment
- planting in alternate row with cultivator tynes spaced at 22.5 cme0
- Outcome
- yielde0
- Direction
- equivalente0
- Comparator
- harrowing treatmentse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“yield under modified farmer's practice i.e. planting in alternate row with cultivator tynes spaced at 22.5 cm was equivalent to that of harrowing treatments.”
t0“clusterbean”
Claim · model-written summary
Modified farmer practice gave pearl millet yield equivalent to harrowing.
- Taxon
- pearl milletCenchrus americanust0
- Treatment
- planting in alternate row with cultivator tynes spaced at 22.5 cme0
- Outcome
- yielde0
- Direction
- equivalente0
- Comparator
- harrowing treatmentse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“yield under modified farmer's practice i.e. planting in alternate row with cultivator tynes spaced at 22.5 cm was equivalent to that of harrowing treatments.”
t0“pearl millet”
Claim · model-written summary
Clusterbean water use efficiency improved with more tillage operations and was maximal under cross harrowing.
- Taxon
- clusterbeanCyamopsis tetragonolobat0
- Treatment
- increase in number of tillage operationse0
- Outcome
- Water use efficiencye0
- Direction
- improvede0
- Qualifier
- maximum with cross harrowing treatmente0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Water use efficiency improved with increase in number of tillage operations and it was maximum with cross harrowing treatment.”
t0“clusterbean”
Claim · model-written summary
Pearl millet water use efficiency improved with more tillage operations and was maximal under cross harrowing.
- Taxon
- pearl milletCenchrus americanust0
- Treatment
- increase in number of tillage operationse0
- Outcome
- Water use efficiencye0
- Direction
- improvede0
- Qualifier
- maximum with cross harrowing treatmente0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Water use efficiency improved with increase in number of tillage operations and it was maximum with cross harrowing treatment.”
t0“pearl millet”
Claim · model-written summary
Cross disc harrowing consumed more energy, 12715 MJ ha-1.
- Treatment
- disc harrowing (cross)e0
- Outcome
- energye0
- Direction
- moree0
- Value
- 12715 MJ ha-1e0
- Comparator
- plough plant systeme0
Not reportedTaxon
Verbatim
e0“disc harrowing (cross) consumed more energy (12715 MJ ha-1) and plough plant system consumed less energy (10477 MJ ha-1).”
Claim · model-written summary
The plough plant system consumed less energy, 10477 MJ ha-1.
- Treatment
- plough plant systeme0
- Outcome
- energye0
- Direction
- lesse0
- Value
- 10477 MJ ha-1e0
- Comparator
- disc harrowing (cross)e0
Not reportedTaxon
Verbatim
e0“disc harrowing (cross) consumed more energy (12715 MJ ha-1) and plough plant system consumed less energy (10477 MJ ha-1).”
Claim · model-written summary
One cultivator run gave the highest output-input ratio, 13.1.
Not reportedTaxonComparator
Verbatim
e0“The treatment cultivator (one run) gave highest output-input ratio 13.1 followed by disc harrowing (one run) 12.9 output-input ratio.”
Claim · model-written summary
One disc harrowing run gave the next highest output-input ratio, 12.9.
- Treatment
- disc harrowing (one run)e0
- Outcome
- output-input ratioe0
- Direction
- lowerinferrede0
- Value
- 12.9e0
- Comparator
- cultivator (one run)e0
Not reportedTaxon
Verbatim
e0“The treatment cultivator (one run) gave highest output-input ratio 13.1 followed by disc harrowing (one run) 12.9 output-input ratio.”
Claim · model-written summary
One disc harrowing run gave the lowest specific energy, 4.9 MJ kg-1 grain.
- Treatment
- disc harrowing (one run)e0
- Outcome
- specific energye0
- Direction
- loweste0
- Value
- 4.9 MJ kg-1 graine0
Not reportedTaxonComparator
Verbatim
e0“The specific energy was lowest with disc harrowing (one run) 4.9 MJ kg-1 grain followed by cultivator one run (5.0 MJ kg-1 grain).”
Claim · model-written summary
One cultivator run had the next lowest specific energy, 5.0 MJ kg-1 grain.
- Treatment
- cultivator one rune0
- Outcome
- specific energye0
- Direction
- higherinferrede0
- Value
- 5.0 MJ kg-1 graine0
- Comparator
- disc harrowing (one run)e0
Not reportedTaxon
Verbatim
e0“The specific energy was lowest with disc harrowing (one run) 4.9 MJ kg-1 grain followed by cultivator one run (5.0 MJ kg-1 grain).”
Claim · model-written summary
One cultivator run was more energy efficient than plough planting or cross disc harrowing in sandy arid soils.
- Treatment
- cultivator (one run)e0
- Outcome
- energy efficiente0
- Direction
- moree0
- Comparator
- plough plant system or disc harrowing (crosse0
- Setting
- sandy soils of arid zonee0
Not reportedTaxon
Verbatim
e0“the minimum tillage practices, namely; cultivator (one run) and disc harrowing (one run) are more energy efficient as compared to either plough plant system or disc harrowing (cross in sandy soils of arid zone.”
Claim · model-written summary
One disc harrowing run was more energy efficient than plough planting or cross disc harrowing in sandy arid soils.
- Treatment
- disc harrowing (one run)e0
- Outcome
- energy efficiente0
- Direction
- moree0
- Comparator
- plough plant system or disc harrowing (crosse0
- Setting
- sandy soils of arid zonee0
Not reportedTaxon
Verbatim
e0“the minimum tillage practices, namely; cultivator (one run) and disc harrowing (one run) are more energy efficient as compared to either plough plant system or disc harrowing (cross in sandy soils of arid zone.”
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