Paper · 1962 · Agronomy Journal

Effects of Soil Aeration and Compaction upon Yield, Nutrient Takeup and Variability in a Greenhouse Fertility Experiment1

A. Van Diest

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Abstract

Synopsis Dry matter yield and nutrient accumulation of corn were little affected by aeration and compaction applied to potted soil. Variability among replicate determinations of biological indices was sharply increased by compaction of fertilized soil. Compaction lowered oxygen diffusion rates, increased bulk density, but did not affect root production and distribution.

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Claims 5

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Aeration and compaction had little effect on corn dry matter yield and nutrient accumulation.

Treatment
aeration and compactione0
Outcome
Dry matter yield and nutrient accumulatione0
Direction
little affectede0

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Zea mays subsp. mays
Zea mays subsp. mays · TaxonDominicus Johannes Bergsma · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

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“Dry matter yield and nutrient accumulation of corn were little affected by aeration and compaction applied to potted soil.”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Compaction sharply increased variability of biological indices in fertilized soil.

Treatment
compactione0
Outcome
Variability among replicate determinations of biological indicese0
Direction
sharply increasede0

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Zea mays subsp. mays
Zea mays subsp. mays · TaxonDominicus Johannes Bergsma · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“Variability among replicate determinations of biological indices was sharply increased by compaction of fertilized soil.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 132–252 · show in text ↑
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“corn”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Compaction lowered oxygen diffusion rates.

Treatment
Compactione0
Outcome
oxygen diffusion ratese0
Direction
lowerede0

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Zea mays subsp. mays
Zea mays subsp. mays · TaxonDominicus Johannes Bergsma · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“Compaction lowered oxygen diffusion rates, increased bulk density, but did not affect root production and distribution.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 253–372 · show in text ↑
e1

“corn”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 55–59 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Compaction increased soil bulk density.

Treatment
Compactione0
Outcome
bulk densitye0
Direction
increasede0

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Zea mays subsp. mays
Zea mays subsp. mays · TaxonDominicus Johannes Bergsma · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“Compaction lowered oxygen diffusion rates, increased bulk density, but did not affect root production and distribution.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 253–372 · show in text ↑
e1

“corn”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 55–59 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Compaction did not affect corn root production or distribution.

Treatment
Compactione0
Outcome
root production and distributione0
Direction
did not affecte0

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Zea mays subsp. mays
Zea mays subsp. mays · TaxonDominicus Johannes Bergsma · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“Compaction lowered oxygen diffusion rates, increased bulk density, but did not affect root production and distribution.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 253–372 · show in text ↑
e1

“corn”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 55–59 · show in text ↑

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