Abstract
Tillage practices and row spacing can be manipulated to optimize spatial distribution and plant growth, therefore maximizing sunlight, soil water use efficiency, nutrients and grain yield on sustainable basis. A field study was conducted to determine the effect of tillage and row spacing on growth and yield of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) at Agronomic Research Area, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan during wheat season. The treatments were comprised of two tillage practices viz. zero tillage and conventional tillage and four row spacing viz. 15 cm, 20 cm, 25 cm and 30 cm. The experimental results revealed that zero tillage significantly enhanced the plant height, tillers m -2 , spike length, 1000 kernel weight and yield and yield components of wheat plants as compared to conventional tillage. Wheat plants resulted in a significant increase in tillers m -2 and accumulated higher biomass and grain yield under 15-cm row spacing than all three other row spacing. The grain yield increase was mainly attributed to more tillers m -2 at 15cm than the other row spacing. So, zero tillage and narrow row spacing (15 cm) proved to be involved in higher wheat yield for the wheat-maize cropping system in semi-arid regions.
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Claim · model-written summary
Zero tillage increased wheat plant height, tiller density, spike length, kernel weight, and yield relative to conventional tillage.
- Taxon
- wheat
Triticum aestivume0 - Treatment
- zero tillagee0
- Outcome
- plant height, tillers m -2 , spike length, 1000 kernel weight and yield and yield componentse0
- Direction
- enhancede0
- Comparator
- conventional tillagee0
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Verbatim
e0“zero tillage significantly enhanced the plant height, tillers m -2 , spike length, 1000 kernel weight and yield and yield components of wheat plants as compared to conventional tillage”
Claim · model-written summary
Wheat at 15-cm row spacing had more tillers than at the other three spacings.
- Taxon
- WheatTriticum aestivume0
- Treatment
- 15-cm row spacinge0
- Outcome
- tillers m -2e0
- Direction
- increasee0
- Comparator
- all three other row spacinge0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Wheat plants resulted in a significant increase in tillers m -2 and accumulated higher biomass and grain yield under 15-cm row spacing than all three other row spacing”
Claim · model-written summary
Wheat at 15-cm row spacing accumulated higher biomass than at the other three spacings.
- Taxon
- WheatTriticum aestivume0
- Treatment
- 15-cm row spacinge0
- Outcome
- biomasse0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- all three other row spacinge0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Wheat plants resulted in a significant increase in tillers m -2 and accumulated higher biomass and grain yield under 15-cm row spacing than all three other row spacing”
Claim · model-written summary
Wheat at 15-cm row spacing had higher grain yield than at the other three spacings.
- Taxon
- WheatTriticum aestivume0
- Treatment
- 15-cm row spacinge0
- Outcome
- grain yielde0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- all three other row spacinge0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Wheat plants resulted in a significant increase in tillers m -2 and accumulated higher biomass and grain yield under 15-cm row spacing than all three other row spacing”
Claim · model-written summary
More tillers at 15 cm were identified as the main reason for increased grain yield.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivumt0
- Outcome
- grain yield increasee0
- Qualifier
- more tillers m -2 at 15cm than the other row spacinge0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The grain yield increase was mainly attributed to more tillers m -2 at 15cm than the other row spacing”
t0“wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)”
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