Abstract
Abstract This study aimed to know the potential use of mung bean ( Vigna radiata L. Wilzeck) as a cover crop and its effect on soil organic carbon and maize yield were studied. Six cover crop treatments; 250,000, 375,000 and 500,000 plants/ha combined with desiccation times at 28 and 35 days after sowing (DAS) and one control treatment (without cover crop), were tested in a semi-arid area of North Lombok. Maize at a density of 98,000 plants/ha was planted two weeks following the desiccation time. The treatments were arranged in a Randomized Block Design with three replications. The results revealed that the higher cover crop population density with later desiccation time, produced higher above ground biomass, being the highest at 8.3 Mg/ha and the lowest at 2.6 Mg/ha. The highest cover crop biomass improved soil organic carbon by 60%, nitrogen, phosphorous and potash concentrations in plant tissue by 54%, 54% and 63%, respectively, compared to the one in the control treatment. Maize yield also increased by 24% at the highest cover crop density desiccated at 35 DAS. The use of mung bean as a cover crop sounds promising and further studies are needed to explore more of its potential benefits.
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Claims 6
Claim · model-written summary
Higher mung bean density and later desiccation produced more aboveground biomass, ranging from 2.6 to 8.3 Mg/ha.
- Taxon
- mung bean
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Vigna radiatae1 - Treatment
- higher cover crop population density with later desiccation timee0
- Outcome
- above ground biomasse0
- Direction
- highere0
- Value
- 8.3 Mg/hae0
- Qualifier
- lowest at 2.6 Mg/hae0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
e0“The results revealed that the higher cover crop population density with later desiccation time, produced higher above ground biomass, being the highest at 8.3 Mg/ha and the lowest at 2.6 Mg/ha”
e1“mung bean ( Vigna radiata L. Wilzeck)”
Claim · model-written summary
The greatest cover crop biomass increased soil organic carbon by 60% against the control.
- Taxon
- mung beanVigna radiatae2
- Treatment
- highest cover crop biomasse0
- Outcome
- soil organic carbone0
- Direction
- improvede0
- Value
- 60%e0
- Comparator
- control treatmente1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The highest cover crop biomass improved soil organic carbon by 60%”
e1“compared to the one in the control treatment”
e2“mung bean ( Vigna radiata L. Wilzeck)”
Claim · model-written summary
The greatest cover crop biomass increased plant tissue nitrogen by 54% against the control.
- Taxon
- mung beanVigna radiatae2
- Organ / stage
- plant tissuee0
- Treatment
- highest cover crop biomasse1
- Outcome
- nitrogene0
- Direction
- improvede1
- Value
- 54%e0
- Comparator
- control treatmente0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“nitrogen, phosphorous and potash concentrations in plant tissue by 54%, 54% and 63%, respectively, compared to the one in the control treatment”
e1“The highest cover crop biomass improved soil organic carbon by 60%, nitrogen”
e2“mung bean ( Vigna radiata L. Wilzeck)”
Claim · model-written summary
The greatest cover crop biomass increased plant tissue phosphorous by 54% against the control.
- Taxon
- mung beanVigna radiatae2
- Organ / stage
- plant tissuee0
- Treatment
- highest cover crop biomasse1
- Outcome
- phosphorouse0
- Direction
- improvede1
- Value
- 54%e0
- Comparator
- control treatmente0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“nitrogen, phosphorous and potash concentrations in plant tissue by 54%, 54% and 63%, respectively, compared to the one in the control treatment”
e1“The highest cover crop biomass improved soil organic carbon by 60%, nitrogen”
e2“mung bean ( Vigna radiata L. Wilzeck)”
Claim · model-written summary
The greatest cover crop biomass increased plant tissue potash by 63% against the control.
- Taxon
- mung beanVigna radiatae2
- Organ / stage
- plant tissuee0
- Treatment
- highest cover crop biomasse1
- Outcome
- potashe0
- Direction
- improvede1
- Value
- 63%e0
- Comparator
- control treatmente0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“nitrogen, phosphorous and potash concentrations in plant tissue by 54%, 54% and 63%, respectively, compared to the one in the control treatment”
e1“The highest cover crop biomass improved soil organic carbon by 60%, nitrogen”
e2“mung bean ( Vigna radiata L. Wilzeck)”
Claim · model-written summary
Maize yield increased 24% with the highest cover crop density desiccated at 35 DAS.
- Treatment
- highest cover crop density desiccated at 35 DASe0
- Outcome
- Maize yielde0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 24%e0
- Comparator
- control treatmente1
Zea maysOrganisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Maize yield also increased by 24% at the highest cover crop density desiccated at 35 DAS”
e1“one control treatment (without cover crop)”
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