Abstract
Climatic and soil conditions are changing in response to the increasing human impact. This requires the introduction of low-cost, low-emission, but effective technologies in the field cultivation of crops, in turn requiring and justifying research in this area. In laboratory tests and field studies, the production and environmental effects of strip-till and the application of microgranular fertilisers with a gelling component were determined (and, in particular, their use in combination as a plant cultivation technology). These effects were measured in terms of soil properties, the biomass production, and the yields of maize (Zea mays L.), spring barley (Hordeum vulgare L.), and winter rape (Brassica napus L.). Fertiliser microgranules with a gelling agent absorbed water in the amount of 118.6–124.7% of fertiliser mass and increased the volumetric moisture content of the soil in the layer in which they were applied (0–7.5 cm) by 3.0–3.9 percentage points compared to the soil moisture without fertiliser. Strip tillage with the application of fertilisers with a gelling agent significantly increased the amount of water in the soil during the sowing period for winter and spring plants and reduced the CO2 emissions from the soil relative to the conventional tillage without microgranular fertiliser. The biomass of maize, spring barley, and winter rape before flowering, as well as the yields of these plants, were higher when cultivated using strip-till and fertilisers with gelling agents than when ploughed with a mouldboard plough without the use of microgranulated fertilisers. This technology also increased the number of microorganisms, including bacteria, actinobacteria, and filamentous fungi in the soil after harvesting compared to the unfertilised, ploughed soil. Strip tillage and microgranulated fertilisers containing a gelling agent can thus reduce the environmental pressure exerted by agriculture and reduce the risk of climate change, as well as being a way of adapting agriculture to climate change.
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Claim · model-written summary
Fertiliser microgranules with a gelling agent absorbed water equal to 118.6–124.7% of their mass
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Verbatim
e1“Fertiliser microgranules with a gelling agent absorbed water in the amount of 118.6–124.7% of fertiliser mass”
Claim · model-written summary
Fertiliser microgranules with a gelling agent increased volumetric soil moisture by 3.0–3.9 percentage points in the 0–7.5 cm layer
- Treatment
- Fertiliser microgranules with a gelling agente1
- Outcome
- volumetric moisture content of the soile1
- Direction
- increasede1
- Value
- 3.0–3.9 percentage pointse1
- Comparator
- soil moisture without fertilisere1
- Setting
- 0–7.5 cme1
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Verbatim
e1“Fertiliser microgranules with a gelling agent absorbed water in the amount of 118.6–124.7% of fertiliser mass and increased the volumetric moisture content of the soil in the layer in which they were applied (0–7.5 cm) by 3.0–3.9 percentage points compared to the soil moisture without fertiliser”
Claim · model-written summary
Strip tillage with gelling-agent fertilisers significantly increased soil water during the sowing period for winter and spring plants
- Treatment
- Strip tillage with the application of fertilisers with a gelling agente1
- Outcome
- the amount of water in the soile1
- Direction
- increasede1
- Qualifier
- during the sowing period for winter and spring plantse1
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Verbatim
e1“Strip tillage with the application of fertilisers with a gelling agent significantly increased the amount of water in the soil during the sowing period for winter and spring plants and reduced the CO2 emissions from the soil relative to the conventional tillage without microgranular fertiliser”
Claim · model-written summary
Strip tillage with gelling-agent fertilisers reduced soil CO2 emissions relative to conventional tillage without microgranular fertiliser
- Treatment
- Strip tillage with the application of fertilisers with a gelling agente1
- Outcome
- CO2 emissions from the soile1
- Direction
- reducede1
- Comparator
- conventional tillage without microgranular fertilisere1
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Verbatim
e1“Strip tillage with the application of fertilisers with a gelling agent significantly increased the amount of water in the soil during the sowing period for winter and spring plants and reduced the CO2 emissions from the soil relative to the conventional tillage without microgranular fertiliser”
Claim · model-written summary
Maize biomass before flowering was higher under strip-till with gelling-agent fertilisers than under mouldboard ploughing without microgranulated fertilisers
- Treatment
- cultivated using strip-till and fertilisers with gelling agentse1
- Outcome
- biomasse1
- Direction
- highere1
- Qualifier
- before floweringe1
- Comparator
- ploughed with a mouldboard plough without the use of microgranulated fertiliserse1
Zea maysOrganisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“The biomass of maize, spring barley, and winter rape before flowering, as well as the yields of these plants, were higher when cultivated using strip-till and fertilisers with gelling agents than when ploughed with a mouldboard plough without the use of microgranulated fertilisers”
Claim · model-written summary
Maize yield was higher under strip-till with gelling-agent fertilisers than under mouldboard ploughing without microgranulated fertilisers
- Treatment
- cultivated using strip-till and fertilisers with gelling agentse1
- Outcome
- yieldse1
- Direction
- highere1
- Comparator
- ploughed with a mouldboard plough without the use of microgranulated fertiliserse1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“The biomass of maize, spring barley, and winter rape before flowering, as well as the yields of these plants, were higher when cultivated using strip-till and fertilisers with gelling agents than when ploughed with a mouldboard plough without the use of microgranulated fertilisers”
Claim · model-written summary
Spring barley biomass before flowering was higher under strip-till with gelling-agent fertilisers than under mouldboard ploughing without microgranulated fertilisers
- Taxon
- spring barley
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Hordeum vulgaree1 - Treatment
- cultivated using strip-till and fertilisers with gelling agentse1
- Outcome
- biomasse1
- Direction
- highere1
- Qualifier
- before floweringe1
- Comparator
- ploughed with a mouldboard plough without the use of microgranulated fertiliserse1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
e1“The biomass of maize, spring barley, and winter rape before flowering, as well as the yields of these plants, were higher when cultivated using strip-till and fertilisers with gelling agents than when ploughed with a mouldboard plough without the use of microgranulated fertilisers”
Claim · model-written summary
Spring barley yield was higher under strip-till with gelling-agent fertilisers than under mouldboard ploughing without microgranulated fertilisers
- Taxon
- spring barleyHordeum vulgaree1
- Treatment
- cultivated using strip-till and fertilisers with gelling agentse1
- Outcome
- yieldse1
- Direction
- highere1
- Comparator
- ploughed with a mouldboard plough without the use of microgranulated fertiliserse1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“The biomass of maize, spring barley, and winter rape before flowering, as well as the yields of these plants, were higher when cultivated using strip-till and fertilisers with gelling agents than when ploughed with a mouldboard plough without the use of microgranulated fertilisers”
Claim · model-written summary
Winter rape biomass before flowering was higher under strip-till with gelling-agent fertilisers than under mouldboard ploughing without microgranulated fertilisers
- Taxon
- winter rape
_Brassica_napus_-_Habit.jpg?width=60)
Brassica napuse1 - Treatment
- cultivated using strip-till and fertilisers with gelling agentse1
- Outcome
- biomasse1
- Direction
- highere1
- Qualifier
- before floweringe1
- Comparator
- ploughed with a mouldboard plough without the use of microgranulated fertiliserse1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
_Brassica_napus_-_Habit.jpg?width=500)
Verbatim
e1“The biomass of maize, spring barley, and winter rape before flowering, as well as the yields of these plants, were higher when cultivated using strip-till and fertilisers with gelling agents than when ploughed with a mouldboard plough without the use of microgranulated fertilisers”
Claim · model-written summary
Winter rape yield was higher under strip-till with gelling-agent fertilisers than under mouldboard ploughing without microgranulated fertilisers
- Taxon
- winter rapeBrassica napuse1
- Treatment
- cultivated using strip-till and fertilisers with gelling agentse1
- Outcome
- yieldse1
- Direction
- highere1
- Comparator
- ploughed with a mouldboard plough without the use of microgranulated fertiliserse1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“The biomass of maize, spring barley, and winter rape before flowering, as well as the yields of these plants, were higher when cultivated using strip-till and fertilisers with gelling agents than when ploughed with a mouldboard plough without the use of microgranulated fertilisers”
Claim · model-written summary
Strip tillage with gelling-agent fertilisers increased the number of soil microorganisms after harvesting compared with unfertilised ploughed soil
- Treatment
- Strip tillage with the application of fertilisers with a gelling agente1
- Outcome
- number of microorganismse2
- Direction
- increasede2
- Qualifier
- in the soil after harvestinge2
- Comparator
- unfertilised, ploughed soile2
Not reportedTaxon
Verbatim
e1“Strip tillage with the application of fertilisers with a gelling agent significantly increased the amount of water in the soil during the sowing period for winter and spring plants and reduced the CO2 emissions from the soil relative to the conventional tillage without microgranular fertiliser”
e2“This technology also increased the number of microorganisms, including bacteria, actinobacteria, and filamentous fungi in the soil after harvesting compared to the unfertilised, ploughed soil”
Claim · model-written summary
Strip tillage and gelling-agent microgranular fertilisers can reduce the environmental pressure of agriculture and the risk of climate change
- Treatment
- Strip tillage and microgranulated fertilisers containing a gelling agente1
- Outcome
- environmental pressure exerted by agriculturee1
- Qualifier
- reduce the risk of climate changee1
Not reportedTaxon
Verbatim
e1“Strip tillage and microgranulated fertilisers containing a gelling agent can thus reduce the environmental pressure exerted by agriculture and reduce the risk of climate change, as well as being a way of adapting agriculture to climate change”
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