Abstract
A field study was conducted during kharif seasons of 1998 to 2001 on 27 runoff plots at 2% slope in red soils of Bundelkhand to find out a suitable tillage based package of practice for increasing the growth and yield of sorghum. Results indicated that lowest grain yield of 169 kg/ha was obtained under zero tillage, without mulching and weeding which increased to 419 kg/ha with in situ surface mulching of sunnhenlp at 25 days after sowing. Yield increased considerably under shallow tillage with one weeding to the tune of 1 420 kg/ha, it further increased to 1 625 kg/ha with surface mulching. The grain yield was further increased to 2 253 kg/ha under deep tillage and increased weeding intensity and with surface mulching, yield of sorghum increased to the highest level (2 387 kg/ha).The results of this study indicated that deep tillage based package of practice ( deep tillage + in situ surface mulching of sunnhemp -i- 2 weedings ) were found suitable for minimizing runoff. increasing profile moisture conservation and obtaining higher yield of sorghum under rainfed conditions in red soils.
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Claim · model-written summary
Zero tillage without mulch or weeding produced the lowest grain yield, 169 kg/ha.
- Treatment
- zero tillage, without mulching and weedinge0
- Outcome
- grain yielde0
- Direction
- loweste0
- Value
- 169 kg/hae0
SorghumOrganisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“lowest grain yield of 169 kg/ha was obtained under zero tillage, without mulching and weeding”
t0“sorghum (Sorghum bicolor)”
Claim · model-written summary
Sunnhemp surface mulch raised grain yield to 419 kg/ha from the zero-tillage baseline.
- Treatment
- in situ surface mulching of sunnhenlp at 25 days after sowinge0
- Outcome
- grain yielde0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 419 kg/hae0
- Comparator
- zero tillage, without mulching and weedinge0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“lowest grain yield of 169 kg/ha was obtained under zero tillage, without mulching and weeding which increased to 419 kg/ha with in situ surface mulching of sunnhenlp at 25 days after sowing.”
t0“sorghum (Sorghum bicolor)”
Claim · model-written summary
Shallow tillage with one weeding raised grain yield to 1 420 kg/ha.
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Yield increased considerably under shallow tillage with one weeding to the tune of 1 420 kg/ha”
t0“sorghum (Sorghum bicolor)”
Claim · model-written summary
Adding surface mulch to shallow tillage raised grain yield further to 1 625 kg/ha.
- Treatment
- surface mulchinge0
- Outcome
- Yielde0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 1 625 kg/hae0
- Comparator
- shallow tillage with one weedinge0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Yield increased considerably under shallow tillage with one weeding to the tune of 1 420 kg/ha, it further increased to 1 625 kg/ha with surface mulching.”
t0“sorghum (Sorghum bicolor)”
Claim · model-written summary
Deep tillage and more weeding raised grain yield to 2 253 kg/ha.
- Treatment
- deep tillage and increased weeding intensitye0
- Outcome
- grain yielde0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 2 253 kg/hae0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The grain yield was further increased to 2 253 kg/ha under deep tillage and increased weeding intensity”
t0“sorghum (Sorghum bicolor)”
Claim · model-written summary
Adding surface mulch to deep tillage and increased weeding produced the highest sorghum yield, 2 387 kg/ha.
- Treatment
- deep tillage and increased weeding intensity and with surface mulchinge0
- Outcome
- yield of sorghume0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 2 387 kg/hae0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“under deep tillage and increased weeding intensity and with surface mulching, yield of sorghum increased to the highest level (2 387 kg/ha)”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend deep tillage, sunnhemp mulch and two weedings to minimize runoff.
- Treatment
- deep tillage + in situ surface mulching of sunnhemp -i- 2 weedingse0
- Outcome
- minimizing runoffe0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“deep tillage based package of practice ( deep tillage + in situ surface mulching of sunnhemp -i- 2 weedings ) were found suitable for minimizing runoff.”
t0“sorghum (Sorghum bicolor)”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend that package to increase profile moisture conservation.
- Treatment
- deep tillage + in situ surface mulching of sunnhemp -i- 2 weedingse0
- Outcome
- profile moisture conservatione0
- Direction
- increasinge0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“deep tillage based package of practice ( deep tillage + in situ surface mulching of sunnhemp -i- 2 weedings ) were found suitable for minimizing runoff. increasing profile moisture conservation and obtaining higher yield of sorghum under rainfed conditions in red soils.”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend that package for higher sorghum yield under rainfed conditions.
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“deep tillage based package of practice ( deep tillage + in situ surface mulching of sunnhemp -i- 2 weedings ) were found suitable for minimizing runoff. increasing profile moisture conservation and obtaining higher yield of sorghum under rainfed conditions in red soils.”
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