Claim · model-written summary
Open-ridging decreased runoff loss by 17.9%–37.7%.
- Taxon
- alfalfa
Medicago sativat0 - Treatment
- open-ridginge0
- Outcome
- runoffe0
- Direction
- decreasee0
- Value
- 17.9%-37.7%e0
Not reportedComparator
Verbatim
e0“The mean decrease in runoff, sediment, and nutrients (total nitrogen, total phosphorus, and organic matter) loss for open-ridging was 17.9%-37.7%, 46.4%-75.5%, and 40.4%-75.3%, respectively”
t0“alfalfa”
Title
Xiaole Zhao; Erastus Mak-Mensah; Wucheng Zhao; et al. Agricultural Water Management 2024. doi:10.1016/j.agwat.2024.108866
Other claims from this paper (19)
- Intervention effect Open-ridging increased soil water storage by 9.8–39.6 mm relative to traditional planting.
- Intervention effect Open-ridging increased alfalfa fodder yield by 9.8%–38.6% relative to traditional planting.
- Intervention effect Open-ridging increased crop water productivity by 0.1–16.5 kg ha−1 mm−1 relative to traditional planting.
- Intervention effect Tied-ridging increased soil water storage by 29.1–65.1 mm relative to traditional planting.
- Intervention effect Tied-ridging increased alfalfa fodder yield by 11.6–44.4%.
- Intervention effect Tied-ridging increased crop water productivity by 0.9–17.5 kg ha−1 mm−1.
- Intervention effect Open-ridging decreased sediment loss by 46.4%–75.5%.
- Intervention effect Open-ridging decreased nutrient loss by 40.4%–75.3%.
- Intervention effect Tied-ridging decreased runoff loss by 22.3%–55.5%.
- Intervention effect Tied-ridging decreased sediment loss by 62.1%–87.6%.
- Intervention effect Tied-ridging decreased nutrient loss by 49.0%–87.3%.
- Intervention effect Biochar increased soil water storage by 9.1%–20.4% relative to no amendment.
- Intervention effect Biochar increased alfalfa fodder yield by 5.8%–52.7% relative to no amendment.
- Intervention effect Biochar increased crop water productivity by 4.6–7.8 kg ha−1 mm−1 relative to no amendment.
- Intervention effect Biochar decreased runoff loss by 32.2%–40.9%.
- Intervention effect Biochar decreased sediment loss by 25.5%–55.5%.
- Intervention effect Biochar decreased nutrient loss by 35.9%–53.3%.
- Association A structural equation model found positive direct effects of biochar and ridge-furrow technology on crop water productivity.
- Recommendation The authors recommend tied-ridge cropping with biochar to reduce erosion and enhance alfalfa fodder yield in the Loess Plateau.