Claim · model-written summary
SMN and SMW reduced mean soil temperature by 1.3 ℃.
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t0“sorghum”
e0“SMN and SMW generally reduced soil temperature across growth stages, with an average decrease of 1.3 ℃ in the 5-20 cm soil layer during the entire growth period.”
Title
Yu-Zhang Chen; Wei Mo; Xin Liu; et al. PubMed 2025. doi:10.13287/j.1001-9332.202510.029
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- Intervention effect The three strip mulches increased soil water content at 10 cm by 29.8%.
- Intervention effect The three strip mulches increased soil water content at 20 cm by 27.1%.
- Intervention effect SMN and SMW preserved moisture comparably to RFM.
- Intervention effect Effective accumulated soil temperature decreased by 78.3 ℃ under SMN and SMW.
- Intervention effect SMN and SMW prolonged the growth period by seven days.
- Intervention effect RFM increased average soil temperature by 0.9 ℃.
- Intervention effect RFM shortened the growth period by six days.
- Intervention effect SMN and SMW reduced daily soil temperature amplitude by 0.7-3.4 ℃.
- Intervention effect SMN, SMW and RFM increased grains per spike and aboveground biomass.
- Intervention effect SMN increased grain yield by 16.0%-31.0%.
- Intervention effect SMW increased grain yield by 13.0%-25.6%.
- Intervention effect RFM increased grain yield by 22.5%-50.4%.
- Recommendation SMN is recommended for green sorghum cultivation in southwest China drylands.