Table 1 Effect of mulching treatments on the mechanical characteristics at corn growth stages (VT) in 2022 and 2023.

From: Practical strategies for film-side sowing technology to enhance root lodging resistance and grain yield in spring maize on the loess plateau

Year

Treatment

Rind Penetration Strength(N·mm− 1)

Breaking Strength

(N·mm − 1)

Up Rooting Strength

(N)

2022

FSS

61.3a

365.7a

340.3a

 

UPM

52.4b

343.5b

328.4b

 

CK

41.7c

248.7c

221.0c

2023

FSS

67.5a

388.6a

421.0a

 

UPM

60.1b

363.3b

399.6b

 

CK

48.7c

266.3c

273.7c

Year

ns

**

**

Treatment

**

**

**

Year ×Treatment

*

*

**

  1. VT, tasseling stage. Means with different letters in the same column are significantly different at P < 0.05.NS: not significant; * significant at the 0.05 probability level; ** significant at the 0.01 probability level.
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