Table 2 Maize yield under different tillage treatments.

From: Tillage effects on soil properties and crop yield after land reclamation

Treatments

Row number

Kernels/row

Kernels/spike

1000-kernel weight (mg)

Effective panicles numbers

Theoretical yield (Mg ha−1)

NT

14.0 ± 0.63a

31.8 ± 1.46a

438 ± 27.8a

315 ± 1.13b

239 ± 1a

8512.6a

ST

12.8 ± 0.49ab

35.8 ± 2.58a

452 ± 18.1a

326 ± 0.58a

230 ± 3a

8740.9a

CT

12.4 ± 0.40b

34.6 ± 1.50a

414 ± 16.5a

301 ± 0.86c

237 ± 2a

7605.7b

  1. CT continuous conventional moldboard-tillage, NT no-tillage/sub-soiling/no-tillage, ST sub-soiling/moldboard-tillage/sub-soiling tillage.
  2. Different lowercase letters represent significant differences between different tillage treatments in the same indicator.
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