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ArticlePlants (Basel, Switzerland)2023

In-Field Rainwater Harvesting Tillage in Semi-Arid Ecosystems: I Maize-Bean Intercrop Performance and Productivity.

Weldemichael Tesfuhuney, Muthianzhele Ravuluma, Admire Rukudzo Dzvene, Zaid Bello, Fourie Andries, Sue Walker, Davide Cammarano

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Article in Plants (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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7 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Weldemichael TesfuhuneyDepartment of Soil, Crop, and Climate Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein 9301, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-1209-5321
Muthianzhele RavulumaAgricultural Research Council (ARC), Soil Climate and Water (SWC), Pretoria 0083, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0001-5181-1557
Admire Rukudzo DzveneDepartment of Soil, Crop, and Climate Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein 9301, South Africa.
Zaid BelloAgricultural Research Council (ARC), Grains Crops, Potchefstroom 2520, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-8897-1834
Fourie AndriesDepartment of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD), Glen, Bloemfontein 9360, South Africa.
Sue WalkerDepartment of Soil, Crop, and Climate Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein 9301, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-7090-4860
Davide CammaranoDepartment of Agroecology, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark.
University of the Free State · ZAAarhus University · DKAgricultural Research Council of South Africa · ZAGauteng Department of Agriculture and Rural Development · ZAInstitute for Soil, Climate and Water · ZAUniversity of Fort Hare · ZA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to monitor and compare the growth and productivity of maize/beans sole and inter-cropping systems under conventional (CON) and in-field rainwater harvesting (IRWH) tillage practices. During the typical drought conditions of the 2018/19 growing season, seven homestead gardens of smallholder farmers (four in Paradys and three in Morago villages) in the Thaba Nchu rural communities of South Africa were selected for on-farm demonstration trials. Two tillage systems CON and IRWH as the main plot and three cropping systems as sub-treatment (sole maize and beans and intercropping) were used to measure crop growth and productivity parameters. The results showed that IRWH tillage had significantly higher above-ground dry matter for both sole maize (29%) and intercropped maize (27%) compared to CON treatments. The grain yield under both tillage systems showed that IRWH-Sole >> IRWH-Ic >> CON-Sole >> CON-Ic, with values ranging from 878.2 kg ha

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above-ground dry mattergrowth and yieldintercroppingprecipitation use efficiencysemi-arid

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