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Table OR2 Effect of different maize residue treatments on the coverage of soil with
maize residues measured immediately after the treatments in autumn and in the
following spring 1
Coverage of soil with maize residues (%)
Residue treatments
2
Autumn at set-up
Following spring
Control
89.9 (1.3)
76.9 (1.2)
Field shredder
92.7 (1.4)
80.6 (1.5)
Field shredder and rotary tiller
49.5 (2.1)
50.5 (2.1)
Forage harvester
77.8 (2.8)
67.0 (1.7)
Forestry mulcher
80.0 (1.3)
73.6 (1.4)
1
Mean values pooled over the years 2007 and 2008, sites and varieties with
standard error of the mean in parentheses. Method description in the main text.
Effect of residue treatments was highly significant (P < 0.001) for both measurements
2
Details on residue management treatments in the main text
"On-farm experiments over five years in a grain maize - winter wheat rotation: Effect of maize residue treatments on Fusarium graminearum infection and deoxynivalenol
contamination in wheat”, Mycotoxin Research, S. Vogelgsang, A. Hecker, T. Musa, B. Dorn, H.R. Forrer
Agroscope Reckenholz-Tänikon Research Station ART, Reckenholzstrasse 191, 8046 Zurich, Switzerland, [email protected]