Potted-Seedling Machine Transplantation Simultaneously Promotes Rice Yield, Grain Quality, and Lodging Resistance in China: A Meta-Analysis
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Data Selection
2.2. Meta-Analysis
2.3. Analysis of Publication Bias
3. Results
3.1. Grain Yield, Yield Components, Aboveground Biomass, Harvest Index, and N Uptake
3.2. Grain Quality
3.3. Lodging Resistance
4. Discussion
4.1. Effects of PSMT on Grain Yield
4.2. Effects of PSMT on Grain Quality
4.3. Effects of PSMT on Lodging Resistance
4.4. Limitations and Implications
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Liao, P.; Meng, Y.; Chen, Y.; Weng, W.; Chen, L.; Xing, Z.; Guo, B.; Wei, H.; Gao, H.; Zhang, H. Potted-Seedling Machine Transplantation Simultaneously Promotes Rice Yield, Grain Quality, and Lodging Resistance in China: A Meta-Analysis. Agronomy 2022, 12, 3003. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12123003
Liao P, Meng Y, Chen Y, Weng W, Chen L, Xing Z, Guo B, Wei H, Gao H, Zhang H. Potted-Seedling Machine Transplantation Simultaneously Promotes Rice Yield, Grain Quality, and Lodging Resistance in China: A Meta-Analysis. Agronomy. 2022; 12(12):3003. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12123003
Chicago/Turabian StyleLiao, Ping, Yi Meng, Yuqiong Chen, Wenan Weng, Le Chen, Zhipeng Xing, Baowei Guo, Haiyan Wei, Hui Gao, and Hongcheng Zhang. 2022. "Potted-Seedling Machine Transplantation Simultaneously Promotes Rice Yield, Grain Quality, and Lodging Resistance in China: A Meta-Analysis" Agronomy 12, no. 12: 3003. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12123003