Effect of mulching on soil and plant water status, and the growth and yield of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) in a semi-arid environment

Chakraborty, Debashis; Nagarajan, S.; Aggarwal, Pramila; Gupta, Vinod Kumar; Tomar, R.K.; Garg, Rajat; Sahoo, Rabi Narayan; Sarkar, Ashis; Chopra, Usha Kiran; Sarma, K. S. Sundara; Kalra, Naveen

doi:10.1016/j.agwat.2008.06.001

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“…It was also found that mulching soil resulted in not only lower temperatures, but their fluctuations were also lower compared to plots without straw, particular during measurements at 2:00 p.m. This was confirmed in studies by Chakraborty et al (2008), in which soil temperature mulched with rice straw was lower at a depth of 7 and 14 cm during all growing periods, especially during measurements in the afternoon hours. In the study by Sinkevičienė et al (2009), all organic mulches caused a significant reduction of soil temperature.…”

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The effect of covering and mulching on the soil temperature, growth and yield of tomato

Kosterna

2014

Folia Horticulturae

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By improving the thermal and moisture conditions in the immediate vicinity of plants, plastic covers influenced the growth and development and increased the yield of vegetables. Soil mulching with organic material is one method of soil water protection and also helps maintain a constant soil temperature within the root system of crops. This study investigated the effect of plant covering and the type of straw applied to soil mulching (rye, corn, rape or buckwheat) on the soil temperature, development of the plant and the yield of 'Polfast' F 1 tomato. The effect of the straw was compared to a control plot without mulch. Soil temperature at a depth of 10 cm was higher in covered plots than in the plot without covers. The increase in soil temperature as a result of covering amounted to 1.3ºC at 8:00 a.m. and 1.7ºC at 2:00 p.m. Both in the morning and in the afternoon, the soil temperature in the plots without straw and without covers and under polypropylene fibre was higher than in the plots with straw. The application of covers resulted in higher aboveground parts of plants and higher leaf area compared to cultivation without covers. Irrespective of whether a covering was used, all of the types of straw investigated in the experiment caused the acceleration of growth and development of tomato plants. Simultaneous plant covering and soil mulching increased the total yield of fruits but did not have an influence on the share of marketable yield of the total yield. Ke y wor d s: assimilation leaf area, cover, leaf area index (LAI), Lycopersicon esculentum L., mulch, specific leaf area (SLA)

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The effect of covering and mulching on the soil temperature, growth and yield of tomato

Kosterna

2014

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“…The technique has been successfully applied to a number of crops including wheat (Triticum aestivum) (Chakraborty et al, 2008;Li et al, 1999) and maize (Zea mays L.) (Wang et al, 2011a;Zhou et al, 2012). Straw is an effective mulch material (Langdale et al, 1992), but the application of straw mulch is restricted on the Loess Plateau because grain yield may be decreased due to lower soil surface temperature (Gao & Zhao, 1995).…”

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Suitability of Mulch and Ridge-furrow Techniques for Maize across the Precipitation Gradient on the Chinese Loess Plateau

Ye¹,

Liu²

2012

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Mulch and ridge-furrow are effective techniques to improve water harvest, reduce evaporation and increase crop productivity in dry rainfed areas. We collected grain yield data of maize (Zea mays L.) across the precipitation gradient on the Loess Plateau under three treatments: (1) CK, flat plot without mulch; (2) HM, half-mulch flat plot, i.e. alternating mulched row and bare row without ridge-furrow; and (3) DRM, double ridges and the furrow fully mulched with plastic film. Maize grain yields were highest in the DRM treatment and lowest in the CK treatment. Mulch or ridge-furrow with mulch have increased maize grain yield significantly. The highest increase was found in low growing season precipitation regimes. Grain yields of the three treatments trended to converge in high growing season precipitation regimes. Regressions between grain yields and growing season precipitation for the three treatments showed that maize yields increased linearly with precipitation for CK; statistically significant quadratic models were found for HM and DRM treatments. The economic net incomes were calculated based on yields and inputs of capital and labor for the three treatments. Considering both water resource and economic outcome, we recommend that a precipitation range of 196-532 mm is most suitable for mulch and ridge-furrow techniques for maize on the Loess Plateau. Spatially, CK and HM treatment were most suitable for small parts of the southeast part of the plateau and DRM was suitable for most of (87%) the plateau.

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“…And it can efficiently inhibit the growth of weeds, promote the plants growth, and increased the yields and quality of crops (Mahmood et al, 2002;Sarker et al, 2003;Aniekwe et al, 2004;Bukun et al, 2005;Bhadauria & Kumar, 2006;Islam et al, 2007;Novak et al, 2007;Liu et al, 2009). So film mulching plays an important role in crop production, especially the arid and semi-arid crops Chakraborty et al, 2008;Wang et al, 2009;Zhang et al, 2010). But, there were also some reports indicated that film mulching had some drawbacks, such as speeding up the senescence of plants and depletion of soil nutrition (Wang et al, 2004;Zhai et al, 2008;Zhang et al, 2008).…”

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Effects of Film Mulching on Aroma Components of Pineapple Fruits

Liu¹,

Liu²,

GanJun³

et al. 2011

JAS

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The aim of this study was to test the effects of film mulching treatment on aroma components of pineapple fruits. In this present study, the pineapple fruits of treatment and control (open field) were harvested twice (in winter and summer, respectively) to detect the aroma components. The results indicated that esters and alkenes were the main aroma components of both treatment and control pineapple fruits. There were more kinds of esters with higher total relative contents detected in the treatment fruits both harvested in winter and summer. There were fewer kinds of alkenes with lower total relative contents detected in the treatment fruits harvested in summer. There were equal kinds of alkenes detected in both treatment and control fruits harvested in winter. But the total relative content of alkenes of treatment fruits harvested in winter was lower than that of control. There was one ester containing sulfur, propanoic acid, 3-(methylthio)-, methyl ester with relative content of 1.40%, detected in the treatment fruits harvested in winter. No ester containing sulfur was detected in the control fruits harvested in winter. In the treatment fruits harvested in summer, two esters containing sulfur, propanoic acid, 3-(methylthio)-, methyl ester (2.60%) and 3-(methylthio) propanoic acid ethyl ester (1.46%) were detected. There was only one ester containing sulfur, propanoic acid, 3-(methylthio)-, methyl ester (3.01%) was detected in the control fruits harvested in summer.

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Effect of mulching on soil and plant water status, and the growth and yield of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) in a semi-arid environment

Cited by 354 publications

References 23 publications

The effect of covering and mulching on the soil temperature, growth and yield of tomato

The effect of covering and mulching on the soil temperature, growth and yield of tomato

Suitability of Mulch and Ridge-furrow Techniques for Maize across the Precipitation Gradient on the Chinese Loess Plateau

Effects of Film Mulching on Aroma Components of Pineapple Fruits

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