Effectiveness of inorganic and organic mulching for soil salinity and sodicity control in a grapevine orchard drip-irrigated with moderately saline waters

Aragüés, R.; Medina, Eva T.; Clavería, Isabel

doi:10.5424/sjar/2014122-5466

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“…This indicated that with the application of green manure and combination of gypsum + green manure help in reducing soil salinity and resulted in increasing crop yield. These results are in correlation with Aragues et al (2014) who reported that the application of organic straw mulch on soil surface reduces evaporation that resulted in reducing soil sodicity in the root zone. The same results reported by Pawar et al (2018) who stated that Ece of soil decreased with an increase in organic matter in soil.…”

Section: Electrical Conductivity (Ece)supporting

confidence: 90%

Soil moisture retention and rainfed wheat yield variations by the addition of gypsum and green manure

Kausar¹,

Akram²,

Choudhary³

et al. 2020

J. Soil Sci. Environ. Manage.

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In rainfed tract, the success of agriculture depends on conservation and efficient use of soil moisture and nutrients availability that directly linked with the presence of moisture in soil. The moisture can be conserved through several means including green manures and gypsum addition. The experiment was conducted to investigate the integrated effect of green manures and gypsum for moisture conservation and their impact on wheat production under rainfed conditions. The experiment was planned at six sites with five treatments including gypsum at 1 t ha-1 , green manure (Guar 40 days old) and gypsum+green manuring were compared with control (untreated) and farmer practice (traditional). Results showed a significant increase (up to 38 to 76%) in wheat grain yield with the application of gypsum and green manure while soil moisture contents were enhanced up to 34 to 65% compared to control. It was also noticed that the treatments altered the soil properties (pH, Electrical conductivity (Ece), Organic Matter, Available Phosphorous and Extractable Potash) positively by improving soil water relationship over the control.

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Soil moisture retention and rainfed wheat yield variations by the addition of gypsum and green manure

Kausar¹,

Akram²,

Choudhary³

et al. 2020

J. Soil Sci. Environ. Manage.

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“…These results indicate that crop straw drainage may produce a relatively higher soil desalination rate with less irrigation water as compared to the traditional plastic drainage pipes. This may attribute to the reason of greater water penetration through the full range of the crop stalks, while the plastic pipes allowed only partial infiltration [47]. In addition, decreasing soil salinity was observed in MSD as the soil depth increased from 0 to 80 cm.…”

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Experimental Study on the Potential Use of Bundled Crop Straws as Subsurface Drainage Material in the Newly Reclaimed Coastal Land in Eastern China

Zhang

Feng

et al. 2018

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Initial land reclamation of the saline soils often requires higher drainage intensity for quick leaching of salts from the soil profile; however, drainage pipes placed at closer spacing may result in higher cost. Seeking an inexpensive degradable organic subsurface drainage material may satisfy such needs of initial drainage, low investment and a heathy soil environment. Crop straws are porous organic materials that have certain strength and endurance. In this research, we explored the potential of using bundled maize stalks and rice straws as subsurface drainage material in place of plastic pipes. Through an experimental study in large lysimeters that were filled with saline coastal soil and planted with maize, we examined the drainage performance of the two organic materials by comparing with the conventional plastic drainage pipes; soil moisture distribution, soil salinity changed with depth, and the crop information were monitored in the lysimeters during the maize growing period. The results showed that maize stalk drainage and the rice straw drainage were significantly (p < 0.05) more efficient in removing salt and water from the crop root zone than the plastic drainage pipes; they excelled in drainage rate, leaching fraction, and lowering water table; and their efficient drainage processes lowered salt stress in the crop root zone and resulted in a slightly higher level of biomass. The experimental results suggest that crop straws may be used as a good organic substitute for the plastic drainage pipes in the initial stage land reclamation of the saline coastal soils.

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“…Soil saturation extract electrical conductivity (ECe) values increased in all treatments of both grapevines along the irrigation seasons, but the increases were much lower in the mulched than in the bare soils due to reduced evaporation losses and concomitant decreases in salt evapoconcentration. A previous study concluded that the plastic mulch and, particularly, the organic mulch were more efficient than the bare soil for soil salinity and sodicity control [1]. In the same direction, Yang et al [2] reported that the surface mulch with different materials has a significant effect on reducing evaporation and decreasing soil salinity level in addition to its effect on wheat production.…”

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Improvement of Nitrogen Fertilization Practices for Efficient Use by Wheat Irrigated With Saline Water under Mulching Using 15N Technique

Kassab

Galal

El-Gindy

et al. 2018

Arab Journal of Nuclear Sciences and Applications

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A field experiment was carried out to investigate the effects of saline irrigation water and soil mulching on the growth and yield of cultivated wheat crop. Wheat yield for non-mulched treatment irrigated by fresh water (3366 kg.ha -1 ) was higher than the mulched one irrigated with fresh water (3227 kg.ha ). The nitrogen uptake by grain of wheat irrigated by fresh water and non-mulching treatments was much better than that in mulching treatments, but, mulching treatment combined with saline water (6, and 8 dS.m -1 ) was much better than non-mulched one. Similar trend was noticed with N uptake by straw. Proportion and absolute values of Nitrogen derived from fertilizer( Ndff) as well as nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) gained by grains or straw were severely reduced by increasing water salinity level as compared to those irrigated with fresh water. Mulching has a positive effect on combating salinity stress. It seems that, in general, mulching made the plants more able to derive more nitrogen from fertilizer and improved NUE. Nitrogen derived from fertilizer by grains was significantly higher than those of straw. Similar trend was noticed for NUE.

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Effectiveness of inorganic and organic mulching for soil salinity and sodicity control in a grapevine orchard drip-irrigated with moderately saline waters

Cited by 32 publications

References 12 publications

Soil moisture retention and rainfed wheat yield variations by the addition of gypsum and green manure

Soil moisture retention and rainfed wheat yield variations by the addition of gypsum and green manure

Experimental Study on the Potential Use of Bundled Crop Straws as Subsurface Drainage Material in the Newly Reclaimed Coastal Land in Eastern China

Improvement of Nitrogen Fertilization Practices for Efficient Use by Wheat Irrigated With Saline Water under Mulching Using 15N Technique

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