Impacts of tillage and herbicide mixture on weed interference, agronomic productivity and profitability of a maize – Wheat system in the North-western Indo-Gangetic Plains

Susha, V. S.; Das, Tapas K.; Nath, Chaitanya Prasad; Pandey, Rakesh; Paul, Sangeeta; Ghosh, Sourav

doi:10.1016/j.fcr.2018.02.003

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“…Evidently, the intercropping method decreased the per unit area weed biomass. Intercropping therefore helped in better weed suppression compared with sole cropping (Susha et al, 2018;Banik et al, 2006;Saucke & Ackermann, 2006;Singh & Balyan, 2000). The reason for the reduced FWB was the limited space, light and fractional nutrients availability for weeds as compared to the sole plots.…”

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“…Modern agricultural practices heavily depend on the use of pesticides and synthesized fertilizers to reduce the crop pests (weeds, insects and diseases) aiming at improving the crop yields (Tanveer et al, 2018;Gurr et al, 2003). Even though these agricultural practices have significantly increased yield per unit area; on the other hand, resulted in increased cost of production, development of herbicide resistance in weeds, development of a negative impact on human health and crop ecology like the loss of biodiversity, water and soil contamination and habitat degradation (Susha et al, 2018;Sun et al, 2018;Mathur et al, 2005;Giri et al, 2002).…”

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Effect of herbicides and intercropping on weeds and yields of Maize and the associated intercrops

Bibi¹,

Khan²,

Hussain³

et al. 2019

PAK.J.BOT.

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Two field trials were conducted at the farm of the University of Agriculture Peshawar, Pakistan in 2014 and 2015, to investigate the effect of intercropping on maize, mungbean, cowpea and sesbania, in which maize was the main crop and the others were intercrops. A two factorial design was used. Factor A comprised of pendimethalin application as pre-emergence and no herbicide application. Factor B consisted of four mono-cropping treatments of Zea mays L. (maize), Vigna radiata (L.) R. Wilczek (mungbean), Sesbania sesban (L.) Merr. (sesbania), and Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. (cowpea), along with six intercropping treatments viz. 5 legumes rows and 6 maize rows in combinations i.e. mungbean+maize, cowpea+maize, sesbania+maize, and also 10 legume crops rows and 6 maize rows in combinations mungbean+maize, cowpea+maize, and sesbania+maize. The results indicated a significant influence of the years, the use of herbicide, the treatments of intercropping, and the interaction effect of the herbicide x intercropping on the yields of studied crops which meant that the differences among the observations were statistically significant. For the year effect, the mean yields were higher in 2014; while for the effect of herbicide use, the maize grain yield was higher in pendimethalin applied plots. Stating the effect of intercropping, mungbean grain yield was highest in plots of mungbean mono-cropping and lowest in mungbean: maize intercropping (sown in ratio of 5:6 rows). Cowpea and sesbania biomasses were significantly higher in herbicide plots and also in mono-cropping plots of cowpea and sesbania plots, respectively in 2014 and 2015. The values of the Land Equivalent Ratio (LER) were between 1.40 and 1.49 for all the intercropping treatments, with the highest LER calculated for sesbaniamaize intercropping (10:6 rows). Therefore, the herbicide pendimethalin as pre-emergence @1.5 kg ha-1 in maize crop along with intercropping of any of the studied legume crops at the 1:1 row sowing ratio is the best combination for achieving desirable weed control, higher crop yields and greater LERs.

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Effect of herbicides and intercropping on weeds and yields of Maize and the associated intercrops

Bibi¹,

Khan²,

Hussain³

et al. 2019

PAK.J.BOT.

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“…Consequently, wheat production in the NCP plays a very important role to fulfill the increased food demands in China to ensure food security. As such, potential soil regions around the world, could play an important role to combat future climate change impacts on soil health and sustainable agriculture [9][10][11].…”

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“…Research [25,26] reported that the wheat grain yields were comparable in the treatments that received 80 t ha −1 yr −1 of organic manure or 204-252 kg N ha −1 yr −1 chemical N-fertilizers. As for biofertilizers, [27][28][29] reported that application of one biofertilizers obtained from sewage sludge at 7.2 L ha −1 increased maize grain yield by 17% compared with the untreated control and [10,30,31] revealed that biofertilizers amendments reduced inorganic N-fertilizers by 25% without decreasing rice yield in India [32].…”

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Contrasting Impacts of Long-Term Application of Biofertilizers and Organic Manure on Grain Yield of Winter Wheat in North China Plain

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The effects of long-term incorporation of organic manure and biofertilizers have been investigated on winter wheat in the North China Plain (NCP). The five-year field experiment (2013–2018) has illustrated the responses of grain yield and yield components. Seven fertilization approaches, included pig farm-yard-manure and biofertilizers amendments combined with five NPK% drop levels of chemical fertilizer ratio + organic fertilizer + biofertilizer (0, C+O+B) 25%, CL4; 50%, CL3; 75%, CL1; and 100%, CL0), without fertilizer as control (CK), in NCP during the years 2013–2018. Results showed that the grain yields of CL1 and CL2 were equivalent to CL0 in all growing seasons except 2014/2015. The grain yields of CL4 were 29.9% to 46.6% lower than that of CL0 during 2014/2015, 2016/2017, and 2017/2018. The valuable spike-number, grain number per-spike, and 1000-grain weight showed significant variations among different growing periods. Regression analysis of grain yield and yield components indicated that number grains per-spike showed significant increase in seed yield formation. The 1000-grain weight was the major parameter that influenced yield of moderate and low yielding periods, respectively. The results revealed that application of 30 m3 ha−1 pig farm-yard-manure and 20 kg ha−1 biofertilizers has reduced at least 50% of the NPK fertilization without dropping grain yields in the North China Plain.

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“…Mz-M system under PB+R increased SYI by 376.5% compared to F-M under CT-R (farmers practice). Permanent beds with residue under maize-mustard cropping system reported highest SYI due to higher yields, improved soil conditions, organic carbon build up, and residue incorporation 30,31,27 . It might also be due to higher assimilation of metabolizable C and N in crop plants due to residue retention, increased root biomass, and root absorption 32 .…”

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Sustainability, Productivity, Profitability and Soil Health With Conservation Agriculture-Based Sustainable Intensification of Oilseed Brassica Production System

Jat

Choudhary

Singh

et al. 2021

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Conservation Agriculture (CA) practices getting space world-wide to answer many emerging challenges like; declining factor productivity, deteriorating soil health, water scarcity, climate change, and farm profitability and sustainability. Oilseed brassica (Indian mustard, Brassica juncea L.), a winter oilseed grown under rainfed agro-ecosystem vulnerable to low yields, high production cost, degrading soil and water quality, and climatic vagaries. The present study was undertaken on CA-based sustainable intensification of Indian mustard for enhancing inputs efficiencies, farm profitability and sustainability. Permanent beds with residue retention (PB+R) improved mustard equivalent yield (11.4%) and system grain yield (10.6%) compared to conventional tillage without residue (CT-R). Maize-mustard (Mz-M) increased system grain yield (142.9%) as well as mustard equivalent yield (60.7%) compared to fallow-mustard (F-M). Mz-M system under PB+R increased sustainable yield index (376.5%), production efficiency (177.2%), economic efficiency (94%) and irrigation water productivity (66%) compared to F-M under CT-R. PB+R increased soil organic carbon (SOC) stock at 0-15 cm (17.7%) and 15-30 cm (29.5%) soil depth compared to CT-R. Intensification of F-M system with green gram–mustard (GG-M) improved SOC at 0-15 cm (27.4%) and 15-30 cm (20.5%) compared to F-M. CA-based cluster bean-mustard/GG-M system increased N productivity, whereas, P and K productivity improved with Mz-M system compared to F-M under CT-R. Thus, CA-based Mz-M system should be out-scaled in the traditional rainfed fallow-mustard system to improve the farm production and income on holistic basis to make the country self-sufficient in edible oils.

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Impacts of tillage and herbicide mixture on weed interference, agronomic productivity and profitability of a maize – Wheat system in the North-western Indo-Gangetic Plains

Cited by 53 publications

References 35 publications

Effect of herbicides and intercropping on weeds and yields of Maize and the associated intercrops

Effect of herbicides and intercropping on weeds and yields of Maize and the associated intercrops

Contrasting Impacts of Long-Term Application of Biofertilizers and Organic Manure on Grain Yield of Winter Wheat in North China Plain

Sustainability, Productivity, Profitability and Soil Health With Conservation Agriculture-Based Sustainable Intensification of Oilseed Brassica Production System

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