Maize growth responses to deep tillage, straw mulching and farmyard manure in coarse textured soils of N.W. India

Gajri, P.R.; Arora, V.K.; Chaudhary, M. R.

doi:10.1111/j.1475-2743.1994.tb00451.x

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“…Abayomi and Adedoyin (2004) also found that application of higher dose of N significantly reduces time to tassels and silk emergence. Gajri et al (1994) also reported that phenological parameters of maize were significantly affected by the amount of N fertilization and deep tillage. The subsoil compaction advanced the dough stage by about 6 days and 4 days during the year 2012 and 2013, respectively ( Table 2), than that in no subsoil compaction treatment.…”

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Phenology and thermal indices of maize (Zea mays L.) influenced by subsoil compaction and nitrogen fertilization under semi-arid irrigated conditions

Singh

Hadda

2014

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Abstract:The magnitude of yield reduction due to soil compaction is variable and depends on the soil type, fertility status and other soil and environmental factors. The present investigation was carried out at the research farm, Department of Soil Science, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana. The experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of different levels of subsoil compaction and nitrogen fertilization on maize phenology, yield and heat use efficiency ) treatment during the year 2012 and 2013, respectively. The tasseling and silking stage was delayed, while physiological maturity was advanced under C 2 subsoil compaction treatment than that in C 0 treatment. The N 2 treatment improved the yield by 14.9 and 13.9 % and HUE by 15.2 and 14.3 % than that in N 0 treatment during the year 2012 and 2013, respectively. Maize took more days to reach physiological maturity under N 2 treatment as compared to N 0 treatment. Phenothermal index (PTI) showed that crop reached different stages earlier under C 1 and C 2 than that of C 0. The data emphasized the need to take care of soil strength and soil temperature related parameters along with weather conditions for better yield prediction using thermal time.

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Phenology and thermal indices of maize (Zea mays L.) influenced by subsoil compaction and nitrogen fertilization under semi-arid irrigated conditions

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2014

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“…This is a newly evolving field of science and technology using plants to clean-up polluted soils, waters, or air (5,6), and is a particularly important because contaminated soils are often used for vegetable production. A technique that has strongly boosted agricultural output in the last few years is the use of plastic covers over the soil surface which significantly influences the root zone temperatures (7), depending on the composition of the plastic as well as its efficiency in absorbing light (8,9). Rootzone temperature is a key factor in altering ion accumulation (10).…”

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ROOT ZONE TEMPERATURE AFFECTS THE PHYTOEXTRACTION OF Ba, Cl, Sn, Pt, AND Rb USING POTATO PLANTS (SOLANUM TUBEROSUML. VAR. SPUNTA) IN THE FIELD

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et al. 2002

Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A

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Three consecutive years of field experiments were conducted to investigate how different root-zone temperatures, manipulated by using different mulches, affect the phytoextraction of Ba, Cl, Sn, Pt and Rb in different organs of potato plants (roots, tubers, stems and leaves). Four different plastic covers were used (T1: transparent polyethylene; T2: white polyethylene; T3: white and black coextruded polyethylene, and T4: black polyethylene), using uncovered plants as control (T0). The different treatments had a significant effect on mean root zone temperatures (T0 ¼ 16 C, T1 ¼ 20 C, T2 ¼ 23 C, T3 ¼ 27 C and T4 ¼ 30 C) and induced a significantly different response in Ba, Cl, Sn, Pt and Rb concentration and accumulation. The T3 treatment gave rise to the greatest phytoextraction of Ba, Pt, Cl and Sn in the roots, leaflets and tubers. In terms of the relative distribution of the phytoaccumulated elements (as percentage of the total within the plant), Pt and Ba accumulated mainly in the roots whereas Rb, Sn and Cl accumulated primarily in tubers, establishing a close relationship between the biomass development of each organ and phytoaccumulation capacity of metals in response to temperature in the root zone.

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“…While a greater likelihood of yield loss might exist in fine-textured soils which generally developed lower water potentials and water depletion zones around the roots (Shein and Pachepsky, 1995), high soil temperature during early part of the growing season in medium-to coarse-textured soils remained a constraint to improve soybean yield in the IndoGangetic plains of South Asia (Arora et al, 2011). The application of mulch has been shown to improve yield by reducing plant sensitivity to water and temperature stress (but see Chen et al (2007)), although the extent of the improvement might vary with location (e.g., upland, lowland) (Zhang et al, 2009), type and thickness of mulch (Ramakrishna et al, 2006), as well as soil texture (Gajri et al, 1994).…”

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Global synthesis of drought effects on cereal, legume, tuber and root crops production: A review

Daryanto

Wang

Jacinthe

2017

Agricultural Water Management

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As a result of climate change, drought is predicted to pose greater pressure on food production system than in the past. At the same time, crop yield co-varies with both environmental (e.g., water, temperature, aridity) and agronomic variables (i.e., crop species, soil texture, phenological phase).To improve our quantitative understanding on the effect of these co-varying factors on agricultural productivity, we synthesized previous meta-analysis studies summarizing the results of numerous independent field experiments on drought and its effect on the production of cereal, legume, root and/or tuber (root/tuber) crops. We also included new crops species that were not covered in previous meta-analyses and the effects of heat stress. Our results indicated that cereals tended to be more drought resistant than legumes and root/tubers. Most crops were more sensitive to drought during their reproductive (i.e., grains filling, tuber initiation) than during their vegetative phase, except for wheat, which was also sensitive during vegetative phase. Recovery from drought impact at reproductive phase was either: (i) unfeasible for crops experiencing damage to their reproductive organs (e.g., maize, rice) or (ii) limited for root/tuber crops, provided that water was abundant during the subsequent root/tuber bulking period. Across soil texture, the variability of yield reduction for cereals was also lower in comparison to legume or root/tuber crops, probably due to the extensive and deep rooting system of cereal crops. As crop species, plant phenology, and soil texture were important co-varying factors in determining drought-induced crop yield reduction, no single approach would be sufficient to improve crop performance during drought. Consequently, a combination of approaches, particularly site-specific management practices that consider soil conditions (i.e., intercropping, mulching, and crop rotation) and selection of crop varieties adjusted to the local climate should be adopted in order to improve the sustainability of agricultural production in a changing climate.3

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Maize growth responses to deep tillage, straw mulching and farmyard manure in coarse textured soils of N.W. India

Cited by 86 publications

References 10 publications

Phenology and thermal indices of maize (Zea mays L.) influenced by subsoil compaction and nitrogen fertilization under semi-arid irrigated conditions

Phenology and thermal indices of maize (Zea mays L.) influenced by subsoil compaction and nitrogen fertilization under semi-arid irrigated conditions

ROOT ZONE TEMPERATURE AFFECTS THE PHYTOEXTRACTION OF Ba, Cl, Sn, Pt, AND Rb USING POTATO PLANTS (SOLANUM TUBEROSUML. VAR. SPUNTA) IN THE FIELD

Global synthesis of drought effects on cereal, legume, tuber and root crops production: A review

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