Strip Cropping in the Semi-Arid Region of Argentina: Control of Wind Erosion and Soil Water Accumulation

Bravo, Oscar; Silenzi, Juan C.

doi:10.1097/00010694-200205000-00006

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“…E-mail addresses: wangruonan@cau.edu.cn (R. Wang), zhanglizhen@cau.edu.cn (L. Zhang). soil erosion and to limit plant diseases (Bravo and Silenzi, 2002;Ma et al, 2007). Some studies have claimed yield benefits of wide strips, but the mechanistic basis of such advantages have not been elucidated (Francis et al, 1986).…”

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Border-row proportion determines strength of interspecific interactions and crop yields in maize/peanut strip intercropping

Wang

Sun

Zhang

et al. 2020

Field Crops Research

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Strip intercropping enables increases in yields and ecological services in agriculture. Crop yields of species grown in strip intercropping are often related to the yield responses (increases or decreases) in the outer rows of the strips: the border rows. This suggests that the yield response can be modulated by changing the proportion of border rows in the field. Here we studied the relationship between component species yields and proportion of border rows in strip intercrops of maize (Zea mays L.) and peanut (Arachis hypogaea Linn.). We tested four different intercrops with equal proportions of maize and peanut but a different number of rows per strip: M2P2 (2 rows maize intercropped with 2 rows peanut), M4P4, M6P6, M8P8, and sole maize (SM) and sole peanut (SP). The border-row proportions were 1, 0.5, 0.33 and 0.25 for the intercropping M2P2 to M8P8, respectively, and 0 for the pure stands. Yield responded positively to the proportion of border rows for maize, but negatively for peanut, confirming the dominance of maize in this system. Kernel number per ear of maize and pod number per plant of peanut were the main yield components that responded to the border-row proportion. Across three years, relative maize yield (yield in intercropping divided by yield in monoculture), varied from 0.76 in M2P2 to 0.56 in M8P8, while relative peanut yield varied from 0.19 in M2P2 to 0.39 in M8P8. Relative yield total was not significantly different from one in any of the mixtures. Yield of intercropped maize in border rows was 48% higher than in inner rows and the sole crop, in part due to a significantly higher kernel number per ear (13%). Yield of intercropped peanut in border rows was on average 29% lower than in inner rows and 48% lower than in sole peanut. Yield responses in border rows were independent from the border-row proportion. The results show that relative crop yields responded strongly to variation in border-row proportion resulting from variation in strip width from 1 to 4 m. Strip width thus provides a mechanism to control the strength of interspecific plant interactions and relative yields in strip intercropping.

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Border-row proportion determines strength of interspecific interactions and crop yields in maize/peanut strip intercropping

Wang

Sun

Zhang

et al. 2020

Field Crops Research

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“…runoff and erosion (Bravo, 2002;Poonia and Singh, 2006). Effective soil surface covering compact pile plant reduces the effects of polluted soil erosion is termed as Phytostabilization.…”

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Rehabilitation of Heavy Metal Contamination and Soil Erosion Through Integrated Management

Paul

Dhivyadharsini

Mathivadhana

2020

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Soil is an essential element for life in natural environment. Agricultural and industrial human activities alter the properties of soil, which increase soil erosion and deteriorate the soil fertility. Indiscriminative use of synthetic inputs, improper management, industrialization and urbanization activities increase heavy metal pollution that degrade the natural environment. Excess amount of heavy metal affects plant metabolic activities and enter into food chain process that ultimately affects the health of animals and humans. The issues of soil erosion and heavy metal pollution are very much concerned because of their degradability in natural system. Therefore several management practices are followed to minimize the soil erosion and heavy metal toxicity. Some of the traditional cultural methods are either extremely costly or they are simply applied for short term management. The biological technologies require long period for reclamation. Recently, the application of nanoparticle is used for rehabilitation of natural environment. The effectiveness in controlling soil erosion and heavy metal pollution is more by integrating any of the cultural, biological and nano technological approach than using individually.

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“…The width of strips must match the equipment turn or width for cultivation. On gentle slopes of up to 5 %, a strip width of about 30 m is recommended while on steeper slopes the width must be less than 20 m (Bravo and Silenzi 2002 ). Strip cropping may be successfully combined with contour farming.…”

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Soil Erosion by Water

Osman

2013

Soil Degradation, Conservation and Remediation

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Strip Cropping in the Semi-Arid Region of Argentina: Control of Wind Erosion and Soil Water Accumulation

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Border-row proportion determines strength of interspecific interactions and crop yields in maize/peanut strip intercropping

Border-row proportion determines strength of interspecific interactions and crop yields in maize/peanut strip intercropping

Rehabilitation of Heavy Metal Contamination and Soil Erosion Through Integrated Management

Soil Erosion by Water

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