The effect of tillage practices on grain yield and water use efficiency

Berhe, Fekadeselassie; Fanta, Abebe; Alamirew, Tena; Melesse, Assefa M.

doi:10.1016/j.catena.2012.08.001

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“…However, the use of herbicides can also trigger high erosion rates (Cerdà et al, 2009;Giménez Morera et al, 2010). Tillage practices and depth of ploughing play an important role in altering the porosity and infiltration capacity of soils and hence surface runoff and soil water availability (Berhe et al, 2013). However, this practice increases the compactness (bulk density) of soil (Lal, 1997).…”

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Tillage Effects on Crop Yield and Physicochemical Properties of Sodic Soils

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Tillage modifies soil structure and has been suggested as a practice to improve physical, hydrological and chemical properties of compacted soils. But little is known about effect of long‐term tillage on physicochemical soil properties and crop yield on sodic soils in India. Our objective was to investigate the effect of different tillage regimes on crop yield (wheat and paddy rice) and physicochemical properties of sodic soils. Two sodic sites under conventional tillage for 5 (5‐YT; 5‐year tillage) and 9 (9‐YT; 9‐year tillage) years were selected for this study. Changes in crop yield and physicochemical soil properties were compared with a control, sodic land without any till history, that is, 0‐year tillage/untilled (0‐YT). Five replicated samples at 0‐ to 10‐cm and 10‐ to 20‐cm soils depths were analysed from each site. In the top, 0‐ to 10‐cm soil depth 5‐YT and 9‐YT sites had higher particle density (Pd), porosity, water holding capacity, hydraulic conductivity, organic carbon, total nitrogen (Nt), available nitrogen (Navail), phosphorus (Pavail) and exchangeable calcium (Exch. Ca++) than 0‐YT, whereas bulk density (Bd), C : N ratio and CaCO3 were significantly lower. Bd, pH, EC and CaCO3 increased significantly with depth in all the lands, whereas Pd, porosity, water holding capacity, hydraulic conductivity, organic carbon, Nt, Navail, Pavail and Exch. Ca++ decreased. We conclude that continuous tillage and cropping can be useful for physical and chemical restoration of sodic soils. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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“…The highest weight of thousand grain and filled grain was seen in autumn tillage with residual conservation where thousand-grain weight was 3.86 grams more compared to no-tillage treatment with residual burning. Berhe et al (2013) reported that management and tillage had a significant effect on grain yield and its quality. Similar results have been obtained by Gürsoy et al (2010).…”

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The Impact Interaction of Three Different Tillage Methods and Rice Residual Management on Soil Physical Properties and Rice Growth

Mobaraki

2018

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123A bstract. One of the major problems of rice cultivation in Guilan is traditional rice cultivation along with autumn tillage and burning last year's residual, which besides wasting this valuable organic source is followed by environmental pollution in September and October each year. This study aimed to evaluate three different methods of tillage as far as soil physical properties and rice growth under crop residual burning and conservation conditions are concerned. Therefore, an area of 1,800 square meters was chosen in Islamabad Village, Pirbazar District, Rasht. A factorial experiment was designed and conducted in a randomized complete block design with 6 treatments in 3 replications and in 18 plots (each plot = 10 × 10 square meters). Treatments included tillage factor with no-tillage, autumn and winter tillage methods; and residue management factor included crop residual burning and conservation. The results showed that the amount of soil organic matter in residual burning and residual conservation was 2.18% and 2.69%, respectively, showing a 0.51% increase in organic matter. The amount of organic matter in no-tillage method (2.20%) showed a significant decrease of 0.32% and 0.38% compared with autumn tillage (2.52%) and winter tillage (2.58%), respectively. Surface water infiltration in soil before performing treatments was 2.01 mm per minute, which was significantly increased by 2.81 mm per minute in crop resid-

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“…Under arid or semi-arid climate conditions, conservation tillage and/or no-tillage were found to be superior to ploughing (Tolon-Becerra et al 2011, Wyngaard et al 2012, Wang et al 2012, Botha et al 2015, Busari et al 2015, Zhang et al 2015, Shaoa et al 2016. Under humid, semi-humid or irrigated conditions mouldboard ploughing resulted in higher or similar yields of maize compared to minimal or no-tillage methods (Jin et al 2011, Tueche and Hauser 2011, Berhe et al 2012, Messiga et al 2012, Qingjie et al 2014. Other explanations for the observed differences include variation in the types of soil, meteorological conditions, machinery used, methods for weed control, increased soil compaction, etc.…”

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The impact of five long-term contrasting tillage systems on maize productivity parameters

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Avižienytė

Adamavičienė

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Maize productivity is mainly constrained by the climate, meteorological and soil conditions, and agro-technological practice. Reduced primary tillage intensity might be a method to optimize the complex interactions between these conditions. An 8-year field experiment was designed to test this. The aim of the experiment was to establish the influence of deep and shallow ploughing, chiselling, disking and no-tillage systems on parameters of maize productivity. No-tillage resulted in a significant decrease in maize stand density compared with deep and shallow ploughing, as well as chiselling, while maize canopy height and dry biomass was slightly higher in the no-tillage system. Nevertheless, in no-tillage plots the maize yield was insignificantly lower than in deeply and shallowly ploughed plots (on average 3.5–6.4% less). Overall, long-term reduction of primary tillage had less impact on maize productivity parameters than meteorological conditions during the vegetation period.

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The effect of tillage practices on grain yield and water use efficiency

Cited by 29 publications

References 18 publications

Tillage Effects on Crop Yield and Physicochemical Properties of Sodic Soils

Tillage Effects on Crop Yield and Physicochemical Properties of Sodic Soils

The Impact Interaction of Three Different Tillage Methods and Rice Residual Management on Soil Physical Properties and Rice Growth

The impact of five long-term contrasting tillage systems on maize productivity parameters

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