Tillage and crop residue effects on rainfed wheat and maize production in northern China

Wang, Xiaobin; Wu, Huijun; Dai, Kuai; Zhang, Dingchen; Feng, Zonghui; Zhao, Qiping; Wu, Xueping; Jin, Ke; Dan, Cai; Oenema, O.; Hoogmoed, W.B.

doi:10.1016/j.fcr.2011.09.012

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“…The soil water contents indirectly improve biomass and yield of crops, and increase water DAS -days after sowing; CK -no straw mulching and no nitrogen; N -no straw mulching and 172 kg N/ha; HS + Nhalf straw mulching at a rate of 2500 kg/ha of wheat straw with 172 kg N/ha; FS + N -full straw at a rate of 5000 kg/ha of wheat straw with 172 kg N/ha. Values within a column for the same year followed by different letters are significantly different (P < 0.05) use efficiency (Wang et al 2012, Tao et al 2013. Thereby, sufficient supply of water is beneficial for growth and yield of winter wheat (Zhou et al , 2011a and soil water during the wheat growing season contributed up to 43% in wheat yield (Li and Shu 1991).…”

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Wheat straw mulching with fertilizer nitrogen: An approach for improving soil water storage and maize crop productivity

Akhtar¹,

Wang²,

Khan³

et al. 2018

Plant Soil Environ.

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Field studies using wheat straw mulching effects on soil water storage and maize development were conducted in China. The studies contained four treatments during three years (2014–2016): CK (no straw and no nitrogen); N (no straw mulching with 172 kg N/ha); HS + N (half straw mulching at the rate of 2500 kg/ha with 172 kg N/ha), and FS + N (full straw mulching at the rate of 5000 kg/ha with 172 kg N/ha). The FS + N treatment significantly increased soil water storage in a drought period during crop growth stages and promoted plant growth along with increased evapotranspiration. The FS + N treatment increased the soil water storage (26.5, 19.9 and 11.1 mm), grain yield (28.7, 6.93 and 2.4%), and water use efficiency (26.6, 6.64 and 2.40%) compared to CK, N and HS + N, respectively. In conclusion, compared to N, HS + N or FS + N increased the biomass (11 and 19%) and water use efficiency (4 and 5%), respectively, and are considered beneficial in Guanzhong, China. Mulching levels were superior to N and compensated the wheat nitrogen requirements. Thus, further studies with minimum fertilizer nitrogen for an environmentally friendly and effective approach are recommended in semiarid regions of China.

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Wheat straw mulching with fertilizer nitrogen: An approach for improving soil water storage and maize crop productivity

Akhtar¹,

Wang²,

Khan³

et al. 2018

Plant Soil Environ.

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“…China has a large region of dryland farming in the northwest (Wang et al, 2012), which is constrained by adverse weather, topography, water deficiency, and infertile soils (Huang et al, 2005;Deng et al, 2006), Thus, it is important to improve the soil quality and soil fertility, which play significant roles in promoting the crop productivity in this zone.…”

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Effects of straw incorporation on the stratification of the soil organic C, total N and C:N ratio in a semiarid region of China

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Wei

et al. 2015

Soil and Tillage Research

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“…in our previous short-term on-farm scale or stationary precision experiments in the conditions of well-balanced, even mineral fertilization the reduction of soil tillage intensity from deep mouldboard ploughing to shallow stubble disking had insignificant influence on maize productivity parameters (romaneckas et al, 2010). World practices showed similar maize yields both in minimally tilled (combination with chopped straw or other plant residues) and conventionally ploughed soil (Pabin et al, 2006;mupangwa et al, 2007;Alletto et al, 2011;Wang et al, 2012). comparison of no-till and mouldboard ploughing systems gave controversial results.…”

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The impact of long-term reduced primary soil tillage on maize (Zea mays L.) productivity

Avižienytė

Romaneckas

Pališkytė

et al. 2013

Zemdirbyste-Agriculture

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A long-term field experiment (since 1988) was carried out at the experimental station of the Aleksandras stulginskis university (Asu, 54º52′ N, 23º49′ e) in the conditions of transitional maritime-climate. Research data from the 2010-2012 experimental period are presented. the soil of the experimental site is silty light loam Endohypogleyic-Eutric Planosol (PLe-gln-w). Average annual temperature is 6.2°c. the aim of the experiment was to establish the influence of reduced primary autumn soil tillage on maize productivity. the treatments of the experiment were: 1) conventionally (22-25 cm) ploughed by a mouldboard plough, 2) shallowly (12-15 cm) ploughed by a mouldboard plough, 3) deeply (25-30 cm) tilled by a chisel cultivator, 4) shallowly (10-12 cm) tilled by a disc harrow, 5) no-till. the experimental results showed that all primary soil tillage methods (except for chiselling) normally had insignificant effect on maize biometric parameters. Deep chiselling had consistent negative influence on the biometric parameters of maize canopy, while no no-till effect was insignificantly positive. maize crop biometric parameters partially depended on weed infestation at the beginning and the end of maize vegetation. in two out of three experimental years, maize crop density at the beginning and end of vegetation did not differ significantly in differently tilled plots. A relationship was found between the number of annual as well as total number of weeds and crop density at the beginning of vegetation (r = −0.926** and −0.948**). crop density at the beginning of vegetation had significant positive effect on most maize productivity parameters. Reduced soil tillage from shallow ploughing to no-till had total positive effect on maize productivity in 2011 only because of the lower weed infestation. Relationships were established between weed infestation and maize crop productivity parameters (correlation coefficients from −0.394 to −0.965**). Productivity parameters were influenced by biometric parameters too (correlation coefficients from 0.713** to 0.920**).

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Tillage and crop residue effects on rainfed wheat and maize production in northern China

Cited by 136 publications

References 17 publications

Wheat straw mulching with fertilizer nitrogen: An approach for improving soil water storage and maize crop productivity

Wheat straw mulching with fertilizer nitrogen: An approach for improving soil water storage and maize crop productivity

Effects of straw incorporation on the stratification of the soil organic C, total N and C:N ratio in a semiarid region of China

The impact of long-term reduced primary soil tillage on maize (Zea mays L.) productivity

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