Water use and onion crop production in no-tillage and conventional cropping systems

Marouelli, W. A.; Abdalla, R. P.; Madeira, N. R.; Silva, Henoque R. da; Oliveira, Áureo Silva de

doi:10.1590/s0102-05362010000100004

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“…However, soil moisture content was statistically significant in soil mulched with sawdust at both depths at the fourth sampling date. This result is in agreement with Marouelli et al, 2010 who observed that reduced moisture loss was due to the covered soil surface.…”

Section: Soil Moisture Contentsupporting

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Effects of Mulching and Fertilizer Sources on Growth and Yield of Onion

Mutetwa¹,

Mtaita²

2014

JGIASS

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Onion is an important horticultural vegetable in the urban Zimbabwe market. In Zimbabwe there is a need to improve the yield of onions on garden size areas utilizing locally available materials thereby avoiding purchased inputs which are often unavailable or inaccessible due to no supply or prohibitive price The present studies investigate the effect of trash grass and sawdust mulches in combination with organic and inorganic fertilizers on onion growth and yield. When the two mulching materials were compared, trash grass mulch favored the growth of onions more than sawdust mulch. Mulching improved soil water retention capacity, improved soil structure and suppressed weeds. These features played a significant role in the performance and ultimately the yield of onions. Similarly, total plant weight, aerial leaf weight, bulb weight and yields plot were also higher for samples taken from plots with trash grass mulch than those mulched with sawdust. This work also sought to evaluate mulching materials and fertilizer types on the various components of the onion plant at different stages of development and hence their contribution to the final yield. Trash grass in combination with organic and inorganic fertilizer the final yield improved by 160% and 310% respectively. As for sawdust, final yield improved by 103% and 275% for combinations with organic and inorganic fertilizer respectively. The effect of fertilizer types alone on the growth and yield of onions was less dramatic than that of mulch.

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Section: Soil Moisture Contentsupporting

confidence: 93%

Effects of Mulching and Fertilizer Sources on Growth and Yield of Onion

Mutetwa¹,

Mtaita²

2014

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“…Because of the soil conservation importance for onion growers some experiments are being conducted using different cropping systems. The use of cover crop residues increased water use and onion yields cultivated in NTS in comparison with CTS in Brazilian cerrado condition (MAROUELLI et al, 2010). In an agro-ecological NTS in Ituporanga's region the addition of cover crop residues in no-tillage contributed to the growth and onion yields over the years (SOUZA et al, 2013).…”

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Soil Physical Properties in a Long-Term Conservation System for Onion

Muetanene

Mafra

Albuquerque

et al. 2021

BJA

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The objective of this study was to evaluate soil physical properties under different cropping systems for onion. The study was conducted on an Inceptisol in Ituporanga, Santa Catarina state, Brazil. We evaluated eight cropping systems for onion: T1: maize-onion succession; T2: common vetch-maize/rye+fodder radish-onion-maize/rye+fodder radish-common bean; T3: rye-onionmaize/black oat-maize; T4: onion-velvet bean succession; T5: rye-onion-millet/black oat-onionmillet; T6: rye-onion-velvet bean succession; T7: onion-velvet bean+millet+sunflower succession.Treatments from T1 to T7 were conducted under no-tillage system (NTS) and T8: maize-onion succession under a conventional tillage system. We used the randomized complete block design, with five replications. Undisturbed soil samples were collected at the 0-5, 5-10 and 10-15 cm soil layers and we evaluated the following soil physical properties: geometric mean diameter of aggregates, total porosity, macroporosity, microporosity, bulk density and the ratio macroporosity/ total porosity. The data analysis was performed using univariate statistics, principal components analysis (PCA) and cluster analysis (CA). Based on the cropping systems characteristics, the CA divided them into three groups: group 1: T7; group 2: T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6; and group 3: T8. T8 showed evidence of soil physical quality deterioration at the soil surface, T7 presented the best soil physical properties.

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“…Onion grown under CA reduced 30% of the irrigation water for the first 30 days of the cycle and 19% along the cultivation compared to conventional tillage (MAROUELLI et al, 2010). In study of tomato crop, Marouelli et al (2006) reported an increase of 23% in water use efficiency under no-tillage, when compared to conventional tillage.…”

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confidence: 94%

“…Using cover crops in crop rotation and straw production for no-tillage improves environmental conditions by increasing soil fertility through nutrient recycling and increase of organic matter (BENINCASA et al 2017;HOYT et al 1994). As a consequence, it increases soil water content (NOVELLI et al 2017;MITCHELL et al 2012;MAROUELLI et al 2010), the stability of soil aggregates (WILLIAMS & WEIL, 2004;ROSOLEM et al 2002), the organic matter and nutrients (NYAMBO et al, 2020;BRANCO et al 2017), the microbiological activity (DUDA et al 2003;HOLAND, 2004) and, finally, the crop yield (AHMADIANI et al 2016;MELO et al 2010;MAROUELLI et al 2006).…”

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Performance of Vegetable Cropping and Effects on Soil Properties Under Conservation Agriculture Management in Southeastearn Brazil

Branco

Silveira²,

Maia

et al. 2022

BJA

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Conservation Agriculture (CA) is based in principles of the minimum soil disturbance, preservation of organic mulch on soil surface and crop rotation. Therefore, this study aimed to compare the CA versus conventional tillage for tomato and broccoli cropping. The experimental treatments were two tillage method (no-tillage and conventional tillage) as the main plot and species of cover crops, legumes, grasses and a mix (legume + grass) as subplot. Soil properties and vegetable agronomic performance were assessment. No-tillage provided higher soil water content and increased soil fertility and higher soil mechanical resistance to penetration than conventional tillage. Broccoli growth and yield were impaired under no-tillage, while tomato had greater root length and similar yield compared to the conventional tillage. Regarding to the cover crops there was no difference on the experimental traits. Conservation Agriculture is recommended to increase soil fertility and soil water storage as well as for ensure sustainable vegetable production.

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Water use and onion crop production in no-tillage and conventional cropping systems

Cited by 5 publications

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Effects of Mulching and Fertilizer Sources on Growth and Yield of Onion

Effects of Mulching and Fertilizer Sources on Growth and Yield of Onion

Soil Physical Properties in a Long-Term Conservation System for Onion

Performance of Vegetable Cropping and Effects on Soil Properties Under Conservation Agriculture Management in Southeastearn Brazil

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