Hostname: page-component-669899f699-7xsfk Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2025-04-26T09:11:05.676Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Tillage and irrigation effects on root growth, soil water depletion and yield of wheat following rice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

M. R. Chaudhary ,
R. Khera  and
C. J. Singh
M. R. Chaudhary
Affiliation:
Department of Soils, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana 141004, India
R. Khera
Affiliation:
Department of Soils, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana 141004, India
C. J. Singh
Affiliation:
Department of Soils, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana 141004, India
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Summary

The effects of deep tillage and no-tillage on soil physical properties and wheat yield following rice were compared with conventional tillage at three irrigation rates (irrigation water:open pan evaporation ratios of 0·6, 0·9 and 1·2) in 1982–85 at the experimental station of the Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana. Deep tillage decreased soil bulk density and penetrometer resistance, and increased depth of rooting, profile water use and wheat yield. No-tillage adversely affected all these variables. The tillage effects varied with amount and distribution of rain during the cropping season.

Type
Crops and Soils
Information
The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 116 , Issue 1 , February 1991 , pp. 9 - 16
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

Article purchase

Temporarily unavailable

References

REFERENCES

Bauder, J. W., Randall, G. W. & Swann, J. B. (1982). Effect of four continuous tillage systems on mechanical impedance of a clay loam soil. Soil Science Society of America Journal 45, 802–806.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Campbell, R. B., Reicosky, D. C. & Doty, C. W. (1974). Physical properties and tillage of paleudults in the south eastern Coastal Plains. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 29, 220–224.Google Scholar
Chaudhary, M. R., Gajri, P. R., Prihar, S. S. & Khera, Romesh. (1985). Effect of deep tillage on soil physical properties and maize yields on coarse textured soils. Soil and Tillage Research 6, 31–44.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Chaudhary, M. R. & Prihar, S. S. (1974). Root development and growth response of corn following mulching, cultivation, or interrow compaction. Agronomy Journal 66, 350–355.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Doty, C. W., Campbell, R. B. & Reicosky, D. C. (1975). Crop response to chiseling and irrigation in soils with compact A2 horizon. Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers 18, 668–672.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Drezgic, P. & Jevtic, S. (1963). The influence of depth of plowing on the development and yield of winter wheat on chernozem soil. Netherlands Journal of Agricultural Science 11, 157.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Jalota, S. K. & Prihar, S. S. (1990). Bare soil evaporation in relation to tillage. Advances in Soil Science 12, 187–216.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Kaddah, M. T. (1976). Subsoil chiselling and slip plowing effects on soil properties and wheat grown on a stratified fine sandy soil. Agronomy Journal 68, 36–39.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Kamprath, E. J., Cassel, D. K., Gross, H. D. & Dibb, D. W. (1979). Tillage effects on biomass production and moisture utilization by soybeans on Coastal Plain soils. Agronomy Journal 71, 1001–1005.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Moorman, F. R. & Van Breeman, N. (1978). Rice: Soil, Water, Land. pp. 185. Los Baños, Philippines: International Rice Research Institute.Google Scholar
Prihar, S. S., Ghildyal, B. P., Painuli, D. K. & Sur, H. S. (1985). Physical properties of mineral soils affecting rice based cropping system. In Soil Physics and Rice, pp. 57–70. Los Baños, Philippines: International Rice Research Institute.Google Scholar
Sharma, P. D. & Acharya, C. L. (1987). Effect of soil management on rainfed wheat in northern India. II. Nutrient uptake plant growth and yield. Soil and Tillage Research 9, 79–89.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Sur, H. S., Prihar, S. S. & Jalota, S. K. (1981). Effect of rice-wheat and maize-wheat rotation on water transmission and wheat root development in sandy loam soil of the Punjab, India. Soil and Tillage Research 1, 361–371.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Taylor, H. M. & Burnett, E. (1964). Influence of soil strength on the root growth habits of plants. Soil Science 98, 174–180.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Taylor, H. M. & Gardner, H. R. (1963). Penetration of cotton seedling tap root as influenced by bulk density, moisture content, and strength of soil. Soil Science 96, 153–156.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Tennant, D. (1975). A test of modined line intersect method of estimating root length. Journal of Ecology 63, 995–1001.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Ouwerkerk, Van & Raats, P. A. C. (1986). Experience with deep tillage in the Netherlands. Soil and Tillage Research 7, 273–283.CrossRefGoogle Scholar