Effect of land management practices on soil moisture storage characteristics
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A field study was conducted to evaluate moisture storage in soil profile under four tillage-residue management practices namely conventional tillage, no-tillage without residue, no-tillage with residue and deep tillage along with three irrigation regime based on IW/PAN-E ratio 1.2, 0.9 and 0.6 in maize with three replications in split plot design. Significant differences were observed in steady state infiltration rate and cumulative infiltration among different land management practices with maximum value in deep tillage (4.9 cm hr-1 and 33.1 cm) followed by no tillage with residue (4.1cm hr-1 and 28.6 cm), no tillage without residue (4.0 cm hr-1 and 23.0 cm) and conventional tillage (2.8 cm hr-1 and 19.4 cm), respectively. The highest mean weight diameter and water stable aggregates were found under no tillage with residue (0.64 mm and 49.7%) and lowest under deep tillage (0.3 mm and 21.8%), respectively. Higher volumetric soil water content and soil profile moisture storage were recorded under no tillage with residue at different days after sowing. Among different tillage-residue management practices, maximum leaf area index and relative leaf water content were observed in no-tillage with residue. Under moisture stress conditions, no-tillage with residue retention was suitable land management option for reducing evaporation losses and enhancing moisture storage in the soil profile.
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Keywords
Aggregation, Irrigation regimes, Soil moisture storage, Tillage, Water transmission
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Arshad M A, Franzluebbers A J and Azooz R H (1999) Components of surface soil structure under conventional and no-tillage in Northwestern Canada. Soil Till Res 53: 41-47.
Balwinder-Singh, Humphreys, E, Eberbach P L, Katupitiya A, Yadvinder-Singh and Kukkal S S (2011) Growth yield and water productivity of zero till wheat as affected by rice straw mulch and irrigation schedule. Field Crops Res 121: 209–25.
Barrs H D and Weatherley P E (1962) A re-examination of the relative turgidity technique for estimating water deficits in leaves. Australian J Biol Sci 15: 413-28.
Bertol I, Albuquerque J A, Amaral A J and Junior W A (2004) Physical soil properties of conventional tillage and sowing in rotation and crop succession, compared with natural pasture. R Bras Ci Solo28: 155 -63.
Bhagat R K and Acharya C L (1988) Soil water dynamics during wheat growth under different soil management practices. J Ind Soc Soil Sci 36: 389-96.
Bhattacharyya R, Kundu S, Pandey S C, Singh K P and Gupta H S (2008) Tillage and irrigation effects on crop yields and soil properties under the rice-wheat system in the Indian Himalayas. Agric Water Manage 95:993-1002
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Brady NC and Weil RR (1999) The Nature and Properties of Soils, (12th ed), Prentice Hall, Inc, New Jersey.
Cheema H S and Singh B (1991) Software statistical package CPCS-1. Department of Statistics, PAU, Ludhiana.
Chen G, Weil R R and Hill R L (2014) Effects of compaction and cover crops on soil least limiting water range and air permeability. Soil Till Res 136: 61-9
Choudhury S G, Srivastava S, Singh R, Chaudhari S K, Sharma D K, Singh S K and Sarkar D (2014) Tillage and residue management effects on soil aggregation, organic carbon dynamics and yield attribute in rice-wheat cropping system under reclaimed sodic soil. Soil Till Res 136: 6-83.
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Costa F S, Albuquerque J A, Bayer C, Fontura S M V and Wobeto C (2003) Physical properties of a oxisol affected by tillage and conventional systems. R Bras Ci Solo27: 527-35.
Dao T H (1993) Tillage and winter wheat residue management effects on water infiltration and storage. Soil Sci Soc Am J 57: 1586-95
Esparza-Rivera J R, Stone M B, Stuchnoff C, Pilon-Smits E and Kendall P A (2006) Effects of ascorbic acid applied by two hydrocooling methods on physical and chemical properties of green leaf stored at 5 °C. J Food Sci 71:270-76.
Franzluebbers A (2002) Water infiltration and soil structure related to organic matter and it stratification with depth. Soil Till Res 66: 197–205.
Gathala M K, Ladha J K, Kumar V, Saharawar Y S, Kumar V, Sharma P K, Sharma S and Pathak H (2011) Tillage and crop establishment affectssustainability of south Asian rice-wheat system. Agron J 103: 961-71.
Grevers M C, Krikland J A, De Jong E and Rennie D A (1986) Soil water conservation under zero and conventional tillage systems the Candian praries. Soil Till Res 8: 265-76.
He J, Wang Q, Li H, Mchugh A D,Yuhuabai, Zhang X, Mclaughlin N and Gao H (2009) Soil physical properties and infiltration after long-term no-tillage and ploughing on the chinese loess plateau. New Zealand J Crop Hort Sci 37: 157-66.
Hussain I, Olson K R and Siemens L C (1998) Long-term tillage effects on physical properties of eroded soil. Soil Sci 163: 970-78.
Iqbal M, Hassan A U, Ali A and Rizwanullah M (2005) Residual effect of tillage and farm manure on some soil physical properties and growth of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Int J Agri Biol 7: 54-57.
Jalota S K, Khera R and Chahal S S (2001) Straw management and tillage effects on soil water storage under field conditions. Soil Use Manage 17: 1-6.
Jat M L, Sharma S K, Rai H K, Srivastav A and Gupta R K (2006) Effect of tillage on performance of winter maize in northern India. Maize Association of Australia 6th Terminal Conference. pp 21-23. Griffith, NSW, Australia.
Jayasankar R and Ramakrishnayya G (1993) Effect of partial submergence on the leaf characteristics of rice cultivars. Oryza, 30: 265-66.
Juan S L, Kang C J, Fu C, Lin L and Hai L Z (2008) Characteristics of growth and development of winter wheat under zero tillage in north China plain. Acta Agron Sin 34: 290-96.
Kahlon M S, Fausey N and Lal R (2012) Effects of long-term tillage on soil moisture dynamics and hydraulic properties. J Res Punjab Agric Univ., 49:242-51.
Kebede K and Bekelle E (2008) Tillage effect on soil moisture storage and wheat yield on the vertisols of north central highlands of Ethiopia. Ethiopian J Environ Studies Manage1: 49-55.
Kemper W D and Rosenau R C (1986) Aggregate stability and size distribution . In: Klute(ed) Method of soil analysis. Part1. Pp 425-42. 2nd ed. SSSA Book Ser.5. SSSA, Madison WI.
Khan F U H, Tahir A R and Yule I J (2001) Intrinsic implication of different tillage practices on soil penetration resistance and crop growth. Int J Agric Biol 1: 23-26.
Kingra P K, Bal S K and Hundal S S (1996) Practical manual on fundamentals of Agroclimatology. Appendix-III, PunjabAgricultural University, Ludhiana.
Kumar D (2005) Breeding for drought resistance. In: Ashraf M and Harris P J C (ed) Abiotic stresses: Plant Resistance through Breeding and Molecular Approaches. Pp 145-75. The Haworth Press, New York.
Lafond G P, Loeppky H and Fowler D B (1992) The effects of tillage systems and crop rotations on soil water conservation, seedling establishment and crop yield. Canadian J Plant Sci 72: 103-15.
Larney F J and Lindwall C W (1995) Rotation and tillage effects on available soil water for winter wheat in a semi-arid environment. Soil Till Res 36: 111-27.
Martin E C, Adu-Tutu K O, Mc-Closkey W B, Husman S H, Clay P and Ottman M (2004) Conservation tillage effects on infiltration and irrigation advance times in arizona cotton. Ph.D. Thesis. (Tucson, AZ): College of Agriculture, University of Arizona,USA
Maurya P R (1986) Effect of tillage and residue management of maize and wheat yield and on physical properties of an irrigated sandy loam soil in northern Nigeria. Soil Till Res 8: 161-70
Mikha M M and Rice C W (2004) Tillage and manure effects on soil and aggregate associated carbon and nitrogen. Soil Sci Soc Am J 68: 809-16.
Moroke T S, Dikinya O and Patrick C (2009) Comparative assessment of water infiltration of soils under different tillage systems in eastern Botswana. Physics Chem Earth 34: 316-23.
Nielsen D and Miller P (2005) Efficient water use in dryland cropping systems in the Great Plains. Agron J., 372: 364–72.
Oriola E O (2004) Dynamics of soil chemical properties in oke-oyi irrigation project site of the lower niger river basin development authority, lorin, Nigeria. Geo-Studies Forum 2: 86-94.
Qamar R, Ehsanullah, Rehman A, Ali A, Ghaffar A, Mahmood A, Javeed H M R and Aziz M (2013)
Growth and economic assesment of wheat under tillage and nitrogen levels in rice-wheat system. Am J Pl Sci., 4: 2083-91.
Ramos M E, Robles A B, Sanchez N A and Gonzalez R J (2011) Soil responses to different management practices in rainfed orchards in semiarid environments. Soil Till Res 112: 85-91.
Ramakrishna A, Tam H M. Wani S P and Long, T. D. (2006). Effect of mulch on soil temperature, moisture, weed infestation and yield of groundnut in Northern Vietnam. Field Crops Res95: 115–25.
Rashidi M and Keshavarzpour F (2007) Effect of different tillage methods on grain yield and yield components of maize (Zea mays L.). Int J Agri Biol., 2: 274-77.
Reynolds W D, Elrick D E and Youngs E G (2002) Single-ring and double or concentric-ring infiltrometers. In: Dane J H and Topp G C (eds.) Methods of Soil Analysis. Soil Sci Soc Am 821-26
Sauwa M M, Chiroma A M, Waniyo U U, Ngala A L and Danmowa N W (2013) Water transmission properties of a sandy loam soil under different tillage practices in Maiduguri, Nigeria. Agric Biol J North America, 4:227-251
Shen J Y, Zhao D D, Han H F, Zhou X B and Li Q Q (2012) Effects of straw mulching on water consumption chracterstics and yield of different types of summer maize plants. Plant Soil Environ 58: 161-66.
Singh K R and Sharma S (2005) Conservation tillage and cop residue management in rice- wheat cropping system. In: Ably L P, Gupta R K and Malik R K (eds.) Conservation Apiculture- Status and Prospects. pp. 23-32. Centre for advancement of sustainable agriculture, New Delhi, India
Six J, Paustian K, Elliott E T and Combrink C (2000). Soil structure and organic matter. I. Distribution of aggregate-size classes and aggregate-associated carbon. Soil Sci Soc Am J64: 681-89.
Van Ouwerkerek C (Ed) (1986) Reduced tillage-rational use in sustained production. ISTRO 20th Conference Proceeding Part II. Elesvier Publisher B V Amsterdam pp 416.
Wang Y J, Xie Z K, Malhi S S, Vera C L, Zhang Y B and Wang J N (2009) Effects of rainfall harvesting and mulching technologies on water use efficiency and crop yield in the semi-arid Loess Plateau, China. Agric Water Manage 96: 374-82.
Yoder R E (1936) A direct method of aggregate analysis of soils and the study of the physical nature of erosion losses. J Am Soc Agron 28:337-51.
Yuecun M A, Hongling Q, Chunmei Y, Wangsheng G A O, Hongsheng Z, Peng S, Yuanquan C and Xiangdong L (2008) Dynamics of soil water content under different tillage systems in agro-pastural eco-zone. Front Agric China 2: 208-15.
Zentner R P, Lafond G P, Derksen D A and Campbell C A (2002) Tillage method and crop diversification: Effect on economic returns and riskiness of cropping systems in a thin black chernozem of the Canadian prairies. Soil Till Res 67: 9-21.
Zentner R P, Lafond G P, Derksen D A, Nagy C N, Wall D D and May W E (2004) Effects of tillage method and crop rotations on non-renewable energy use efficiency for a thin black chernozem in the Canadian Prairies. Soil Till Res 77: 125-36.
Zhao Y, Pang H, Wang J, Huo L and Li Y (2014) Effects of straw mulch and buried straw on soil moisture and salinity in relation to sunflower growth and yield on the Loess Plateau of China. Soil Till Res 161: 16-25.
Zibilske L M and Bradford J M (2007) Soil aggregation, aggregate carbon and nitrogen, and moisture retention induced by conservation tillage. Soil Sci Soc Am J 71: 793-802.
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Effect of land management practices on soil moisture storage characteristics. (2018). Journal of Applied and Natural Science, 10(1), 386-392. https://doi.org/10.31018/jans.v10i1.1635
