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Residue and tillage management for soil moisture conservation in post maize harvesting period under rainfed conditions of north-west Himalayas

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Title Residue and tillage management for soil moisture conservation in post maize harvesting period under rainfed conditions of north-west Himalayas
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Creator N.K. Sharma
B.N.Ghosh
O.P.S. Khola
R.K. Dubey
 
Subject Residue management, Water use, Wheat and Maize, Yield
 
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Soil moisture conservation during maize post harvest period is critical for
succeeding wheat crop productivity under rainfed condition of north-west
Himalayas. An experiments was carried out in the Research Farm, Selakui of
CSWCRTI during 1995-99 with seven different soil moisture conservation
practices consisting of maize straw and tillage. The results reveal that immediate
maize post harvest tillage with mulch application (maize straw@5 t ha ) reduced
water losses from the soil profile (0-75 cm) during fallow period between maize
harvest and wheat sowing and more moisture was available at the time of wheat
sowing for the use of wheat crop as compared to other treatments. Tillage and
mulching increased water use, water use efficiency (WUE) and grain yield of
wheat. Under rainfed condition in maize-wheat sequence, maize field should be
ploughed immediately after maize harvesting and covered with maize straw mulch
@ 5 t ha up to wheat sowing to reduce the evaporation losses and soil water
storage for the succeeding wheat crop. This treatment showed soil moisture
conservation efficiency about 3 times higher than control treatments (maize
harvesting at 30 cm height and tillage at the time of wheat showing). It has been
estimated that an additional 23 kg ha wheat grain yield can be achieved permmof
conserved moisture.
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Date 2020-03-05T08:37:58Z
2020-03-05T08:37:58Z
2013-06-01
 
Type Research Paper
 
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http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/33567
 
Language English
 
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