Zero and controlled traffic improved soil physical conditions and soybean yield under no-tillage

ABSTRACT The spatial variability of soil physical attributes is important to indicate management practices that best suit agricultural areas. This study aimed to analyze spatial correlations between soybean grain yield and soil mass-volume relationships, in order to select which attribute is correlated with yield, as well as to evaluate the spatial variability of soil attributes and yield components of this crop, in an Oxisol under no-tillage system. The soil attributes analyzed (0.0-0.10 m and 0.10-0.20 m) were the following ones: soil bulk density (paraffin-coated clod and volumetric ring methods), particle density (volumetric flask and modified volumetric flask methods) and total porosity. The soybean yield components were evaluated as it follows: grain yield, number of pods per plant, number of grains per pod, mass of 100 grains, grain mass per plant, plant population and plant height. The total soil porosity, calculated by the relations between the bulk density (volumetric ring method) and particle density (volumetric flask), in the 0.10-0.20 m layer, was the best indicator of soybean grain yield under no-tillage conditions.

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Traffic and Tillage Effects on Soil Water Conservation and Winter Wheat Yield in the Loess Plateau, China

Ecological Chemistry and Engineering S ◽

10.2478/eces-2013-0038 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 20 (3) ◽

pp. 507-517

Author(s):

Hao Chen

Keyword(s):

Soil Water ◽

Loess Plateau ◽

Crop Yield ◽

Water Conservation ◽

Wheat Yield ◽

Soil Layer ◽

Water Infiltration ◽

No Tillage ◽

Yearly Variation ◽

Controlled Traffic

Abstract In semi-humid Loess Plateau of northern China, water is the limiting factor for rain-fed crop yields. In this region, long-term traditional ploughing with straw removal has resulted in poor soil structure, water conservation and crop yield. Controlled traffic, combined with no-till and straw cover has been proposed to improve soil water conservation and crop yield. From 1999 to 2007, a field experiment on winter wheat was conducted in the dryland area of Loess Plateau of northern China, to investigate the effects of traffic and tillage on soil water conservation and crop yield. The field experiment was conducted using two controlled traffic treatments, no tillage with residue cover and no compaction (NTCN), shallow tillage with residue cover and no compaction (STCN) and one conventional tillage treatment (CK). Results showed that controlled traffic system reduced soil compaction in the top soil layer, increased soil water infiltration. The benefit on soil water infiltration translated into more soil conservation (16.1%) in 0-100 cm soil layer in fellow period, and achieved higher soil water availability at planting (16.5%), with less yearly variation. Consequently, controlled traffic system increased wheat yield by 12.6% and improved water use efficiency by 5.2%, both with less yearly variation, compared with conventional tillage. Within controlled traffic treatments, no tillage treatment NTCN showed better overall performance. In conclusion, controlled traffic combined with no-tillage and straw cover has higher performance on conserving water, improving yield and water use efficiency. It is a valuable system for soil and water conservation for the sustainable development of agriculture in dryland China.

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Physical properties of an Alfisol and no-till soybean yield

Revista Brasileira de Ciência do Solo ◽

10.1590/s0100-06832012000100026 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 36 (1) ◽

pp. 253-260 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

João Tavares Filho ◽

Maria de Fátima Guimarães ◽

Pierre Curmi ◽

Daniel Tessier

Keyword(s):

Organic Matter ◽

Bulk Density ◽

Crop Rotation ◽

Organic Matter Content ◽

Soil Bulk Density ◽

Matter Content ◽

No Tillage ◽

Soybean Yield ◽

Annual Crops ◽

No Till

It is known that any kind of soil management causes changes in the soil physical characteristics and can affect agricultural yield. The purpose of this study was to evaluate soil properties of an Alfisol and soybean yield under different management systems for no-tillage annual crops, no-tillage with chiseling and no-tillage crop rotation. The 11-year experiment was initiated in the 1998/99 growing season, on 100 x 30 m plots (11 % slope). Soil samples (5 per management system) were systematically collected (0-25 cm layer) in the summer growing season, to quantify soil organic matter, bulk density, macroporosity and flocculation, as well as soybean yield. The highest values for soil bulk density and organic matter content and the lowest for macroporosity were observed in the no-till system alone, whereas in the no-till system with quarterly chiseling the values for organic matter content were lowest, and no-tillage crop rotation resulted in the highest values for organic matter and macroporosity, and the lowest for soil bulk density. The average soybean yield was highest under no-till and trimestrial chiseling or crop rotation, and lowest for no-tillage annual crops no-tillage annual crops alone.

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No-tillage permanent bed planting and controlled traffic in a maize-cotton irrigated system under Mediterranean conditions: Effects on soil compaction, crop performance and carbon sequestration

European Journal of Agronomy ◽

10.1016/j.eja.2014.08.002 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 61 ◽

pp. 24-34 ◽

Cited By ~ 18

Author(s):

Patricio Cid ◽

Inmaculada Carmona ◽

José Manuel Murillo ◽

Helena Gómez-Macpherson

Keyword(s):

Carbon Sequestration ◽

Soil Compaction ◽

No Tillage ◽

Crop Performance ◽

Mediterranean Conditions ◽

Controlled Traffic

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Wheat yield and physical properties of a brown latosol under no-tillage in south-central Paraná

Revista Brasileira de Ciência do Solo ◽

10.1590/s0100-06832013000500011 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 37 (5) ◽

pp. 1216-1225

Author(s):

Luiz Fernando Machado Kramer ◽

Marcelo Marques Lopes Müller ◽

Cássio Antônio Tormena ◽

Leandro Michalovicz ◽

Ronaldo do Nascimento ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Physical Properties ◽

Wheat Yield ◽

Total Porosity ◽

Water Infiltration ◽

Yield Potential ◽

No Tillage ◽

Infiltration Capacity ◽

Soil Layers ◽

Physical Conditions ◽

South Central

Soil management influences the chemical and physical properties of soil. Chemical conditions have been thoroughly studied, while the role of soil physical conditions regarding crop yield has been neglected. This study aimed to analyze the wheat yield and its relationship with physical properties of an Oxisol under no-tillage (NT). The study was carried out between 2010 and 2011, in Reserva do Iguaçu, State of Paraná, Brazil, on the Campo Bonito farm, after 25 years of NT management. Based on harvest maps of barley (2006), wheat (2007) and maize (2009) of a plot (150 ha), zones with higher and lower yield potential (Z1 and Z2, respectively) were identified. Sampling grids with 16 units (50 x 50 m) and three sampling points per unit were established. The wheat grain yield (GY) and water infiltration capacity (WIC) were evaluated in 2010. Soil samples with disturbed and undisturbed structure were collected from the 0.00-0.10 and 0.10-0.20 m layers. The former were used to determine soil organic carbon (Corg) levels and the latter to determine soil bulk density (BD), total porosity (TP), macroporosity (Mac), and microporosity (Mic). Soil penetration resistance (PR) and water content (SWC) were also evaluated. The wheat GY of the whole plot was close to the regional average and the yield between the zones differed significantly, i.e. 22 % higher in Z1 than in Z2. No significant variation in Mic was observed between zones, but Z1 had higher Corg levels, SWC, TP and Mac and lower BD than Z2 in both soil layers, as well as a lower PR than Z2 in the 0.00-0.10 m layer. Therefore, soil physical conditions were more restrictive in Z2, in agreement with wheat yield and zone yield potential defined a priori, based on the harvest maps. Soil WIC in Z1 was significantly higher (30 %) than in Z2, in agreement with the results of TP and Mac which were also higher in Z1 in both soil layers. The correlation analysis of data of the two layers showed a positive relationship between wheat GY and the soil properties TP, SWC and WIC.

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Change in Soybean Yield and Quality during Successive No-Tillage Cultivation in Field Converted from Paddy

Japanese Journal of Crop Science ◽

10.1626/jcs.80.426 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 80 (4) ◽

pp. 426-432 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Satoru Bando ◽

Hideyasu Fujiyama

Keyword(s):

No Tillage ◽

Soybean Yield ◽

Yield And Quality

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Atributos químicos do solo e produtividade da soja após milho, braquiária e feijão-caupi em latossolo na região do cerrado

Colloquium Agrariae ◽

10.5747/ca.2020.v16.n2.a355 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 16 (2) ◽

pp. 16-28

Author(s):

Luan Marlon Ribeiro ◽

Willian Daniel de Souza ◽

Gessí Ceccon

Keyword(s):

Yield Components ◽

Exchange Capacity ◽

No Tillage ◽

Soybean Yield ◽

Brachiaria Ruziziensis ◽

Tillage System ◽

Main Plot ◽

Winter Crops ◽

Chemical Attributes ◽

Red Latosol

The objective of this study was to evaluate soil chemical attributes and yield components of soybean after maize, brachiaria and cowpea in an oxisol in the Cerrado region. The experiment was carried out at Embrapa-CPAO experimental area in Dourados-MS, Brazil, in the 2014/15 crop year, in a clayey dystroferric Red Latosol under no-tillage system (SPD). The experimental design was in randomized blocks with split plots with four replications. The soil chemical evaluations were carried out in soybean R1stage, being considered as the main plot the fall-winter crops (Brachiaria ruziziensis, safrinha corn, intercropping with B. ruziziensisand cowpea) and the subplots as soil depths (0-10; 10-20; 20-30 and 30-40 cm). For soybean yield components, fall-winter crops and subplots were soybean cultivars (BRS 284 and BRS 360 RR). In general, previous soybean crops in SPD provided higher contents of some nutrients at depths from 0 to 10 cm, in addition to higher cation exchange capacity, base saturation and soil organic matter. Cowpea, safrinha corn and B. ruziziensisprovided conditions for higher soybean yield. BRS 284 presented higher number of grains per plant, however BRS 360 RR proved to be more productive.

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Effects of Tillage Practices on Dissemination and Spatial Patterns of Heterodera glycines and Soybean Yield

Plant Disease ◽

10.1094/pdis-91-8-0973 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 91 (8) ◽

pp. 973-978 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

W. L. Gavassoni ◽

G. L. Tylka ◽

G. P. Munkvold

Keyword(s):

Field Experiments ◽

Heterodera Glycines ◽

Conventional Tillage ◽

Reduced Tillage ◽

No Tillage ◽

Population Densities ◽

Nematode Reproduction ◽

Soybean Yield ◽

Tillage Practices ◽

Ridge Tillage

Two field experiments were conducted in central Iowa to assess the effects of tillage on Heterodera glycines dissemination and reproduction and soybean (Glycine max) yield. Plots in both experiments were artificially infested with equivalent numbers of H. glycines cysts. In one experiment, plots were left noninfested or received aggregated or uniform infestation, and a susceptible soybean cultivar was grown for 3 years. By the end of the first growing season and through the second, H. glycines population densities were consistently greater (P ≤ 0.05) in uniformly infested plots than in plots with aggregated infestations. No differences in soybean yield among the treatments were detected. In a second experiment, a 1-m2 area of each plot was infested with H. glycines cysts, susceptible soybeans were grown for four seasons, and crop residue was managed with either ridge-, conventional-, reduced-, or no-tillage. After 1 year, nematode population densities were significantly (P ≤ 0.05) greater in conventional- and reduced-tillage treatments than in no- and ridge-tillage treatments. After 2 years, H. glycines had been disseminated 6.9 m from the infestation site in conventional- and reduced-tillage treatments but only 0.5 and 1.4 m for no-tillage and ridge-tillage treatments, respectively. After 3 years, H. glycines population densities were 10 times greater in conventional- and reduced-tillage treatments than in the no-tillage treatment; conventional-tillage was the only treatment with yield significantly lower (P ≤ 0.05) than the noninfested control. Aggregation of H. glycines eggs was greater (P ≤ 0.05) in no- and ridge-tillage treatments than in conventional- and reduced-tillage treatments. Results indicate tillage can quickly disseminate H. glycines in newly infested fields, facilitating more rapid nematode reproduction and subsequent yield loss.

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