Changes in the physical properties of a vertisol following an irrigation of cotton as influenced by the previous crop

Soil Research ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 425 ◽  
Author(s):  
PJ Hulme ◽  
DC Mckenzie ◽  
TS Abbott ◽  
DA Macleod
Keyword(s):  
Root Growth ◽  
Water Content ◽  
Soil Structure ◽  
Penetration Resistance ◽  
Cotton Production ◽  
Cotton Lint ◽  
Potential Core ◽  
Previous Crop ◽  
Cotton Lint Yield ◽  
Rhodamine Dye

Structural degradation of Vertisols depresses cotton lint yield by extending the period of waterlogging following irrigation or heavy rainfall. Break crops such as wheat and safflower are often grown without irrigation to improve the macroporosity of degraded Vertisols, by encouraging deep cracking, after several years of cotton production. Investigations were made into the effects of cultivated fallow, wheat and safflower on soil structure, and the growth of a subsequent cotton crop. The tests reported in this paper, done over a 12-day period following irrigation, were: soil water content and potential, core and clod bulk density, air-filled porosity, an index of macropore continuity using Rhodamine dye, and penetration resistance. The results, when compared with established limits of aeration and penetration resistance to cotton root growth, indicate that soil physical conditions at 0.25 m should have impeded root growth regardless of water content. However, cotton roots continued to extract water in this hostile soil environment; this favourable performance was attributed to the better conditions for root growth in the interaggregate fissures than those within aggregates. Apart from water content, all indicators of soil structure were able to differentiate consistently between the three crop treatments to a depth of 0.25 m. Below 0.8m, the cropped plots, particularly safflower, had lower water contents than the fallow plots.

scholarly journals Effects of tillage on soil physical properties and root growth of maize in loam and clay in central China  

2013 ◽  
Vol 59 (No. 7) ◽  
pp. 295-302 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Ji ◽  
Y. Zhao ◽  
X. Mu ◽  
K. Liu ◽  
C. Li
Keyword(s):  
Root Growth ◽  
Water Content ◽  
Bulk Density ◽  
Root Length ◽  
Root Length Density ◽  
Penetration Resistance ◽  
Soil Bulk Density ◽  
Conventional Tillage ◽  
Central China ◽  
Deep Tillage

Subsoil compaction can result in unfavourable soil physical conditions and hinder the root growth of maize. The effects of deep tillage and conventional tillage on soil physical properties and root growth of maize were studied during 2010–2011 at two sites (loam at Hebi and clay at Luohe) in central China. The results showed that soil penetration resistance, bulk density, water content and root length density were significantly affected by tillage, soil depth and year. Deep tillage had lower penetration resistance and lower soil bulk density, but higher soil water content than conventional tillage across years and depths. Averaged over the whole soil profile, deep tillage not only significantly decreased penetration resistance and soil bulk density, but significantly increased soil water content and root length density on loam, while deep tillage only significantly increased the root length density on clay. We conclude that deep tillage on the loam is more suitable for the root growth of summer maize.

scholarly journals Soil replacement combined with subsoiling improves cotton yields

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pengcheng LI ◽  
Shulin WANG ◽  
Hong QI ◽  
Yan WANG ◽  
Qian ZHANG ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Northern China ◽  
Good Alternative ◽  
Soil Tillage ◽  
Available Phosphorus ◽  
Cotton Production ◽  
Cotton Lint ◽  
Water Storage Capacity ◽  
Cotton Lint Yield ◽  
Plough Pan

Abstract Background Long-term rotary tillage has led to the deterioration of cotton production in northern China. This deterioration is due to the disturbance of topsoil, a dense plough pan at the 20–50 cm depth, and the decreased water storage capacity. A 2-yr field experiment was performed from 2014 to 2015 to explore a feasible soil tillage approach to halting the deterioration. The experiment consisted of four treatments: replacing the topsoil from the 0–15 cm layer with the subsoil from the 15–30 cm layer (T1); replacing the topsoil from the 0–20 cm layer with the subsoil from the 20–40 cm layer and subsoiling at the 40–55 cm layer (T2); replacing the topsoil from the 0–20 cm layer with the subsoil from the 20–40 cm layer and subsoiling at the 40–70 cm layer (T3); and conventional surface rotary tillage within 15 cm as the control (CK). Results The results indicated that the soil bulk densities at the 20–40 cm layer in T2 were 0.13 g·cm− 3 and 0.15 g·cm− 3 lower than those obtained from CK in 2014 and 2015, respectively. The total nitrogen (N) and the available phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) contents from the 20–40 cm layer in T2 and T3 were significantly higher than those in CK and T1. The amount of soil water stored in the 0–40 cm layer of T2 at the squaring stage of cotton was 15.3 mm and 13.4 mm greater than that in CK in 2014 and 2015, respectively, when the weather was dry. Compared with CK, T2 increased cotton lint yield by 6.1 and 10.2 percentage points in 2014 and 2015, respectively, which was due to the improved roots within the 20–60 cm layer, the greater number of bolls per plant and the higher boll weight in the T2 treatment. Conclusions The results suggested that soil replacement plus subsoiling would be a good alternative to current practices in order to break through the bottleneck constraining cotton production in northern China. Replacing the topsoil in the 0–20 cm layer with the soil from the 20–40 cm layer plus subsoiling at the 40–55 cm layer would be the most effective method.

Soil-Water Relations and Interference Between Devil's-Claw (Proboscidea louisianica) and Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum)

Weed Science ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael S. Riffle ◽  
Don S. Murray ◽  
John F. Stone ◽  
David L. Weeks
Keyword(s):  
Water Content ◽  
Soil Water ◽  
Bare Soil ◽  
Lint Yield ◽  
Cotton Lint ◽  
Weed Interference ◽  
Weed Growth ◽  
Devil’S Claw ◽  
Cotton Lint Yield ◽  
The Impact

Soil water from plots containing cotton, devil's-claw, cotton with devil's-claw, and bare soil was measured throughout the growing season using a neutron probe and related to weed interference with the crop. Volumetric water content throughout the soil profile to a depth of 180 cm did not differ among treatments before the 5th or 6th week after cotton emergence. Greater water depletion occurred early in the season in plots containing devil's-claw which corresponded to a period of rapid weed growth. In plots containing only cotton, the largest reduction in water content occurred later in the season during peak bloom and early boll formation. Soil water content at depths greater than 105 cm remained unchanged in all plots throughout the season. Interference from devil's-claw reduced cotton lint yield 96% in 1986 and 46% in 1987. Higher rainfall and reduced weed populations in 1987 reduced the impact of weed interference on cotton lint yield.

Penetration Resistance, Root Growth, and Water Content in a Subsoiled Claypan

1988 ◽  
Vol 161 (3) ◽  
pp. 195-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. J. Grecu ◽  
M. B. Kirkham ◽  
E. T. Kanemasu ◽  
D. W. Sweeney ◽  
L. R. Stone ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Root Growth ◽  
Water Content ◽  
Penetration Resistance

Palmer Amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri) Competition for Water in Cotton

Weed Science ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 63 (4) ◽  
pp. 928-935 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah T. Berger ◽  
Jason A. Ferrell ◽  
Diane L. Rowland ◽  
Theodore M. Webster
Keyword(s):  
Water Content ◽  
Relative Water Content ◽  
Yield Loss ◽  
Linear Trend ◽  
Palmer Amaranth ◽  
Cotton Production ◽  
Excess Water ◽  
Relative Water ◽  
Competition For Light ◽  
Daily Water

Palmer amaranth is a troublesome weed in cotton production. Yield losses of 65% have been reported from season-long Palmer amaranth competition with cotton. To determine whether water is a factor in this system, experiments were conduced in 2011, 2012, and 2013 in Citra, FL, and in Tifton, GA. In 2011, infrequent rainfall lead to drought stress. The presence of Palmer amaranth resulted in decreased soil relative water content up to 1 m in depth. Cotton stomatal conductance (gs) was reduced up to 1.8 m from a Palmer amaranth plant. In 2012 and 2013 higher than average rainfall resulted in excess water throughout the growing season. In this situation, no differences were found in soil relative water content or cottongsas a function of proximity to Palmer amaranth. A positive linear trend was found in cotton photosynthesis and yield; each parameter increased as distance from Palmer amaranth increased. Even in these well-watered conditions, daily water use of Palmer amaranth was considerably higher than that of cotton, at 1.2 and 0.49 g H20 cm−2d−1, respectively. Although Palmer amaranth removed more water from the soil profile, rainfall was adequate to replenish the profile in 2 of the 3 yr of this study. However, yield loss due to Palmer amaranth was still observed despite no change ings, indicating other factors, such as competition for light or response to neighboring plants during development, are driving yield loss.

Plant Population and Plant Height Effects on Pima Cotton Lint Yield 1

1986 ◽  
Vol 78 (3) ◽  
pp. 534-538 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. L. Kittock ◽  
R. A. Selley ◽  
C. J. Cain ◽  
B. B. Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Plant Height ◽  
Plant Population ◽  
Lint Yield ◽  
Cotton Lint ◽  
Pima Cotton ◽  
Cotton Lint Yield

scholarly journals Tahanan Penetrasi Tanah Terhadap Penekanan Plat Dengan Sudut Penekanan dan Ukuran Plat yang Berbeda di Sawah

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 238-243
Author(s):  
Taufik Rizaldi ◽  
Sumono Sumono
Keyword(s):  
Water Content ◽  
Bulk Density ◽  
Rice Field ◽  
Compressive Force ◽  
Field Measurements ◽  
Penetration Resistance ◽  
Paddy Fields ◽  
Soil Penetration Resistance ◽  
Plate Size ◽  
Measuring Plate

Penelitian dilakukan di Desa Lubuk Bayas Kecapamatan Perbaungan Kabupaten Serdang Bedagai pada lahan sawah bertekstur lempung berpasir dengan kadar air 49.17% dan dry bulk density 1.26 g/cm3. Tahanan penetrasi tanah ditentukan melalui pengukuran tahanan penetrasi plat dengan menggunakan penetrometer secara langsung di sawah. Pengukuran dilakukan dengan ukuran plat 5x5 cm2, 5x10 cm2, 5x15 cm2 dan 5x20 cm2. Sudut penekanan 90o, 75o, 60o, 45o, 30o dan kedalaman penekanan 4 cm, 8 cm, 12 cm, 16 cm dan 20 cm. Dari hasil pengukuran diperoleh bahwa semakin besar ukuran plat maka gaya penekanan semakin besar namun tahanan penetrasi tanah semakin kecil. Sedangkan semakin dalam plat masuk ke tanah maka tahanan penetrasi tanah semakin besar. Semakin besar sudut penekanan tahanan penetrasi tanah semakin besar. Untuk ukuran plat, sudut tekan dan kedalaman penekanan plat yang sama pada kedalaman lumpur yang berbeda akan menghasilkan gaya penekanan dan tahanan penetrasi tanah yang berbeda. The study was conducted in Lubuk Bayas Village, Perbaungan Subdistrict, Serdang Bedagai District, in paddy fields with sandy clay texture with a water content of 49.17% and dry bulk density of 1.26 g / cm3. Soil penetration resistance iwas determined by measuring plate penetration resistance using a penetrometer directly in the rice field. Measurements were made with a plate size of 5x5 cm2, 5x10 cm2, 5x15 cm2 and 5x20 cm2. The angle of emphasis was 90o, 75o, 60o, 45o, 30o and the depth of emphasis was 4 cm, 8 cm, 12 cm, 16 cm and 20 cm. Results showed that the larger the plate size found, the greater the compressive force, but the penetration resistance of the soil got smaller. Whereas the deeper the plate entered the ground, the greater the penetration resistance of the soil occurred. The greater the angle of suppression the greater the penetration penetration of the soil. For the plate size, the pressure angle and depth of the same plate compression at different mud depths will result in a different force of suppression and soil penetration resistance.

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