RESPONSES OF PEACH-ORCHARD SYSTEM TO GREEN MANURING AND MINERAL FERTILISATION

The article summarizes the establishment and production costs, as well as the potential profitability of a peach orchard in Florida. Our findings show the initial investment required for a peach operation in Florida to be $6,457 per acre; the expense in land preparation and planting alone in year 1 is $2,541 per acre. Variable and fixed costs in years 2 through 15 average $5,680 per acre. As an example of profitability, when using a 10% discount rate, an operation yielding 6,525 (7,254) pounds of marketable fruit per acre during its most productive years obtains a positive NPV when the average price is $2.38 ($2.13) per pound.

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Effect of Integrated Nutrient Management Practices on Growth and Development of Hybrid Maize Cultivar HQPM 1 in Mid-Hills of Meghalaya

Journal of AgriSearch ◽

10.21921/jas.v4i03.9020 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 4 (03) ◽

Author(s):

SAMBORLANG K. WANNIANG ◽

A. K. SINGH

Keyword(s):

Dry Matter ◽

Management Practices ◽

Nutrient Management ◽

Dry Matter Accumulation ◽

Integrated Nutrient Management ◽

Graduate Studies ◽

Green Manuring ◽

Maize Cultivar ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Hybrid Maize

A field experiment was conducted during kharif 2011 on experimental farm of the College of Post Graduate Studies (CAU–Imphal), Umiam (Meghalaya) to evaluate the effect of integration of green manuring, FYM and fertilizers as integrated nutrient management (INM) practices on growth and developmental behaviour of quality protein maize cultivar QPM 1. The data revealed that comparatively higher amount of primary nutrients were added in green manured maize plots in comparison to non green manured treatments. Green manuring also left a positive response on plant height, CGR, RGR leaf area, and dry matter accumulation in plants though the difference between green manured and non-green manured treatments was at par. Treatments 75 % RDF + 5 t FYM ha-1, 50 % RDF + 7.5 t FYM ha-1, 100 % RDF ha-1 and 75 % RDF + 2.5 t FYM ha-1 recorded significantly higher values of all the above said growth parameters over 50 % RDF + 5 t FYM ha-1 and control treatments. At all stages of observations, the maximum dry matter was associated with RDF (recommended doses of fertilizers) which was at par with 75 % RDF + 5 t FYM ha-1, but significantly higher over the plant dry weight recorded from all remaining treatments. A Significant difference in CGR at 30 – 60 and 60 – 90 DAS stage and in RGR at 90 DAS - harvest stage was observed due to various combinations of recommended dose of fertilizer with different doses of FYM. Number of days taken to attain the stages of 50% tasselling, silking and maturity did not differ significantly due to green manuring. However, treatment 75 % RDF + 5 t FYM ha-1 took significantly lesser number of days for these stages than other treatment combinations. The superiority of the treatment 75 % RDF + 5 t FYM ha-1 indicated a possibility of substituting 25% of RDF with 5 t FYM ha-1 without any loss in dry matter accumulation in plants of the quality protein hybrid maize in mid-hill ecosystems of Meghalaya.

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EFFECT OF WHEAT, LEGUME AND LEGUME-ENRICHED WHEAT RESIDUES ON THE PRODUCTIVITY AND NITROGEN UPTAKE OF RICE-WHEAT CROPPING SYSTEM AND SOIL FERTILITY

Acta Agronomica Hungarica ◽

10.1556/aagr.49.2001.4.8 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 49 (4) ◽

pp. 369-378 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

S. N. SHARMA ◽

R. PRASAD

Keyword(s):

Adverse Effect ◽

Soil Fertility ◽

Nitrogen Uptake ◽

Green Manure ◽

N Uptake ◽

Cropping System ◽

Available P ◽

Fertilizer N ◽

Organic C ◽

Green Manuring

Field experiments were conducted for two crop years at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi to study the effect of enriching wheat residue with legume residue on the productivity and nitrogen uptake of a rice-wheat cropping system and soil fertility. The incorporation of wheat residue had an adverse effect on the productivity of the rice-wheat cropping system. When it was incorporated along with Sesbania green manure, not only did its adverse effect disappear but the response to fertilizer N was also increased. There was no response to fertilizer N when Sesbania green manure was incorporated. When wheat residue was incorporated along with Sesbania green manuring, rice responded significantly to fertilizer N up to 120 kg N ha-1 in the first year and to 60 kgN ha-1 in the second year and at these levels of N, Sesbania + wheat residue gave 0.8 to 1.2 t ha-1 more grain, 0.6-1.0 t ha-1 more straw and 8-15 kg ha-1 more N uptake of rice resulting in 0.04-0.17% more organic C, 3-8 kg ha-1 more available P and 17-25 kg ha-1 more available K content in the soil than wheat residue alone at the same rates of N application. The respective increaseas caused by Sesbania green manure + wheat residue over Sesbania green manure alone were 0.3-0.5 t ha-1 in the grain and straw yield, 1-9 kg ha-1 in the N uptake of rice, 0.02-0.10% in organic C, 1-8 kg ha-1 in available P and 35- 70 kg ha-1 in available K content in the soil. These treatments also gave higher residual effects in succeeding wheat than wheat residue alone. The incorporation of residues of both wheat and Sesbania is thus recommended to eliminate the adverse effect of wheat residue and to increase the beneficial effects of Sesbania green manuring.

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Impact of Herbicides Applied Annually for Twenty-three Years in a Deciduous Orchard

Weed Technology ◽

10.1017/s0890037x00040483 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 10 (3) ◽

pp. 587-591 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Chester L. Foy ◽

Charles R. Drake ◽

Carlton L. Pirkey

Keyword(s):

Tall Fescue ◽

Growing Season ◽

High Density ◽

Tree Roots ◽

Poor Growth ◽

Herbicide Residues ◽

Herbicide Treatments ◽

Drought Conditions ◽

Oat Biomass ◽

Peach Orchard

A semi- and high-density apple and peach orchard was established at Blacksburg, VA. Starting 1 yr after transplanting, tree rows were treated with paraquat, 2,4-D, or amitrole plus simazine for 4 yr. Thereafter, diuron, simazine, or terbacil was applied in conjunction with paraquat or glyphosate. During the 12th growing season, young trees planted between existing trees failed to make proper growth. Oat bioassay of soils collected from treated rows revealed that the tree row topsoil (0 to 7.5 cm) produced less oat biomass than did deeper row soils (to 30 cm) or soils of corresponding depths from adjacent non-treated tall fescue sod alleyways. Poor growth of trees may have been related to other factors (competition from older trees, drought conditions, etc.) since herbicide residues in the upper 7.5 cm would have little effect on tree roots below this depth. After 3 yr the trees developed normally. Tree rows became heavily infested with weeds 1 yr following cessation of 23 yr of consecutive herbicide treatments.

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Population survey of phytoseiid mites and spider mites on peach leaves and wild plants in Japanese peach orchard

Experimental and Applied Acarology ◽

10.1007/s10493-014-9788-9 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 63 (3) ◽

pp. 313-332 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

David Wari ◽

Jun Yamashita ◽

Yoko Kataoka ◽

Yoko Kohara ◽

Norihide Hinomoto ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Population Survey ◽

Spider Mites ◽

Wild Plants ◽

Phytoseiid Mites ◽

Peach Orchard

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CO2 Emission from Soil as a Result of Short-Term Green Manuring of Fallow Fields in the Cis-Baikal Forest-Steppe Zone

Eurasian Soil Science ◽

10.1134/s1064229321100112 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 54 (10) ◽

pp. 1564-1574

Author(s):

L. G. Sokolova ◽

S. Yu. Zorina ◽

E. N. Belousova ◽

A. V. Pomortsev ◽

N. V. Dorofeev

Keyword(s):

Co2 Emission ◽

Steppe Zone ◽

Forest Steppe ◽

Short Term ◽

Green Manuring

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Dispersal gradient of M. fructicola conidia from peach orchard to an open field

European Journal of Plant Pathology ◽

10.1007/s10658-021-02374-w ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

P. S. F. Lichtemberg ◽

L. M. Moreira ◽

W. M. Zeviani ◽

L. Amorim ◽

L. L. May De Mio

Keyword(s):

Open Field ◽

Peach Orchard

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Dynamics of 15N in two soil–plant systems following incorporation of 10% bloom and full bloom field pea

Canadian Journal of Soil Science ◽

10.4141/cjss94-013 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 74 (1) ◽

pp. 99-107 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

D. C. Jans-Hammermeister ◽

W. B. McGill ◽

T. L. Jensen

Keyword(s):

Pisum Sativum ◽

Field Pea ◽

Barley Straw ◽

Organic N ◽

Plant Residues ◽

N Recovery ◽

Full Bloom ◽

Mineral N ◽

Green Manuring ◽

Barley Crop

The distribution and dynamics of 15N following green manuring of 15N-labelled 10% bloom and full bloom field pea (Pisum sativum ’Sirius’) were investigated in the soil mineral N, microbial N and non-microbial organic N (NMO-N) fractions and in a subsequent barley crop at two contrasting field sites in central Alberta: one on a Chernozemic (Dark Brown) soil near Provost and the other on a Luvisolic (Gray Luvisol) soil near Rimbey. Soils and plants were sampled four times during a 1-yr period. The 10% bloom and full bloom pea shoots were similar in dry matter production and N and C content. More N was, however, released from the younger pea residues directly following soil incorporation, which we attributed to a larger proportion of labile components. Barley yield, N content and 15N recovery in the grain were not influenced by legume bloom stage at incorporation, although significantly more 15N was recovered in the barley straw and roots of the full bloom treatment. Incorporation of full bloom legumes resulted in closer synchrony between the appearance of legume-derived mineral 15N and early N demand by the barley crop. The decay rate constants for the recalcitrant fraction of the legume residues were not significantly influenced by bloom stage or site over the time intervals of our observations and are, thus, consistent with the theory that decomposition of the recalcitrant fraction of plant residues can be described by a single exponential equation. Key words:15N, legume green manuring, Pisum sativum, decomposition

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