scholarly journals Weed Responses to Crop Residues Management in a Summer Maize Cropland in the North China Plain

Agriculture ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 746
Author(s):  
Jin Zhang ◽  
Lan-Fang Wu ◽  
Bin-Bin Li
Keyword(s):  
Grain Yield ◽  
Dry Matter ◽  
North China Plain ◽  
North China ◽  
Crop Residues ◽  
Weed Density ◽  
Maize Grain Yield ◽  
The North ◽  
The North China Plain ◽  
Maize Grain

Crop residues management has great effects on weeds in croplands. To understand the weed responses to crop residues management and weeds impact on crop yield, a field trial with three crop residues management strategies has been conducted in the North China Plain since 2008. Weed community composition and structure across the species, morphological types, life forms, and community levels were investigated during 2019–2020. The results show that the field with crop residues retention significantly decreased weed density than that in the field with no crop residues retention. Furthermore, total crop residues retention significantly decreased weed density than half crop residues retention. Compared with no crop residues retention, the weed aboveground dry matter in the field with total and half crop residues retention significantly decreased. Meanwhile, the maize grain yield significantly increased, resulting from weeds decreased with crop residues retention on the field. Negative correlations were found between maize grain yield and the density and aboveground dry matter of monocotyledonous weeds. These findings indicate that long term crop residues retention under conventional tillage might be an effective agronomic practice to retard weed growth. However, the mechanism of crop residues retention on weed control is still needed to research.

Tillage practices affect dry matter accumulation and grain yield in winter wheat in the North China Plain

2016 ◽  
Vol 160 ◽  
pp. 73-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu Shi ◽  
Zhenwen Yu ◽  
Jianguo Man ◽  
Shangyu Ma ◽  
Zhiqiang Gao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Winter Wheat ◽  
Grain Yield ◽  
Dry Matter ◽  
North China Plain ◽  
North China ◽  
Dry Matter Accumulation ◽  
Tillage Practices ◽  
The North ◽  
The North China Plain

scholarly journals Response of dry matter translocation and grain yield of summer maize to biodegradable film in the North China Plain

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (34) ◽  
pp. 87-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dechong Tan ◽  
Liangliang Guo ◽  
Junmei Liu ◽  
Yanli Fan ◽  
Quanqi Li
Keyword(s):  
Grain Yield ◽  
Dry Matter ◽  
North China Plain ◽  
North China ◽  
Summer Maize ◽  
Biodegradable Film ◽  
The North ◽  
The North China Plain

scholarly journals Contrasting Impacts of Long-Term Application of Biofertilizers and Organic Manure on Grain Yield of Winter Wheat in North China Plain

Agronomy ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 312 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amara Cisse ◽  
Adnan Arshad ◽  
Xiaofen Wang ◽  
Fanta Yattara ◽  
Yuegao Hu
Keyword(s):  
Grain Yield ◽  
North China Plain ◽  
North China ◽  
Farm Yard Manure ◽  
Grain Yields ◽  
The North ◽  
The North China Plain ◽  
Pig Farm ◽  
1000 Grain Weight

The effects of long-term incorporation of organic manure and biofertilizers have been investigated on winter wheat in the North China Plain (NCP). The five-year field experiment (2013–2018) has illustrated the responses of grain yield and yield components. Seven fertilization approaches, included pig farm-yard-manure and biofertilizers amendments combined with five NPK% drop levels of chemical fertilizer ratio + organic fertilizer + biofertilizer (0, C+O+B) 25%, CL4; 50%, CL3; 75%, CL1; and 100%, CL0), without fertilizer as control (CK), in NCP during the years 2013–2018. Results showed that the grain yields of CL1 and CL2 were equivalent to CL0 in all growing seasons except 2014/2015. The grain yields of CL4 were 29.9% to 46.6% lower than that of CL0 during 2014/2015, 2016/2017, and 2017/2018. The valuable spike-number, grain number per-spike, and 1000-grain weight showed significant variations among different growing periods. Regression analysis of grain yield and yield components indicated that number grains per-spike showed significant increase in seed yield formation. The 1000-grain weight was the major parameter that influenced yield of moderate and low yielding periods, respectively. The results revealed that application of 30 m3 ha−1 pig farm-yard-manure and 20 kg ha−1 biofertilizers has reduced at least 50% of the NPK fertilization without dropping grain yields in the North China Plain.

Improving water use efficiency and grain yield of winter wheat by optimizing irrigations in the North China Plain

2018 ◽  
Vol 221 ◽  
pp. 219-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xuexin Xu ◽  
Meng Zhang ◽  
Jinpeng Li ◽  
Zuqiang Liu ◽  
Zhigan Zhao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Winter Wheat ◽  
Grain Yield ◽  
Water Use Efficiency ◽  
Water Use ◽  
North China Plain ◽  
North China ◽  
The North ◽  
The North China Plain ◽  
Use Efficiency

Study of the relationship between field lodging and stem quality traits of winter wheat in the north China plain

2019 ◽  
Vol 70 (9) ◽  
pp. 772 ◽  
Author(s):  
Su-Wei Feng ◽  
Zhen-Gang Ru ◽  
Wei-Hua Ding ◽  
Tie-Zhu Hu ◽  
Gan Li
Keyword(s):  
Winter Wheat ◽  
Grain Yield ◽  
North China Plain ◽  
North China ◽  
Bending Strength ◽  
Quality Traits ◽  
Lodging Resistance ◽  
The North ◽  
The North China Plain ◽  
Stem Quality

Winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) production in the North China Plain (NCP) is threatened by wheat lodging. Therefore, enhancing plant lodging resistance by improving stem quality traits is crucial to maintaining high stable yields of winter wheat. A consecutive 7-year field experiment was conducted to study the effects of stem traits on lodging resistance and the yield of four winter wheat cultivars (Bainong 418, Aikang 58, Wenmai 6 and Zhoumai 18). The results indicated that rainfall is often accompanied by strong winds that can cause lodging in the field. Stalk bending strength and wall thickness of the second internode showed significant negative correlations with lodging index, and a higher lodging index indicated increased lodging risk, which, in turn, could seriously affect the grain yield of wheat. Significant regression relationships were observed between lodging index and population lodging resistance strength, as measured using a crop lodging resistance electronic measuring device. Statistical analysis revealed that yield components and the grain yield of Bainong 418 were higher than those of the other cultivars; there was no significant difference between Bainong 418 and Aikang 58 in lodging index, stalk bending strength or single-stalk and population lodging resistance strengths at anthesis and the middle filling stages, but the mean plant height of Bainong 418 was significantly higher than that of Aikang 58. These results provide a new and reliable method for assessing lodging resistance capacity and indicate that greater lodging resistance, as determined by simultaneously considering plant height and basal stem strength, is an important way to achieve high, stable yield in winter wheat.

scholarly journals Assessment of the AquaCrop Model for Use in Simulation of Irrigated Winter Wheat Canopy Cover, Biomass, and Grain Yield in the North China Plain

PLoS ONE ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. e86938 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiu-liang Jin ◽  
Hai-kuan Feng ◽  
Xin-kai Zhu ◽  
Zhen-hai Li ◽  
Sen-nan Song ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Winter Wheat ◽  
Grain Yield ◽  
North China Plain ◽  
North China ◽  
Canopy Cover ◽  
The North ◽  
The North China Plain ◽  
Aquacrop Model

scholarly journals Modeling Water and Nitrogen Balance of Different Cropping Systems in the North China Plain

Agronomy ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 696 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shah Jahan Leghari ◽  
Kelin Hu ◽  
Hao Liang ◽  
Yichang Wei
Keyword(s):  
Winter Wheat ◽  
Grain Yield ◽  
North China Plain ◽  
North China ◽  
Cropping Systems ◽  
Summer Maize ◽  
The North ◽  
The North China Plain ◽  
Spring Maize ◽  
N Use

The North China Plain (NCP) is experiencing serious groundwater level decline and groundwater nitrate contamination due to excessive water pumping and application of nitrogen (N) fertilizer. In this study, grain yield, water and N use efficiencies under different cropping systems including two harvests in 1 year (winter wheat–summer maize) based on farmer (2H1Y)FP and optimized practices (2H1Y)OPT, three harvests in 2 years (winter wheat–summer maize–spring maize, 3H2Y), and one harvest in 1 year (spring maize, 1H1Y) were evaluated using the water-heat-carbon-nitrogen simulator (WHCNS) model. The 2H1YFP system was maintained with 100% irrigation and fertilizer, while crop water requirement and N demand for other cropping systems were optimized and managed by soil testing. In addition, a scenario analysis was also performed under the interaction of linearly increasing and decreasing N rates, and irrigation levels. Results showed that the model performed well with simulated soil water content, soil N concentration, leaf area index, dry matter, and grain yield. Statistically acceptable ranges of root mean square error, Nash–Sutcliffe model efficiency, index of agreement values close to 1, and strong correlation coefficients existed between simulated and observed values. We concluded that replacing the prevalent 2H1YFP with 1H1Y would be ecofriendly at the cost of some grain yield decline. This cropping system had the highest average water use (2.1 kg m−3) and N use efficiencies (4.8 kg kg–1) on reduced water (56.64%) and N (81.36%) inputs than 2H1YFP. Whereas 3H2Y showed insignificant results in terms of grain yield, and 2H1YFP was unsustainable. The 2H1YFP system consumed a total of 745 mm irrigation and 1100 kg N ha–1 in two years. When farming practices were optimized for two harvests in 1 year system (2H1Y)OPT, then grain yield improved and water (18.12%) plus N (61.82%) consumptions were minimized. There was an ample amount of N saved, but water conservation was still unsatisfactory. However, considering the results of scenario analyses, it is recommended that winter wheat would be cultivated at <200 mm irrigation by reducing one irrigation event.

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