Effectiveness of seedrow placement of granular copper products for wheat

2005 ◽  
Vol 85 (2) ◽  
pp. 295-306 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. E. Karamanos ◽  
F. L. Walley ◽  
P. L. Flaten

The practice of placing granular Cu fertilizers with the seed of cereals and oilseeds has been expanding in western Canada mainly due to the high cost of applying the minimum suggested broadcast and incorporation rate of 3.5 kg Cu ha-1. The hypothesis made is that annual applications of small amounts of Cu in the order of 1 kg Cu ha-1 will satisfy the Cu requirement of a crop and, over a period of years, have the same effect as a single broadcast and incorporated application. We tested this hypothesis in a number of experiments aimed at assessing the effectiveness of seedrow placement of a variety of Cu products (sulphate, oxysulphate and chelated) at various rates (0 to 4 kg Cu ha-1) in the year of application, its residual effect after four annual applications and whether it can be combined with foliar Cu applications to provide an agronomic and economic solution both in the short and longer terms. Annual seedrow applications of up to 4 kg ha-1 were both agronomically and economically inferior to broadcasting and incorporation of 4 kg ha-1 as Cu sulphate; the former provided a statistically significant grain yield increase only in 3 of 10 site-years and only when the Cu fertilizer was in sulphate or chelated forms. However, yield increases thus obtained were neither economical nor as good as those obtained with broadcast and incorporated copper sulphate. The residual effects of seedrow-applied Cu at rates up to 4 kg ha-1 were very small compared to a single, 4-yr old broadcasting and incorporation of 4 kg Cu ha-1, and were obtained primarily after 3 yr of annual applications and with sulphate or chelated products only. However, average yield increases as a result of residual effects in the fifth year were approximately 35% of those obtained with broadcasting and incorporation. Combining seedrow with foliar applications did not have any agronomic or economic advantage, since most benefit arose from the latter. Key words: Broadcast and incorporation, sulphate, oxysulphate, chelate, residual

2013 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
MA Tarafder ◽  
MQ Haque ◽  
MM Rahman ◽  
MR Khan

The experiment was conducted at the Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture (BINA) sub-staion, Tajhat, Ranpure, using potato-Boro-T. aman rice cropping pattern with an objective to evaluate the direct and residual effects of sulphur and zinc on the growth, yield and nutrient uptake by the crops. The surface soil was sandy loam texture, pH 6.3, organic matter 1.24%, available sulphur 6.62 ppm and available zinc 0.45 ppm. The experiment comprised of eight treatments for potato S15Zn2 (T2, T4 and T8, S8Zn1 (T5 and T6)and S0Zn0 (T1, T3 and T7), for boro rice S20Zn4 (T3, T5, T6 and T7) and S0Zn0 (T1, T3, T4 and T6). The experiment was laid out in a randomized complete block design with three replications. Average tuber yield of potato (var. cardinal) varied from 28.29 to 32.86 t ha-1 with the highest yield in S15Zn2 treatment (100% recommended dose) and the lowest was in the S0Zn0 treatment (control). In the second crop (Boro rice), growth and yield attributes, grain and straw yields responded significantly to S and Zn applied either in the first crop or in both crops. The average grain yield varied from 3.51 to 5.27 t ha-1 over the treatments. In the third crop (T. aman rice), the grain and straw yields responded significantly to S and Zn applied either in the first and second crop or in the third crops. The grain yield of T. aman rice varied from 2.96 to 4.46 t ha-1 over the treatments. The growth and yield contributing characters were also significantly influenced by the treatment. There was a significant direct and residual effect of the treatments on S and Zn uptake by the crops.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/pa.v19i1.16987 Progress. Agric. 19(1): 33 - 38, 2008 


2014 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ram B Khadka ◽  
Hari P Acharya ◽  
Norman Uphoff

Participatory action research was conducted in Luinyata VDC of Bajhang district during main rice-growing season of 2012 to evaluate the effects of cultivation practices in rice varieties. The experiment was in factorial randomized complete block design, where two methods of cultivations: System of rice intensification (SRI) and conventional transplanting (CT) and 3 different varieties: Khumal-4, Thapachini and Hansaraj Basmati were evaluated. Data were collected on grain yield, number of tillers, panicle length and number of filled and unfilled grains per panicle. Results averaged across the three varieties showed significantly better crop performance with SRI practices: higher number of tillers per hill, panicles per hill, tillers per m2, panicles per m2, and grain yield. The values of these parameters comparing SRI with conventional practice were, respectively, 24.5 vs. 11.3, 21.5 vs. 9.5, 305 vs. 273, 273.5 vs. 233.8, and 7.6 vs. 4.46 tha-1. Among the varieties evaluated, the highest yield was achieved with the Thapachini (8.11tha-1) using SRI methods. Average yield increase across the three varieties with SRI practice was 70% compared CT. These results indicate the practical relevance of SRI principles for increasing rice production in mountainous regions of Nepal.


2006 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 166-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paulo Sérgio L e Silva ◽  
Jaeveson da Silva ◽  
Fábio Henrique T de Oliveira ◽  
Ana Karenina F de Sousa ◽  
Gustavo P Duda

The present concern about environmental degradation has produced a renewed interest in organic fertilizers, such as animal manures. In addition, the soil organic matter conservation is one of the most important limiting factors for sustainability development in semiarid regions. In a previous experiment, carried out to evaluate the direct effects of application of manure rates in corn, positive effects of this fertilization were observed on green ear yield and grain yield. It was also verified that manure increased water retention and availability, and phosphorus, potassium, and sodium contents in the soil layer from 0-20 cm, but did not influence pH, calcium, organic matter contents and the sum of bases. The objective of this work was to evaluate the residual effect of applied fertilization on green ear yield and grain yield in cultivars AG 9012 and AG 4051. In both cultivars, a lack of manure residual effects was verified on total number and weight of green ears; number and weight of marketable ears, either unhusked or husked; plant height and ear height; fresh and dry matter in the above-ground part; and grain yield and its components. Cultivar AG 9012 performed best with regard to characteristics employed to evaluate green corn yield, and cultivar AG 4051 was superior with reference to plant height and 100-grain weight. The cultivars were not different with respect to the other traits evaluated.


2021 ◽  
pp. 3-8
Author(s):  
О.М. Касынкина ◽  
T.A. Vlasova ◽  
N.N. Sologub

В статье приводятся результаты исследования по изучению влияния применения местного кремнийсодержащего минерального ресурса (диатомита) на урожайность яровой тритикале сорта Укро. В исследованиях, проведенных в 2014-2016 гг. на временном опытном участке в Бессоновском районе Пензенской области, установлено, что использование диатомита способствовало повышению урожайности и качества зерна яровой тритикале сорта Укро. Урожайность зерна исследуемого сорта яровой тритикале в среднем за годы изучения варьировала от 4,00 т/га на варианте с внесением диатомита 2 т/га до 4,30 т/га на варианте с внесением диатомита 8 т/га, при средней урожайности сорта на контроле 3,80 т/га. Натура зерна в зависимости от дозы применения диатомита повысилась на 0,6-20,6 г/л, а стекловидность на 1,0-9,9 %. Достоверные отклонения по урожайности и качеству получены на вариантах с дозами внесения диатомита от 4 до 8 т/га. The article presents the results of a study on the effect of a local silicon-containing mineral resource (diatomite) on the yield of the Ukro spring triticale. The studies were conducted in 2014-2016 on a temporary experimental site in Bessonovsky district of Penza region. It was found that the use of diatomite contributed to an increase in the yield and quality of grain of the Ukro spring triticale. The grain yield of the studied variety of spring triticale on average over the years of study varied from 4.00 t/ha in the variant with the introduction of diatomite 2 t/ha to 4.30 t/ha in the variant with the introduction of diatomite 8 t/ha, with the average yield of the variety 3.80 t/ha in the control. Grain-unit, depending on the rate of diatomite, increased by 0.6-20.6 g/l, and vitreousness by 1.0-9.9%. Significant deviations in yield and quality were obtained in variants with rate of diatomite application from 4 to 8 t/ha. Key words: spring triticale, diatomite, yield, grain-unit, vitreousness.


2003 ◽  
Vol 83 (2) ◽  
pp. 291-303 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. E. Karamanos ◽  
J. T. Harapiak ◽  
N. A. Flore

Benefits of KCl application to cereals have been documented in Great Plains soils and have been attributed primarily to a response to the Cl- portion of this fertilizer either due to disease suppression or a Cl- deficiency. The practice of placing small amounts of KCl with the seed to avert any of these undesirable effects has been gaining momentum in western Canada. However, research on benefits from KCl fertilization of barley on high K soils in western Canada is limited. A large number of trials (115) were conducted from 1989 to 1998 on western Canadian prairie soils to ascertain the response of barley to seed-row applied KCl fertilizer. All soils contained K levels in excess of what is considered a critical level for obtaining a yield response to K due to K deficiency. Statistically significant yield increases with KCl application were obtained in 37 of 115 trials (32%). There appeared to be a strong link between the probability of obtaining a significant yield response to seed-row applied KCl, and barley cultivar and previous crop. Growing Harrington barley on barley stubble resulted in a grain yield increase due to KCl seed-placement 60% of the time. However, no clearly defined mechanism for the grain yield responses could be drawn based on the determined parameters, except that the majority of responses did occur under conditions that promote disease (e.g., disease susceptible cultivar, barley sown on barley stubble, etc.) and that the lower the soil “available” K levels in those instances, the higher the grain yield increase. Hence, it is hypothesized that K may play an indirect role in suppressing disease by increasing the overall health of plants. None of the assessed plant characteristics other than yield, i.e., days to maturity, kernel plumpness, protein and root rot infection, benefited from application of Cl- as either KCl or CaCl2. Key words: Chloride, cultivar, Harrington, disease, plant health, previous crop


1970 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 181-187
Author(s):  
MR Islam ◽  
PK Saha ◽  
SK Zaman ◽  
MJ Uddin

Five phosphorus rates (0, 5, 10, 20 and 30 kg P/ha) were tested with four rice genotypes in Boro (BRRI dhan36, BRRI dhan45, EH1 and EH2) and T. Aman (BRRI dhan30, BRRI dhan49, EH1 and EH2) season. Phosphorus rates did not influence grain yield irrespective of varieties in T. Aman season while in Boro season P response was observed among the P rates. Application of P @ 10 kg/ha significantly increased the grain yield. But when P was applied @ 20 and 30 kg P/ha, the grain yield difference was not significant. The optimum and economic rate of P for T. Aman was 20 kg P/ha but in Boro rice the optimum and economic doses of P were 22 and 30 kg/ha, respectively. Hybrid entries (EH1 and EH2) used P more efficiently than inbred varieties. A negative P balance was observed up to 10 kg P/ha. Key words: Response; Phosphorus fertilizer; Inbred; Hybrid rice DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/dujbs.v19i2.8962 DUJBS 2010; 19(2): 181-187


2005 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 369-379
Author(s):  
B. G. Shivakumar ◽  
B. N. Mishra ◽  
R. C. Gautam

A field experiment on a greengram-wheat cropping sequence was carried out under limited water supply conditions in 1997-98 and 1998-99 at the farm of the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi. The greengram was sown either on flat beds or on broad beds 2 m in width, divided by furrows, with 0, 30 and 60 kg P2O5/ha. After the harvest of greengram pods, wheat was grown in the same plots, either with the greengram stover removed or with the stover incorporated along with 0, 40, 80 and 120 kg N/ha applied to wheat. The grain yield of greengram was higher when sown on broad beds with furrows compared to flat bed sowing, and the application of 30 or 60 kg P2O5/ha resulted in significantly higher grain yields compared to no phosphorus application. The combination of broad bed and furrows with phosphorus fertilization was found to be ideal for achieving higher productivity in greengram. The land configuration treatments had no impact on the productivity of wheat. The application of phosphorus to the preceding crop had a significant residual effect on the grain yield of wheat. The incorporation of greengram stover also significantly increased the grain yield of wheat. The increasing levels of N increased the grain yield of wheat significantly up to 80 kg/ha. The combination of greengram stover incorporation and 80 kg N/ha applied to wheat significantly increased the grain yield. Further, there was a significant interaction effect between the phosphorus applied to the preceding crop and N levels given to wheat on the grain yield of wheat.


2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 2226
Author(s):  
Joisman Fachini ◽  
Thais Rodrigues Coser ◽  
Alyson Silva de Araujo ◽  
Ailton Teixeira do Vale ◽  
Keiji Jindo ◽  
...  

The thermochemical transformation of sewage sludge (SS) to biochar (SSB) allows exploring the advantages of SS and reduces possible environmental risks associated with its use. Recent studies have shown that SSB is nutrient-rich and may replace mineral fertilizers. However, there are still some questions to be answered about the residual effect of SSB on soil nutrient availability. In addition, most of the previous studies were conducted in pots or soil incubations. Therefore, the residual effect of SSB on soil properties in field conditions remains unclear. This study shows the results of nutrient availability and uptake as well as maize yield the third cropping of a three-year consecutive corn cropping system. The following treatments were compared: (1) control: without mineral fertilizer and biochar; (2) NPK: with mineral fertilizer; (3) SSB300: with biochar produced at 300 °C; (4) SSB300+NPK; (5) SSB500: with biochar produced at 500 °C; and (6) SSB500+NPK. The results show that SSB has one-year residual effects on soil nutrient availability and nutrient uptake by maize, especially phosphorus. Available soil P contents in plots that received SSB were around five times higher than the control and the NPK treatments. Pyrolysis temperature influenced the SSB residual effect on corn yield. One year after suspending the SSB application, SSB300 increased corn yield at the same level as the application of NPK. SSB300 stood out and promoted higher grain yield in the residual period (8524 kg ha−1) than SSB500 (6886 kg ha−1). Regardless of pyrolysis temperature, biochar boosted the mineral fertilizer effect resulting in higher grain yield than the exclusive application of NPK. Additional long-term studies should be focused on SSB as a slow-release phosphate fertilizer.


1970 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 425-434 ◽  
Author(s):  
PK Malaker ◽  
IH Mian

The efficacy of seed treatment and foliar spray with fungicides in controlling black point incidence of wheat seeds was evaluated in the field. Two seed treating fungicides, namely Vitavax-200 and Homai-80WP were used @ 0.25% of dry seed weight and foliar spray with Tilt-250EC (0.05%) was applied in six different schedules. Untreated and unsprayed controls were also maintained. Seed treatment with either Vitavax-200 or Homai-80WP significantly increased plant population and grain yield, but none of them was found effective in reducing black point incidence. On the other hand, foliar sprays with Tilt-250EC under all the spray schedules except spraying at 70 and 90 DAS significantly minimized the disease severity over unsprayed control. Among the different spray schedules, spraying at 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, and 90 DAS appeared to be most effective, which was similar to spraying at 30, 45, 60, 75, and 90 DAS in reducing black point incidence and increasing grain yield. Economic analysis on yield advantage showed that the highest additional gross margin of Tk. 6120/ha with BCR 2.57 was obtained from five sprays applied at 30, 45, 60, 75, and 90 DAS. Key Words: Seed treatment, foliar spray, black point, wheat. DOI: 10.3329/bjar.v34i3.3968 Bangladesh J. Agril. Res. 34(3) : 425-434, September 2009


2002 ◽  
Vol 42 (6) ◽  
pp. 717 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. A. Sudmeyer ◽  
P. R. Scott

This paper, which is the second in a series of three, describes dryland crop growth and yields in a windbreak bay in south-western Australia and relates changes to microclimate modification by the windbreaks. Over the 4 years of this trial, above ground biomass and the development rate of crops 3–20 times the tree height from the windbreak (H) were similar to crops growing in unsheltered conditions (more than 20 H from the windbreaks). Grain yield was 16–30% higher between 3 H and 20 H than at more than 20 H in 1994, the driest year on record for the district, in other years yield was largely unchanged. In contrast, above ground biomass growth was consistently less within 3 H than further from the windbreaks and grain yield within 3 H was 19–27% less than unsheltered yield. Water use by the trees is the most likely cause of reduced yield within 3 H. Over the 4 years, mean grain yield between 0.5 H and 20 H was 3.8% greater than yield at more than 20 H. This increase was largely due to the yield increase in 1994. As 5.4% of the paddock was directly occupied by, or uncropped next to, the windbreaks, there was a net yield decrease of 2.8% over 4 years compared to estimated production from a similar area with no windbreaks. The principle benefits of the windbreaks were reducing evaporative demand in extremely dry years and protection against extreme wind events. These benefits must be weighed against the costs of establishing and maintaining windbreak systems.


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