The relationship between evapotranspiration and growth in the wheat crop

1966 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 255 ◽  
Author(s):  
RA Fischer ◽  
GD Kohn

In trials conducted in 1961 and 1962 at Wagga in southern New South Wales, to investigate the yield physiology of wheat, the variety Heron was grown under various cultural treatments. This paper deals with the relationship of evapotranspiration to crop growth. Vegetative growth at a given date in the spring was influenced markedly by time of sowing and fertilizer application, and to a lesser extent by sowing rate. Large differences in vegetative growth caused relatively small differences in evapotranspiration rate when soil moisture was adequate. An increase in total dry weight of 100 g/m² in early October was associated with an increase in cumulative evapotranspiration up to that time of about 0.50 in. It was concluded that although a reduced fertilizer application and reduced sowing rate (below 3b lb seed per acre) permitted higher soil moisture levels at flowering, this necessarily involved a considerable reduction in total dry weight at flowering. With delayed time of sowing, the post-flowering moisture status of the crop can be expected to deteriorate, primarily because of delayed flowering date.

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-43
Author(s):  
Gunawan Budiyanto ◽  
Mulyono Mulyono ◽  
Fiyoni Dwi Setyawan

A research to study the effects of Zeolite and nitrogen fertilizer application on vegetative growth of maize crop in coastal sandy soil was conducted on the research field of Agriculture Faculty, Muhammadiyah University of Yogyakarta at Tamantirto, Bantul District of Yogyakarta during October until February, 2003. This research was aimed on the study of Zeolite application in order to enhance the nitrogen uptake in the coastal sandy soil, and its effects on vegetative growth of CP I variety of maize. The pot experiment was arranged in 7 x 3 factorial completely randomized design, with 4 replications. The first factor was Zeolite dosage consisted of 7 levels, i.e:  0, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 %; and the second one was 3 levels nitrogen fertilizer dosage which consisted of: 75, 110, and 145 kg/ ha. The nitrogen fertilizer was applied on the medium mixed with Zeolite granules. Observations on plant height, stem diemeter, leaves number, plant fresh and dry weight were done during the vegetative growth of maize. The results showed that Zeolite application significantly enhanced the vegetative growth of CPI maize. The 5,2  - 5,6  % Zeolite was optimum to gave the maximum growth of maize crop. Nitrogen fertilizer application was also significantly increased the plant height and biomass weight, and the 145 kg/ha was the optimum dosage. There was no interaction between Zeolite and nitrogen fertilizer application in order to affected the maize growth.


Weed Science ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 34 (6) ◽  
pp. 876-882 ◽  
Author(s):  
David T. Patterson ◽  
Ann E. Russell ◽  
David A. Mortensen ◽  
Robert D. Coffin ◽  
Elizabeth P. Flint

Texas panicum (Panicum texanumBuckl. # PANTE) is a native of the Southwest, now increasing as a weed throughout the southern United States, whereas wild proso millet (Panicum miliaceumL. # PANMI) is an introduced weed currently increasing in importance in the northern Midwest. In controlled-environment chambers, both species produced more tillers, greater leaf area, and more total dry weight at 30/24 C day/night (simulated growing season temperature in Georgia) than at 24/18 C (simulated growing season temperature in Minnesota). Texas panicum accumulated more dry matter at 30/24 C than did wild proso millet, while wild proso millet accumulated more dry matter at 24/18 C than did Texas panicum. When the two species were grown together, Texas panicum was the superior competitor at 30/24 C while wild proso millet was superior at 24/18 C. Exposure to short photoperiods at an intermediate temperature of 27/21 C accelerated flowering and limited vegetative growth in both species. In the range of photoperiods (10 to 16 h) examined, wild proso millet always flowered earlier and, consequently, produced less vegetative growth than Texas panicum. Its responses to temperature and photoperiod indicate that wild proso millet probably would be competitively inferior to Texas panicum and other adapted grass weeds in the southern United States.


1992 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 183-192 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Wang ◽  
B.J. van der Kamp

Potted ramets of 14 western black cottonwood (Populustrichocarpa Torr. & Gray) clones from southern British Columbia were inoculated with Melampsoraoccidentalis H. Jacks to produce a range of disease severities, and their size and dry weight were determined after 1 or 2 years. Response to inoculation varied significantly between clones. Clones from drier interior locations were less resistant than those from coastal or moister interior locations. Local- (within leaf) or systemic-induced resistance was not detected. Yield (total dry weight) decreased linearly with disease severity. Percent reduction in yield was greater than the cumulative percent leaf area infected for all clones. Yield losses were substantial: dry weights of ramets with disease severity levels similar to those experienced by natural cottonwood populations were about 75% of controls; heavily infected ramets were <50% of controls. Stem:root ratios increased rapidly with increasing disease severity in all clones, and at significantly different rates. Severe infection resulted in substantial mortality in the following winter and reduced initial stem volume growth in the following growing season. Tolerance, defined as the relationship between disease severity and yield, varied significantly between clones. The most significant discovery of this study was that tolerance and resistance were correlated, greater tolerance being associated with reduced resistance. The concepts of resistance, tolerance, and disease hazard, as quantified in this study, can be used to predict yield and to select the most appropriate clones for different disease hazard conditions.


Rekayasa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 164-171
Author(s):  
Suhartono Suhartono ◽  
Diana Nurus Sholehah ◽  
Rohmad Suci Murdianto

Tanaman sambiloto (Andrographis paniculata Nees.) merupakan salah satu tanaman obat unggulan Indonesia selain temulawak, mengkudu, pegagan, lidah buaya, lada, dan kunyit. Peningkatan produktivitas sambiloto dapat dilakukan dengan perbaikan teknik budidaya melalui sistem pemupukan.  Kajian aplikasi pupuk guano terhadap pertumbuhan, produksi dan kandungan andgrographolida pada tanaman sambiloto terbatas, sehingga perlu dilakukan untuk mengetahui pengaruh pupuk guano terhadap pertumbuhan dan kandungan andrographolida pada tanaman sambiloto. Penelitian ini dilaksanakan di kebun percobaan Program Studi Agroteknologi Fakultas Pertanian Universitas Trunojoyo Madura pada bulan Januari - April 2016. Penelitian ini menggunakan Rancangan Acak Lengkap (RAL) non faktorial dengan perlakuan 6 taraf dosis pupuk guano dengan 4 ulangan. Perlakuan dosis pupuk guano per hektar meliputi G0 (control/tanpa pupuk guano), G1 (5 ton), G2 (7.5 ton), G3 (10 ton), G4 (12.5 ton), dan G5 (15 ton). Pada setiap percobaan terdapat 6 tanaman dengan rincian 3 tanaman sebagai sampel. Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa pemupukan guano pada dosis 15 ton/ha (G5) memberikan hasil terbaik untuk parameter tinggi tanaman, jumlah daun, luas daun, berat basah total dan berat kering total tanaman. Kandungan andrographolida (%) tertinggi diperoleh pada dosis pupuk guano 7.5 ton/ha (G2), sedangkan produksi andrograpolida (mg) tertinggi ditunjukkan oleh perlakuan G4 (dosis pupuk guano 12.5 ton/ha).Response of Growth and Production of Srographic Andrographolida Plants (Andrographis paniculata Nees) Due to Differences in Guano Fertilizer Doses Bitter plant (Andrographis paniculata Nees.) including one featured Indonesian medicinal plants in addition to ginger, noni, gotu kola, aloe vera, pepper, and turmeric. Increased productivity is bitter to do with the improvement of farming techniques through a system of fertilization. Study of guano fertilizer application on the growth, production, and content andrographolide the bitter plant is limited, so it is necessary to know the effect of guano fertilizer on the growth and content of the plant andrographolide bitter. This research was conducted at the experiment station Agrotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, University Trunojoyo Madura at January-April 2016 by using a completely randomized design (RAL) non-factorial with 4 replications consisting of G0 (control/without guano fertilizer), G1 ( fertilizer guano 5 tons/ha) G2 (7.5 tons/ha), G3 (10 tons/ha), G4 (12.5 tons/ha) and G5 (15 tons/ha) on each trial there are 6 plants with details of 3 plants in the sample. The results showed that the guano fertilizer at a dose of 15 tons/ha (G5) can be increased plant height, leaf number, leaf area, total wet weight, and total dry weight. The highest content of andrographolide obtained at doses of 7.5 tons/ha (G2) of guano fertilizer, while the highest yield of andrographolide obtained at doses 12.5 tons/ha of guano fertilizer (G4).


1978 ◽  
Vol 18 (90) ◽  
pp. 112 ◽  
Author(s):  
ICR Holford ◽  
AD Doyle

The effects of varying durations of lucerne ley and subsequent wheat cropping on the moisture status of contrasting wheat growing soils are reported from two experiments in northern New South Wales. Lucerne leys of 5 1/2, 3 1/2 and 1 1/2 years on a red brown earth and 3 1/2, 2 1/2, and 1 1/2 years on a black earth were compared with a wheat-cowpea rotation, long fallow and continuous wheat. Lucerne extracted available soil water within eight months of sowing to a depth of 100 cm, with partial extraction of water to 150 cm. Within 18 months available water to a depth of 200 cm had been extracted. Subsequent growth of lucerne was dependent on incident rainfall and water extraction from depths greater than 200 cm. Wheat extracted water from the soil only to a depth of 150 cm, and extracted less water to this depth than did lucerne. Lucerne extracted water beyond the -1 5 bar suction level. On the black earth, soil moisture at 150 cm had not been recharged before time for sowing the third wheat crop, 28 months after lucerne plough-out. On the red brown earth, after a drought enforced long fallow immediately following lucerne plough-out, soil water at 200 cm was recharged within 18 months. Available soil moisture after three to five months fallow following plough-out of the lucerne leys was much less than for a wheat cropping system, with a consequent severe reduction in the grain yield of the following wheat crop. On the black earth grain yield was reduced by 7.7 kg ha-1 for each reduction of 1 mm in available moisture in the first crop after lucerne plough-out. Data indicate that lucerne must be ploughed out before January if a severe reduction in yield of the following wheat crop is to be minimized.


1966 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 269 ◽  
Author(s):  
RA Fischer ◽  
GD Kohn

Trials were conducted in 1961 and 1962 at Wagga in southern New South Wales to investigate the yield physiology of the wheat crop. Various cultural treatments were applied to a single variety (Heron). The increases in evapotranspiration and associated reductions in total soil moisture content caused by early sowing, by heavier fertilizer applications, and to a lesser extent by a heavier rate of sowing were reflected in an increased plant moisture stress (reduced leaf relative turgidity) at a given time in the spring. At a given stage of development, however, relative turgidity was not much affected by time of sowing, and in fact post-flowering plant moisture stress increased with later sowing. There were only small treatment effects on the estimated depth and density of rooting. Relatively little water was extracted by crops from below 40 in.; dense crops reduced the soil moisture content throughout the root zone to less than the –15 bar value. Leaf relative turgidity at sunrise showed a consistent inverse relationship to soil moisture content in the root zone. Leaf turgidity (sunrise) was maintained at 100% until root zone moisture levels approached the –15 bar value.


2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 197
Author(s):  
Diana Nurus Sholehah ◽  
Suhartono , ◽  
Dan Angga Lesmana

ABSTRACT<br /><br />Basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) is a plant that has great potency  to be developed. Almost all parts of the plant can be utilized. This study aimed to determine the effect of shade and phosphate fertilizer on growth and essential oil content in  basil. This research was conducted at the experimental field of Agrotechnology Departement, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Trunojoyo Madura, during January-April 2015. The research was arranged in a split plot design with 3 replications. Main plot was shading i.e., without shading  and 25% shading. The subplots were phosphate fertilizer rate, i.e., 0, 1.5, 3.0, and 4.5 g SP36 per plant that was planted in polybags. The results showed that plants treated with 25% of shading and applied with phosphate 3 g per plant had the highest total dry weight, production of essential oil and eugenol. Shading of 25% give the best results on plant height, leaf area and total fresh weight of the plant. Application of phosphate fertilizer 3 g per plant give  the highest content of chlorophyll (chlorophyll b and total chlorophyll), while the highest essential oil and eugenol content of leaves is obtained from application of phosphate fertilizer 3 and 4.5 g per plant. Shading  and phosphate fertilizer application did not affect leaf  number. <br /><br />Keywords: chlorophyll, eugenol, leaf, phenylpropanoids, production<br /><br />


1990 ◽  
Vol 115 (4) ◽  
pp. 525-529 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Acock ◽  
M.C. Acock ◽  
D. Pasternak

We examined how temperature and stage of vegetative growth affect carbohydrate production and accumulation in Cucumis melo L. `Haogen' grown at various CO2 concentrations ([CO2]). Carbohydrate production was measured by net assimilation rate either on a leaf-area basis (NARa) or a leaf dry-weight basis (NARw); carbohydrate accumulation was measured by leaf starch plus sugar content. Twenty-four- and 35-day-old muskmelon plants were grown for 11 days in artificially lighted cabinets at day/night temperatures of 20/20 or 40/20C and at [CO2] of 300 or 1500 μl·liter-1. NARa and NARw both increased with increasing [CO2], but the CO2 effect was smaller at low temperature, especially for plants at the later stage of vegetative growth. NARw was a better indicator of total dry-weight gain than was NARa. Both suboptimal temperatures and CO2 enrichment caused carbohydrates to accumulate in the leaves at both stages of vegetative growth. NARw was correlated negatively with leaf starch plus sugar content. The rate of decrease in NARw with increasing leaf starch plus sugar content was significantly greater for CO2-enriched plants. Leaf starch plus sugar content >0.03 to 0.04 kg·kg-1 of leaf residual dry weight at the end of a dark period may indicate that temperature is suboptimal for growth. Plants grown at the same temperature had higher leaf starch plus sugar content if they were CO2-enriched than if grown in ambient [CO2], suggesting that an optimal temperature for growth in ambient [CO2] may be suboptimal in elevated [CO2].


1958 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 717 ◽  
Author(s):  
SA Waring ◽  
WE Fox ◽  
LJH Teakle

The effects on wheat yields of available soil moisture at planting, rainfall during the growing period, and evapo-transpiration were examined for the years 1951-1954. The relation between free water surface evaporation, available soil moisture, and evapo-transpiration was examined for the years 1951 and 1952. Wheat yields were found to be correlated with available soil moisture at planting for the four years combined, the two drier years combined (1951 and l953), and the two wetter years combined (1952 and 1954). The relationship for the four years combined was sufficiently strong to suggest that available moisture at planting could be successfully used for yield prediction. Yield was correlated with evapo-transpiration only for the dry year 1953. The ratio of yield to evapo-transpiration was found to be lower for the years of high rainfall during the growing period, the mean values for the wet and dry years being 2.1 and 3.5 bus./in. respectively. Growing-perlod rainfall was correlated with yield only for the month of August for the two dry years of 1951 and 1953 combined. Evapotranspiration (Etr) was found to be correlated with free water surface evaporation (Ew) and Ew0.75 in the monthly data, the value for C in the relationship Etr = CEw0.75 being calculated as 0.53. Available soil moisture was correlated with evapo-transpiration using data from the beginning and end of the season in 1953, but was not correlated using monthly data. The method of calculating monthly available soil moisture is shown to be important in this correlation. A method of calculating available soil moisture over a monthly period, based on a mean daily figure for the month, is described.


1992 ◽  
Vol 32 (6) ◽  
pp. 781 ◽  
Author(s):  
T Trochoulias ◽  
EB Dettmann

Tea yields were compared from single-row plots (2 m apart, 63-cm spacing within rows) and double-row plots planted at 2 different row spacings (2 m between row centres, rows 90 cm apart, plant spacing of 83 or 56 cm within rows), giving plant densities of 8 000, 12 000 and 18 000 bushes/ha. Over a 6-year period total dry weight yields from double-row plots (10.70 t/ha) were significantly higher than from single-row plots (8.21 t/ha), but there was no significant difference between yields from double-row plots with different within-row spacing.


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