EFFECT OF SOIL COMPACTION AND STERILIZATION ON ROOT ROT DISEASE AND YIELD OF CANNING PEAS

1983 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 327-331 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. VIGIER ◽  
G. S. V. RAGHAVAN ◽  
G. DRAKE

Soil compaction in Richelieu clay-loam and Ste-Rosalie clay soils appeared to be more critical than common root rot in reducing yield of canning peas (Pisum sativum L.) as demonstrated by the two sets of greenhouse experiments. While quantifying yield losses, a 34% loss was attributed to root rot and a 52% fresh pea loss to higher soil bulk density in clay-loam soil. Similar quantification was difficult to obtain for clay soil.Key words: Peas, soil compaction, root rot

1995 ◽  
Vol 4 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 445-461
Author(s):  
Laura Alakukku ◽  
Paavo Elonen

The cumulative effects of annually repeated field traffic on soil properties and barley yield were investigated in a field experiment on clay loam. Experimental traffic was applied with a tractor-trailer combination prior to autumn ploughing for four successive years. The trailer single axle load was 5 Mg, The loading intensity was 0, 100 and 300 Mg km ha-1, and both standard and low-profile trailer tyres were used. The effect of early summer irrigation on the yield was also studied. The yield and nitrogen uptake of the crop were determined for four successive years. Soil penetrometer resistance was measured annually after the second loading. The traffic compacted the soil to 0.35 m depth. On average, soil compaction reduced barley yield by 5% and nitrogen uptake by 7%. No annual cumulative increase in the compaction depth or yield reductions was found. Probably only the first loading compacted the subsoil, because the soil was drier than field capacity in the 0.2-0.3 m layer in the following autumns. The use of trailer low-profile tyres did not reduce the depth of compaction or yield losses. On average, early summer irrigation increased grain yield by 34% and nitrogen uptake by 25%, but it did not significantly decrease yield or nitrogen uptake reductions due to compaction.


Author(s):  
Abdu Dauda ◽  
Bukar Usman

Soil compaction from farm machinery is an environmental problem. The effect of compaction on plant growth and yield depends on the crop grown and the environmental conditions that crop encounters. The effect of compaction from tractor traffic on soybean (Glycine max), variety TGX1448-2E, on a sandy clay loam soil in the semi-arid region of northern Nigeria was investigated for two growing seasons, 2015 and 2016. A randomized complete block design of the field of plots with treatments of 0,5,10, 15 and 20 passes of a tractor MF 390 was used. Each treatment was replicated three times. The soil bulk density, penetration resistance and soil moisture content for each applied load were measured and the yield from each treatment was determined.  Agronomic treatments were kept the same for all plots in both 2015 and 2016. Results showed increased soil bulk density, penetration resistance and soil moisture content with increased tractor passes. Highest grain yield was obtained at 5 tractor passes with a mean bulk density of 1.76 Mgm,-3 penetration resistance 1.70 MPa and moisture content 13.37% with a mean yield of 2568 kgha-1 and lowest was obtained from 20 tractor passes were 340 kgha-1. Statistical models were used to predict yield as a function of bulk density, penetration resistance,   moisture content, contact pressure, and a number of tractor traffic passes. Grain yield with respect to moisture content gave the best yield prediction (r2 = 0.94).           


1972 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 477-483 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. F. MIRREH ◽  
J. W. KETCHESON

Cylinders of a clay loam soil were adjusted to different bulk density and matric pressure combinations to study soil resistance to a penetrating probe. Regression analysis of the penetrometer data produced no evidence to reject a regression model of the form Y = β0X0 + β1X1 + β2X2 + β3X12 + β4X22 + β5X1X2 (where Y = penetrometer resistance, X1 = bulk density, X2 = matric pressure). A three-dimensional plot of the generated soil resistance values was constructed to illustrate the nature of the interaction. At any one bulk density in the range 1.0–1.5 g/cc, soil resistance values tended to pass through a maximum as soil moisture was removed over the matric pressure range 1.0–8.0 atm. The tendency was most pronounced at the lower bulk densities. Implications on root growth and soil management are briefly discussed.


1991 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 551 ◽  
Author(s):  
RG O'Brien ◽  
PJ O'Hare ◽  
RJ Glass

Bean root rot (a complex of Apharwmyces spp., Fusarium solani f. sp. phaseoli, Pythium spp. and Rhizoctonia solani) affects winter-grown fresh beans at Gympie, Queensland. In 5 trials conducted in 1986-88, cultural practices (depth of planting, depth of cultivation, hilling) and a fungicide treatment were examined as methods of control of the disease. The experiments were sited on a clay-loam soil, and under these conditions, shallow planting (25 mm) was the most effective treatment, significantly (P<0.05) reducing the severity of root rot relative to the standard depth of 50 mm.


1989 ◽  
Vol 69 (3) ◽  
pp. 729-739
Author(s):  
C. A. GRANT

Disturbed soil cores, at two bulk densities, and undisturbed soil cores were collected from two fields which had been maintained under reduced tillage management. Dry matter yield of growth chamber-grown barley in the disturbed soil cores was equal to or lower than that produced in the undisturbed cores but was unaffected by degree of soil compaction. Increase in dry matter yield in response to K or Cl fertilization was greater in disturbed than undisturbed soils. Compaction did not generally influence response to KCl fertilization. Soil disturbance did not consistently influence concentration of N, K or Cl in barley tissue. Tissue content of Zn was increased by soil disturbance in the clay loam soil and decreased by soil disturbance in the sandy loam soil. Compaction did not influence tissue content of N or Cl. Compaction did not influence K content of plants grown on the clay loam soil, which initially had high levels of plant-available K, but reduced K content of plants grown on K-deficient sandy loam soil. Increased compaction also reduced the Zn content of plants in the sandy loam soil but increased Zn content of plants in the clay loam soil. Application of KCl or CaCl2 increased Cl content of barley tissue and tended to reduce the N content of the tissue, particularly in the clay loam soil. Application of KCl or KNO3 increased K concentration in barley tissue grown on the K-deficient sandy loam soil but not on the higher K clay loam soil.Key words: Potassium, chloride, zinc, compaction, bulk density, barley


Author(s):  
Mohammed Aajmi Salman ◽  
Jawad A. Kamal Al-Shibani

Beneficial microorganisms play a key role in the availability of ions minerals in the soil and use Randomized Complete Block Desing ( R.C.B.D ). The objective of this paper to the study effect of the of biofertilizer and miniral treatments on availability of NPK for crop corn zea mays L.Two types of biofertilizer are Bacterial Bacillus subtilis and Fungal Trichoderma harianum. Three levels of potassium fertilizer are (2.9533, 0.4000 and 2.9533). A field experiment in fall season of 2018 Has been conducted in silty clay loam soil. The experimental Results indicated that Bacillus and Trichoderma inoculation separately or together Have made a significant effect to increase in the availability of N P K in the soil compare to other treatments. The grain yield is where (2.9533, 0.4000 and 2.9533) of bacterial and fungal bio-fertilizer and potassium fertilizers respectively as compared to the control.


2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 374-375
Author(s):  
Asha Buliya ◽  
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K. C. Pancholi K. C. Pancholi ◽  
R. K. Paliwal R. K. Paliwal

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 1038-1041
Author(s):  
C Bharathi ◽  
P Murali Arthanari ◽  
C Chinnusamy

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