Changes in soil biochemical indicators at different wheat growth stages under conservation-based sustainable intensification of rice-wheat system
| Autor: | M.L. Jat, H. S. Thind, Tanushree Bera, Harminder S. Sidhu, Yadvinder-Singh, Sandeep Sharma |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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0106 biological sciences
Crop residue Agriculture (General) Plant Science Biology cropping system 01 natural sciences Biochemistry S1-972 Crop Soil respiration residue retention No-till farming Food Animals microbial metabolic quotients Residue (complex analysis) Conventional tillage Ecology tillage practices food and beverages 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences Tillage Agronomy 040103 agronomy & agriculture 0401 agriculture forestry and fisheries Animal Science and Zoology Agronomy and Crop Science Mulch 010606 plant biology & botany Food Science |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Integrative Agriculture, Vol 17, Iss 8, Pp 1871-1880 (2018) |
| ISSN: | 2095-3119 |
| Popis: | Soil microbes play critical roles in soil biogeochemistry, soil biological health and crop productivity. The current study evaluated the effects of tillage and residue management on changes in soil biochemical indicators at different growth stages of wheat after 5 years of rice-wheat system. Nine treatment combinations of tillage, crop establishment and crop residue management included three main plot treatments applied to rice: (1) conventional till direct dry seeded rice (CTDSR), (2) zero till direct dry seeded rice (ZTDSR), and (3) conventional puddled manual transplanted rice (CTPTR) and three subplot treatments in subsequent wheat: (1) conventional tillage with rice residue removed (CTW-R), (2) zero tillage with rice residue removed (ZTW-R) and (3) zero tillage with rice residue retained as surface mulch (ZTW+R). Irrespective of rice treatments, ZTW+R treatment had higher soil biochemical indicators compared with ZTW-R and CTW-R at all the growth stages of wheat. Generally, all the biochemical indicators were the highest at the flowering stage of wheat. Residual effect of rice treatments was also significant on biochemical quotients in wheat, which were the highest under ZTDSR followed by CTDSR and CTPTR. The present study provided three sensitive and reliable biochemical indicators (microbial biomass, basal soil respiration and microbial quotient) which respond rapidly to change in tillage and residue management practices in RWS of South Asia. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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