Effect of penetration resistance and timing of rain on grain yield of narrow-row corn in a coastal plain loamy sand

被引:27
作者
Busscher, WJ
Frederick, JR
Bauer, PJ
机构
[1] USDA ARS, Coastal Plain Soil Water & Plant Res Ctr, Florence, SC 29501 USA
[2] Clemson Univ, Pee Dee Res Ctr, Florence, SC 29506 USA
关键词
paratill subsoiler; deep tillage; loamy sand; rainfall; subsoil hardpan; coastal plain; penetration resistance;
D O I
10.1016/S0167-1987(01)00228-8
中图分类号
S15 [土壤学];
学科分类号
0903 [农业资源与环境]; 090301 [土壤学];
摘要
In many soils of the southeastern Coastal Plain of the USA, subsurface hard layers reduce yield by limiting root exploration of the profile, We evaluated the impact of reduced frequency of deep tillage (and thus increased penetration resistance) and timing of rain on corn (Zea mays L.) yield for a 0.38 m row-width management system. Treatments were either disced or not disced; treatments were also deep-tilled from 0 to 3 years before sowing corn into a structureless Goldsboro loamy sand, a thermic siliceous fine-loamy Aquic Paleudult (fine-loamy Acrisol). Because of a pan at the 0.1-0.3 m depth. cone indices for disced treatments were greater than for non-disced treatments. Cone indices were also greater for treatments that had longer times between tillage and sowing corn. increasing on an average of about 200 kPa/year. Whether caused by discing or by reduced tillage frequency, each MPa of increased mean profile cone index reduced corn grain yields by 1. 1-2.4 Mg/ha. Cone index vs. grain yield linear regressions differed among years. Regressions for the 3 years could be combined into a single relationship by including rainfall during 42-56 days after sowing (vegetative growth) and 70-98 days after sowing (silking) to the relationship (R-2 = 0.87). The same procedure was then applied to soybean (Glycine max L. Merr.) grown in the same plots for the previous 3 years, giving similar results (R-2 = 0.73). When rainfall for the growing season or selected parts of the growing season based on plant maturity is included in the regression relationship of yield as a function of soil cone index. the relationship may be valid for multiple growing seasons eliminating the need to have individual relationships for each season. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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