Impact of long term conservation agriculture on soil quality under cereal based systems of North West India
Soil quality is of utmost essential for yield sustainability of intensive cereal based cropping system in North West Indo Gangetic plains of India. Hence, we evaluated long-term (10 years) effect of conservation agriculture (CA) practices on soil quality improvement under six different cropping scen...
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| author | Roy, Dibakar Datta, Ashim Jat, Hanuman Sahay Choudhary, Madhu Sharma, Parbodh Chander Singh, Pankaj K. Jat, Mangi Lal |
| author_browse | Choudhary, Madhu Datta, Ashim Jat, Hanuman Sahay Jat, Mangi Lal Roy, Dibakar Sharma, Parbodh Chander Singh, Pankaj K. |
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| description | Soil quality is of utmost essential for yield sustainability of intensive cereal based cropping system in North West Indo Gangetic plains of India. Hence, we evaluated long-term (10 years) effect of conservation agriculture (CA) practices on soil quality improvement under six different cropping scenarios (Sc), i.e. Sc1-represented by transplanted puddled rice (TPR) followed by conventional tilled broadcasted wheat (CT-wheat) with residue removal, Sc2-TPR rice followed by zero tillage (ZT) wheat and ZT-mung bean with partial residue retention, Sc3-direct seeded rice (DSR) followed by ZT-wheat and ZT-mung bean with full residue retention, Sc4-DSR is replaced by ZT-maize followed by ZT-wheat and ZT-mung bean, Sc5 and Sc6 were – Sc3 integrated with sub surface drip irrigation (SDI) and Sc4 + SDI, respectively. Soil samples were collected from 0 to 5, 5–15 and 15–30 cm soil depth from each scenario after harvesting of wheat in 2019. Results showed that, reduction in bulk density (BD), soil penetration resistance (SPR) and enhancement of water holding capacity and infiltration were associated with CA based scenarios (Sc3–Sc6). Scenario 3 recorded lowest BD of 1.39 and 1.58 g cm−3 at 0–5 and 5–15 cm soil depth, respectively. CA based Sc6 recorded highest infiltration rate (1.48 cm hr−1) and lowest was associated with Sc1 (0.5 cm hr−1). The enrichment of soil organic carbon (SOC) content, stock, available nitrogen and potassium was mainly confined to upper surface soil layer (0–5 cm). The SOC content and stock in CA based scenarios (average of Sc3 to Sc6) was 41–57 and 69–94% higher than Sc1 at 0–5 cm soil layer. Available nitrogen was increased by 23–50 and 64–98% and available potassium increased by 13–28 and 42–71% in 0–5 and 5–15 cm soil depth, respectively in CA based scenarios over Sc1. Similarly, microbial biomass carbon (MBC) and dehydrogenase (DHA) activity in top soil layer under CA based scenarios was increased by 177–195 and 67–107% over Sc1, respectively. The maximum SQI was registered with Sc6 (0.91) followed by Sc4 (0.89) and least was recorded in Sc1 (0.65) at 0–5 cm soil depth. Maize-wheat based cropping system recorded higher SQI over rice–wheat based cropping system. Sustainable yield index was strongly related with key soil quality indicators and also positively correlated with SQI. Thus our study suggests that CA based maize-wheat-mung bean cropping system should be recommended for better soil quality and yield sustainability in North West India. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1268182025-10-26T13:01:22Z Impact of long term conservation agriculture on soil quality under cereal based systems of North West India Roy, Dibakar Datta, Ashim Jat, Hanuman Sahay Choudhary, Madhu Sharma, Parbodh Chander Singh, Pankaj K. Jat, Mangi Lal conservation agriculture soil quality zero tillage residues crop yield Soil quality is of utmost essential for yield sustainability of intensive cereal based cropping system in North West Indo Gangetic plains of India. Hence, we evaluated long-term (10 years) effect of conservation agriculture (CA) practices on soil quality improvement under six different cropping scenarios (Sc), i.e. Sc1-represented by transplanted puddled rice (TPR) followed by conventional tilled broadcasted wheat (CT-wheat) with residue removal, Sc2-TPR rice followed by zero tillage (ZT) wheat and ZT-mung bean with partial residue retention, Sc3-direct seeded rice (DSR) followed by ZT-wheat and ZT-mung bean with full residue retention, Sc4-DSR is replaced by ZT-maize followed by ZT-wheat and ZT-mung bean, Sc5 and Sc6 were – Sc3 integrated with sub surface drip irrigation (SDI) and Sc4 + SDI, respectively. Soil samples were collected from 0 to 5, 5–15 and 15–30 cm soil depth from each scenario after harvesting of wheat in 2019. Results showed that, reduction in bulk density (BD), soil penetration resistance (SPR) and enhancement of water holding capacity and infiltration were associated with CA based scenarios (Sc3–Sc6). Scenario 3 recorded lowest BD of 1.39 and 1.58 g cm−3 at 0–5 and 5–15 cm soil depth, respectively. CA based Sc6 recorded highest infiltration rate (1.48 cm hr−1) and lowest was associated with Sc1 (0.5 cm hr−1). The enrichment of soil organic carbon (SOC) content, stock, available nitrogen and potassium was mainly confined to upper surface soil layer (0–5 cm). The SOC content and stock in CA based scenarios (average of Sc3 to Sc6) was 41–57 and 69–94% higher than Sc1 at 0–5 cm soil layer. Available nitrogen was increased by 23–50 and 64–98% and available potassium increased by 13–28 and 42–71% in 0–5 and 5–15 cm soil depth, respectively in CA based scenarios over Sc1. Similarly, microbial biomass carbon (MBC) and dehydrogenase (DHA) activity in top soil layer under CA based scenarios was increased by 177–195 and 67–107% over Sc1, respectively. The maximum SQI was registered with Sc6 (0.91) followed by Sc4 (0.89) and least was recorded in Sc1 (0.65) at 0–5 cm soil depth. Maize-wheat based cropping system recorded higher SQI over rice–wheat based cropping system. Sustainable yield index was strongly related with key soil quality indicators and also positively correlated with SQI. Thus our study suggests that CA based maize-wheat-mung bean cropping system should be recommended for better soil quality and yield sustainability in North West India. 2022-01 2023-01-11T09:02:23Z 2023-01-11T09:02:23Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/126818 en Limited Access Elsevier Roy, D., Datta, A., Jat, H.S., Choudhary, M., Sharma, P.C., Singh, P.K. and Jat, M.L. 2022. Impact of long term conservation agriculture on soil quality under cereal based systems of North West India. Geoderma 405, 115391. |
| spellingShingle | conservation agriculture soil quality zero tillage residues crop yield Roy, Dibakar Datta, Ashim Jat, Hanuman Sahay Choudhary, Madhu Sharma, Parbodh Chander Singh, Pankaj K. Jat, Mangi Lal Impact of long term conservation agriculture on soil quality under cereal based systems of North West India |
| title | Impact of long term conservation agriculture on soil quality under cereal based systems of North West India |
| title_full | Impact of long term conservation agriculture on soil quality under cereal based systems of North West India |
| title_fullStr | Impact of long term conservation agriculture on soil quality under cereal based systems of North West India |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact of long term conservation agriculture on soil quality under cereal based systems of North West India |
| title_short | Impact of long term conservation agriculture on soil quality under cereal based systems of North West India |
| title_sort | impact of long term conservation agriculture on soil quality under cereal based systems of north west india |
| topic | conservation agriculture soil quality zero tillage residues crop yield |
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