Effect of 6 years of continous cultivation by no-till or pudding systems on soil properties and rice yield of a clay soil

Rice response to no-till and puddling methods of seedbed preparation were evaluated for four levels of N application: 0, 50, 100 and 150 kg ha−1 N. Growing 11 consecutive crops of rice on an Aeric Tropaquent in southwestern Nigeria produced mean grain yields of 3.5 and 5.5 t ha−1 with no-till and 3....

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Autor principal: Lal, R.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 1986
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/175978
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description Rice response to no-till and puddling methods of seedbed preparation were evaluated for four levels of N application: 0, 50, 100 and 150 kg ha−1 N. Growing 11 consecutive crops of rice on an Aeric Tropaquent in southwestern Nigeria produced mean grain yields of 3.5 and 5.5 t ha−1 with no-till and 3.9 and 5.6 t ha−1 with puddling systems at 0 and 150 kg ha−1 N per crop, respectively. In general, puddled treatments yielded more at a low level of N than no-till plots and the rice grain yields were lower for the second than the first growing seasons. The mean organic carbon content measured after 6 years in the 0–5-cm layer was 2.2. and 1.7% (w/w), respectively, for the no-till and the puddled seedbeds. In the 5–10-cm layers, however, the no-tilled soil contained less organic carbon than the puddled, viz. 1.1 and 1.7% (w/w), respectively. The mean bulk densities of no-till and puddled soils were 0.96 and 1.24 Mg m−3 for the 0–1-cm layer and 1.07 Mg m−3 for the 1–2-cm layer. The clay content of the 0–1-cm layer was higher in the puddled (36.6%, w/w) than in the no-till treatment (34.0%, w/w). The surface 0–1- and 1–2-cm layers of the no-till system retained significantly more water at water potentials from 3 kPa to 1.5 MPa than the puddled soil, viz. 66.5 vs. 51.1% (w/w) for the 0–1-cm depth and 51.1 vs 49.5% (w/w) for the 1–2-cm depth at 3 kPa and 24.7 vs. 21.5% (w/w) for the 0–1-cm depth and 20.5 vs 20.2% (w/w) for the 1–2-cm depth at 1.5 MPa, respectively. The differences in soil moisture retention in favor of no-till were more pronounced at high than at low soil moisture potentials.
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spelling CGSpace1759782025-11-11T10:04:01Z Effect of 6 years of continous cultivation by no-till or pudding systems on soil properties and rice yield of a clay soil Lal, R. puddling oryza sativa seedbed preparation rice organic carbon soil Rice response to no-till and puddling methods of seedbed preparation were evaluated for four levels of N application: 0, 50, 100 and 150 kg ha−1 N. Growing 11 consecutive crops of rice on an Aeric Tropaquent in southwestern Nigeria produced mean grain yields of 3.5 and 5.5 t ha−1 with no-till and 3.9 and 5.6 t ha−1 with puddling systems at 0 and 150 kg ha−1 N per crop, respectively. In general, puddled treatments yielded more at a low level of N than no-till plots and the rice grain yields were lower for the second than the first growing seasons. The mean organic carbon content measured after 6 years in the 0–5-cm layer was 2.2. and 1.7% (w/w), respectively, for the no-till and the puddled seedbeds. In the 5–10-cm layers, however, the no-tilled soil contained less organic carbon than the puddled, viz. 1.1 and 1.7% (w/w), respectively. The mean bulk densities of no-till and puddled soils were 0.96 and 1.24 Mg m−3 for the 0–1-cm layer and 1.07 Mg m−3 for the 1–2-cm layer. The clay content of the 0–1-cm layer was higher in the puddled (36.6%, w/w) than in the no-till treatment (34.0%, w/w). The surface 0–1- and 1–2-cm layers of the no-till system retained significantly more water at water potentials from 3 kPa to 1.5 MPa than the puddled soil, viz. 66.5 vs. 51.1% (w/w) for the 0–1-cm depth and 51.1 vs 49.5% (w/w) for the 1–2-cm depth at 3 kPa and 24.7 vs. 21.5% (w/w) for the 0–1-cm depth and 20.5 vs 20.2% (w/w) for the 1–2-cm depth at 1.5 MPa, respectively. The differences in soil moisture retention in favor of no-till were more pronounced at high than at low soil moisture potentials. 1986 2025-08-05T12:44:49Z 2025-08-05T12:44:49Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/175978 en Limited Access application/pdf Lal, R. (1986). Effects of 6 years of continuous no-till or puddling systems on soil properties and rice (Oryza sativa) yield of a loamy soil. Soil and Tillage Research, 8, 181-200.
spellingShingle puddling
oryza sativa
seedbed preparation
rice
organic carbon
soil
Lal, R.
Effect of 6 years of continous cultivation by no-till or pudding systems on soil properties and rice yield of a clay soil
title Effect of 6 years of continous cultivation by no-till or pudding systems on soil properties and rice yield of a clay soil
title_full Effect of 6 years of continous cultivation by no-till or pudding systems on soil properties and rice yield of a clay soil
title_fullStr Effect of 6 years of continous cultivation by no-till or pudding systems on soil properties and rice yield of a clay soil
title_full_unstemmed Effect of 6 years of continous cultivation by no-till or pudding systems on soil properties and rice yield of a clay soil
title_short Effect of 6 years of continous cultivation by no-till or pudding systems on soil properties and rice yield of a clay soil
title_sort effect of 6 years of continous cultivation by no till or pudding systems on soil properties and rice yield of a clay soil
topic puddling
oryza sativa
seedbed preparation
rice
organic carbon
soil
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/175978
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