The Effect of Reservoir Cultivation on Conventional Maize in Sandy-Loam Soil

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00027031%3A_____%2F23%3AN0000064" target="_blank" >RIV/00027031:_____/23:N0000064 - isvavai.cz</a>

Alternative codes found

RIV/60460709:41310/23:94791

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/13/6/1201" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/13/6/1201</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/agriculture13061201" target="_blank" >10.3390/agriculture13061201</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The Effect of Reservoir Cultivation on Conventional Maize in Sandy-Loam Soil

Original language description

Maize grown on sloped areas is susceptible to surface runoff and soil erosion, especially if traditional technology with tillage is employed. As a result, other solutions are being sought that address this risk and are acceptable to farmers. The combination of inter-row cultivation with the formation of small reservoirs appears to be a suitable alternative solution applicable in traditional corn cultivation. In the years 2020, 2021, and 2022, three plots of land in southern Bohemia, Czech Republic, were selected for testing, on which this approach was tested. During the field experiments, three variants were compared each year: inter-row cultivation with reservoirs, inter-row cultivation only, and a control without any mechanical intervention. All variants were subjected to rain simulation, from which the surface runoff was evaluated. The highest retention of runoff was manifested with reservoir cultivation by 2.4–4.2 min, compared to the cultivated variant, and 2–4.2 min compared to the control. This result would correspond to a difference of 5.7–9.8 mm retained precipitation and 4.6 to 7.3 mm, respectively. The hydraulic conductivity of the soil was evaluated after canopy closure. The lowest values were invariably reached in the reservoirs, up to 88% lower than with the cultivated variant and 79% lower than the control. The fresh matter yield of forage maize was shown to be inconclusively higher by up to 10% in 2020 and 2022 in cultivation with reservoirs. However, the dry matter yield was always lower in the variant with reservoirs compared to inter-row cultivation only. Overall, reservoir cultivation appears to be an effective method for the retention of rainwater on agricultural land with a slope up to 6° without a significant effect on the yield of maize.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

40101 - Agriculture

Project

<a href="/en/project/QK1910324" target="_blank" >QK1910324: Precision soil management system for maize production</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Agriculture

ISSN

2077-0472

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

13

Issue of the periodical within the volume

6

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

12

Pages from-to

1201

UT code for WoS article

001013773600001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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