Acta Agriculturae Zhejiangensis ›› 2021, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (1): 8-17.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-1524.2021.01.02

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Effects of different tillage depth and amount of straw returned to the field on maize growth under drip-irrigation

LIU Genhong(), XUE Yinxin, ZHANG Qian, ZHOU Jiarui, MAI Xiaofeng   

  1. College of Agriculture, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, China
  • Received:2020-06-19 Online:2021-01-25 Published:2021-01-25

Abstract:

Drip irrigation has gradually become a new resource-saving cultivation method in the irrigation area of Ningxia; however, the depth of tillage and the amount of straw returned to the field under drip irrigation were not clear. The experiment was conducted to study suitable tillage depth and the level of returning straw to field under drip irrigation. Tianci No. 19 was the test maize material, and the split-plot experiment design was adopted. The main plot was tillage depth with three levels of 0.25-0.30 m, 0.30-0.35 m, 0.35~0.40 m, and the amount of straw returned to field was quarter, one third and one half of the straw amount returned to field in conventional cultivation. The results showed that the effects of different treatments on the growth index and yield of maize were different, and the difference between the treatments was significant (P<0.01) at the level of 0.30~0.35 m of tillage depth and one third of the straw amount returned to field. In this treatment, the soil temperature of 0-0.2 m at seedling stage increased obviously, the maximum difference was 1.5 ℃, the increase rate was 8.6%, the photosynthetic rate (PSA) at silking-filling stage was 34.5% higher than the lowest treatment, the 100-grain weight was 6% higher than the lowest treatment, the filling rate (GFA) at 20 days after pollination was 26.9% higher than the lowest treatment, the yield was 14 781.9 kg·hm-2, and the yield was 16.3% higher than the lowest treatment. But different treatments had different effects on plant height, leaf area index (LAI) and ear diameter. The treatment one half amount of straw returned to field and 0.25-0.30 m of tillage depth had significant effects on plant height, LAI at jointing stage and ear diameter. It was concluded that the main field growth characters were good at the level of 0.30-0.35 m tillage depth and one third of the straw amount returned to the field. The ear length, ear diameter and 100-grain weight of ear characters were all better than other treatments, and the yield was the highest, which was suitable for promotion in irrigation area.

Key words: maize, tillage depth, straw amount return to field, farming methods

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