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Effect of Crop Residues on Soils Properties and Crop Yield in Wheat-rice Cropping Pattern

M. Bodruzzaman
Wheat Research Centre, BAR

M.A. Sadat
Wheat Research Centre, BAR

M.A.Z. Sarker
Wheat Research Centre, BAR

M. J. Uddin
Wheat Research Centre, BAR

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

A long-term experiment was initiated during the year 2003-2004 at wheat Research Center to know the effects of crop residues on wheat-rice cropping pattern. The treatments were 1) Residues removed from the plots, 2) 1/2 residues of both wheat and rice crops remain in the plots, 3) 1/3 residues of both wheat and rice crops remain in the plots, 4) 1/2 residues of wheat remain in the plots, 5) 1/3 residues of wheat remain in the plots, 6) 1/2 residues of rice remain in the plots, 7) 1/3 residues of rice remain in the plots. Data on the yields of 10 crop cycles were taken. The rice yield was responded after addition of crop residues in all the seasons. However, wheat yield was responded during 2005-2006, 2007-2008, 2010-11 and thereafter following residues addition. Although wheat yield was not significantly responded to addition of crop residues in each year, addition of crop residues produced numerically higher yield compared to residues removed treatment. The highest yields of both the crops were obtained in 1/2 residues of both the crops remaining treatment. Percent mean yield increase over the years was found as 10 and 16 in ½ residues of both crops remaining treatment than residues removed plot for wheat and rice, respectively. The soil analysis data after 5 and 9 crop cycles indicated that soil pH and S was unchanged irrespective of the treatments. Soil pH, available P and, % of OM, % of total N and exchangeable K enhanced in plots where crop residues were added than crop residues removed.

Keywords: Crop residues, Soil fertility, Productivity, Wheat-rice cropping pattern

Location: Dinajpur,

Start Date: 00-00-2013

End Date: 00-00-2014

Program Area: Farming System

Commodity: Wheat, Rice

Objectives:

To observe the performance of crop residues to sustain soil fertility and productivity in wheat-rice cropping pattern.

Methodology:

A long-term experiment had been initiated in 2003-04 cropping season in the farm of Wheat Research Centre (WRC), Dinajpur, Bangladesh (25^o38^/N, 88^o41^/ E, 38.2m above the sea level) with wheat-rice cropping system under old Himalayan piedmont plain and the experiment is being continued. The yield of the 10-years were studies in this paper. The soil of the experimental site was sandy loam and slightly acidic in nature. The experiment consisted of 7 treatments was laid out in a randomized complete block design with 4 replications. The treatments were: 1) Residues removed from the plots, 2) 1/2 residues of both crops remained in the plots, 3) 1/3 residues of both crops remained in the plots, 4) 1/2 residues of wheat remained in the plots, 5) 1/3 residues of wheat remained in the plots, 6) 1/2 residues of rice remained in the plots, 7) 1/3 residues of rice remained in the plots. Although the experiment has been initiated during wheat growing season in 2003-04, the treatments were imposed from 2^nd crop of rice in 1^st crop cycle and therefore, the wheat yield of the 1^st season was not recorded. The straw of the both crops with the above mentioning portions for different treatments was chopped and incorporated with the soils by ploughing after harvesting each crop immediately. The dry residues of the crops was added 52.3, 39.50, 24.46, 17.23, 27.83 and 17.93 t/ha in 1/2 residues of both crops, 1/3 residues of both crops remained in the plots, 1/2 of wheat, 1/3 of wheat, 1/2 of rice and 1/3 of rice remained in the plots, respectively during the 10-years studies. The blanket dose of NPKSZn was applied in each treatments for both rice and wheat. The rates of chemical fertilizers for both wheat and rice were 26 kg P, 33 kg K, 20 kg S and 4 kg Zn ha^-1. However, the rate of nitrogen was 100 and 70 kg ha^-1 for growing wheat and monsoon rice, respectively. Chemical fertilizers were applied as recommended time and methods for the crops. Wheat seed @ 120 kg ha^-1 was sown on optimum time (last week of November) every year and the crop was harvested at the maturity (normally 115 days after sowing). Thirty days old seedlings of monsoon rice were transplanted on last week of July in each year and the crop was harvested at maturity on the 2^nd week of November. Three irrigation were applied for wheat at 18, 52 and 72 days after sowing (DAS). The rice was grown with natural rain, but single irrigation was applied in the 1^st week of October if necessary. Weeding was done once for wheat after 1^st irrigation and for rice 25 days after transplanting. Plant protection measures viz. insecticide and fungicide sprays were not necessary since the wheat crop remains free from insect and pathogen attack. But in monsoon rice, Marshal, an insecticide @ 1.0 litre ha^-1 was applied twice to control stem borers. The surface soil (0-15 cm) was sampled from individual plot after completion of 5 and 9 crop cycles and chemically analyzed in laboratory to determine pH following 1:1 soil-water suspension by glass electrode pH meter (Mclean, 1982), available P (Bray and Kurtz, 1945) and S (Page et al., 1982), and exchangeable K (Knudsen et al., 1982). Data were statistically analyzed with MSTAT following the F-test and the mean comparisons were made by DMRT at 5% level of probability.

Source of Information: Annual Research Report, Wheat Research Centre, BAR--2-13-14

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Achievement/Findings:

The yield of wheat was responded in 2005-06, 2007-08, 2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13 and 2013-14 among the treatments and the yield was not significantly differed in 2004-05, 2006-07, 2008-09 and 2009-10. The highest grain yield was obtained in 1/2 residues of both crops remaining treatment in all season. That was significantly higher than control when crop was responded by added residues. Although yield was statistically similar in residues receiving treatments compared to residues removed in other years, residues receiving treatments produced numerically higher yield than residues removed. Among the residues remain treatments ½ residues of both crops remaining plot produced significantly or numerically higher yields than any other residues retained treatments. The mean percent yield advantage was 10 in 1/2 residues of both crops remaining treatment compared to residues removed. The spikes sterility was recorded irrespective the treatments that resulted in lower yield in all treatments in 2006-07 than other years.

Results indicated that residues remaining treatments produced higher yield of crops and enhanced soil fertility than residues removed. In Bangladesh, rice crop occupies all most all of total cultivable lands in monsoon rice season. Again, in winter, the wheat covers 0.4 million hectare of land. The recycling of crop residues has the great potential to return a considerable amount of plant nutrients to the soil in the rice based crop production systems. Particularly the rice-wheat cropping system is the most intensive production system in the country. The yield stagnation consequent upon the declining soil organic matter and soil fertility is a major threat to this system. This threat could be minimize by managing crop residues effectively and efficiently for enhancing soil organic matter and maintaining the sustainability of production in rice- wheat system.

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