Effects of plastic-hole mulching on effective rainfall and readily available soil moisture under soybean (Glycine max) cultivation

Kader, Mohammad Abdul; Senge, Masateru; Mojid, M. A.; Onishi, Toshikazu; Ito, Kei

doi:10.1007/s10333-017-0585-z

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“…The use of plastics as mulching in agriculture is called plasticulture (Kader et al 2017b) which is being used increasingly for producing fresh vegetables (Ibarra-Jiménez et al 2011; Kasirajan and Ngouajio 2012). In every year, around 1 million ton of plastic film mulch is used worldwide (Yu et al 2018).…”

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“…The main strength of mulching is to conserve soil moisture by reducing surface evaporation and controlling soil erosion (Qin et al 2016). Basically, mulching conserves soil water by reducing soil evaporation and regulating soil temperature which decreases irrigation demand during crop cultivation periods (Kader et al 2017b). Soil water and heat transfer mechanism under the mulching is important to increase the availability of the system for efficient use of mulching (Li et al 2018;Kader et al 2019).…”

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Mulching as water-saving technique in dryland agriculture: review article

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Agricultural water resources have been limited over the years due to global warming and irregular rainfall in the arid and semi-arid regions. To mitigate the water stress in agriculture, mulching has a crucial impact as a water-saving technique in rain-fed crop cultivation. It is important mainly for preserving soil moisture, relegating soil temperature, and limiting soil evaporation, which affects the crop yield. Mulching has many strategic effects on soil ecosystem, crop growth, and climate. Mulch insulates the soil, helping to provide a buffer from cold and hot temperatures that have a crucial activity in creating beautiful and protected landscapes. This study has accumulated a series of information about both organic and plastic mulch materials and its applicability on crop cultivation. Moreover, future research potentials of mulching with modeling were discussed to quantify water loss in agriculture.

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“…Application of plastic mulching material in modernize agriculture is termed as plasticulture, which is being used progressively for the production of fruits and vegetables (Kader et al, 2017b, Ibarra-Jiménez et al, 2011Kasirajan and Ngouajio, 2012). Approximately 10 lakh ton of plastic is used as plastic mulch in agriculture across the globe every year (Yu et al, 2018).…”

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Mulching Techniques to Conserve the Soil Water and Advance the Crop Production - A Review

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Seth

et al. 2020

Curr. World Environ

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The necessity to increase the production of food grains and enhances the quality of surrounding environment has leaded to find the materials to control or regulate the water and wind erosion. Mulching has become now a days an essential and decisive exercise in agricultural production. It lessens the application of herbicides and various chemical fertilizers, control the weeds and maintains the soil moisture and soil temperature. This article consists of the detail reviews of different research conducted on mulches and elaborate the opportunities that they resolving the problem in agriculture. The resources of water for agricultural operations have been inadequate over the years as a result of global warming and uneven or uncertain rainfall in the low rainfall zones of India. To alleviate the water scarcity in agriculture, mulching has a vital impact as a water conserving technique in rain-fed cropping. It is very important primarily for preserving the soil moisture, preventing evaporation of soil and governing the soil temperature, which affects the food production. India being an agricultural country should have a better admiration towards water conservation tactics. By now we are fighting from a great stress of water insufficiency. Each and every drop of water is important for us but inappropriately because of inattentiveness, we repeatedly waste gigantic volume of water in which 70 to 80 % is passed down for irrigation purpose. Mulching and micro- irrigation techniques can play a vital role in controlling the over and excessive irrigation. This practice assistance to prevent weed growth, increment soil moisture, reduce soil erosion, maintain soil temperature, augments soil structure, improves soil fertility and improvise soil biological regime. There are several categories of mulching which are organic mulching, inorganic mulching, natural mulching, synthetic mulching, surface mulching, upright mulching or vertical mulching, plastic mulching, rubber mulching, pebble or stone mulching, dust mulching, straw mulching, landscape fabric, live vegetative barriers etc. Mulching also shows some limitations beyond many advantages as it may harbor some insects, pests and diseases and also create some weed problems sometimes. The current analysis deals with argument of every single feature of mulching and it’s beneficiary effects.

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“…As an effective soil management measure in rain-fed areas, mulching has been recognized and widely used in many countries. Mulching has the functions of conserving soil moisture, reducing evaporation, improving soil fertility, adjusting soil temperature, etc., which are beneficial to promoting crop growth and water-use efficiency [14]. At present, several researchers have applied mulching measures (straw, plastic film, organic matter, gravel, pruned branches, gramineous and leguminous grass, rape cultivation, etc.)…”

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Mulching Measures Improve Soil Moisture in Rain-Fed Jujube (Ziziphus jujuba Mill.) Orchards in the Loess Hilly Region of China

Tang

Zhang

et al. 2021

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Water shortage is the main bottleneck restricting the sustainable development of rain-fed jujube (Ziziphus jujuba Mill.) orchards in the loess hilly region of China. Given the effect of mulching on soil moisture conservation, straw mulching (SM) and jujube branch mulching (BM) were applied to a rain-fed jujube orchard in this study. Soil moisture dynamics, soil water storage, water consumption, and soil moisture attenuation after typical rainfall under SM, BM, and clean tillage (CT) were studied. The results showed the following: (1) The 0–60 cm soil layer was the seasonal fluctuation layer of soil moisture under SM, BM, and CT in both the normal precipitation year and the dry year studied. The moisture contents of the 0–60, 60–160, and 160–280 cm soil layers under SM and BM were higher than that under CT in the three experimental years studied, and SM showed the most obvious effect of increasing soil moisture. (2) SM and BM showed a significant soil water storage effect in all of the jujube growth stages, and SM had a better water storage effect than BM. (3) SM reduced the amount of water consumption by 94.3, 60.8, and 121.3 mm compared to CT in the whole jujube growth period in 2014, 2015, and 2016, respectively. The amount of water consumption of BM decreased by 34.8 and 31.0 mm compared to that of CT in the whole growth period in 2014 and 2015, respectively. (4) CT had the maximum soil moisture loss rate under continuous drought after rainfall. The soil moisture loss rate of CT was above 37.3% on the eleventh day after typical rainfall in 2014, 2015, and 2016. With the extension of drought, the soil moisture loss rate under SM increased slowly. This study suggests that SM is the best mulching measure for rain-fed jujube orchards, and pruned jujube branches can also be used for in situ mulching to obtain a certain moisture conservation effect.

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Effects of plastic-hole mulching on effective rainfall and readily available soil moisture under soybean (Glycine max) cultivation

Cited by 30 publications

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Mulching as water-saving technique in dryland agriculture: review article

Mulching as water-saving technique in dryland agriculture: review article

Mulching Techniques to Conserve the Soil Water and Advance the Crop Production - A Review

Mulching Measures Improve Soil Moisture in Rain-Fed Jujube (Ziziphus jujuba Mill.) Orchards in the Loess Hilly Region of China

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