Influence of Water Mulches on Soil Temperatures and Sweet Corn and Green Bean Production

Bowers, S. A.

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“…The water mulch restricts energy loss by absorbing all long wave radiation from the soil and re-radiating at a lower temperature. Therefore the effect is a dampening of the diurnal fluctuations of soil temperature (Bowers, 1968 and. The relationship between soil temperature and soil depth at varying time during the growth stages of peanut crop are presented in Table 2.…”

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Influence of soil surface manipulation on soil temperature in relation to peanut production

Khan

Rahman

Singh

2013

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Soil temperature is recognised as one of the most important factors in crop production. Some degree of manual control of soil temperature is possible through regulation of soil surface cover. The effect of eight mulch treatments ( rice husk, rice husk incorporated, paddy straw, saw dust, water mulch, transparent polyethylene, black polyethylene and bare) on the soil temperature during various growth phases of peanut crop (Arachis hypogaea L.) were investigated on a lateritic sandy loam soil (ultisols). These experiments were conducted for two consecutive seasons. Plastic mulches raised the temperature upto 5 0 C generally during afternoon whereas vegetative mulches depressed the same. Between the plastic mulches, black polyethylene covered field recorded lower soil temperature (upto 2 0 C) than the transparent one. Water mulches due to their high specific heat capacity acted as a heat sink during the day and heat source at night. The vegetative mulches suppressed the soil temperature and did not allow the radiant energy to contact the soil directly and emitted back the energy to the atmosphere. Among the vegetative mulches, rice husk and saw dust proved better than paddy straw and rice husk incorporated. The type and amount of soil cover which modify micro-climate and soil edaphic environment, may help to plan the farming practice for better crop growth and production.

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Influence of soil surface manipulation on soil temperature in relation to peanut production

Khan

Rahman

Singh

2013

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“…Regarding soil temperature control, while many articles report the use of plastics as mulch (Bowers, 1968;Maher et al 1984;Guttormsen, 1992;Larrea and Suzuki, 1997;Li et al, 2003), fewer describe the use of lithic materials (Othieno and Ahn,1980;Nachtergaele et al, 1998;Woldeab et al, 1994;Tejedor et al, 2000;Díaz, 2004). In Kenya, Othieno and Ahn, 1980, found the temperature in soils covered with ground volcanic rock to be higher than in unmulched soils.…”

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Influence of management with salic mulch on soil temperature

Neris

Rodríguez-Paz²,

Jiménez³

et al. 2005

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The use of salic pyroclasts as soil mulch is a common management practice in arid conditions in southern and south-eastern parts of the island of Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain). It forms the basis for a traditional farming technique, which is known locally as 'jable'. In its various forms the practice, used at heights of 300-1500 metres, covers an area of 3,850 hectares. The present work examines its influence on soil temperature and particularly on the estimation of Classes of Soil Temperature (Soil Survey Staff, 1999). Soil temperature was measured monthly at 50 cm depth in six covered plots and in adjacent uncovered plots, all located at different altitudes: 325-375, 600, 825 and 1275 m. In each season, measurements were also taken at 0, 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 cm. The thickness of the mulch covering varied between 23 cm and 43 cm. The natural altitudinal soils sequence was as follows: aridisols, vertisols and vertic inceptisols, and inceptisols. The covered soil is currently used to grow grapes and/or potatoes while the natural soil has natural vegetation. The results evidence the buffering effect of the system, which is more marked at the lower heights of the sequence. Whereas the natural soils have a hyperthermic temperature regime (annual soil temperature, mean ≥ 22ºC, and a difference between mean summer temperature, mst, and mean winter temperature, mwt, > 6ºC) the soils under the pumice are isohyperthermic (mean ≥ 22ºC and mst-mwt < 6ºC). At approximately 600 m, the natural soils are thermic (15≤mean<22ºC and mst-mwt >6ºC) and the covered soils are isothermic (mst-mwt < 6ºC). This situation is maintained up to 800/900 m, where the buffering effect of the pumice is less pronounced. The temperature profiles are also influenced by the system. In the natural soils, temperature decreases with depth, while in the covered soils this occurs only in summer. The management system helps prevent high temperatures and enables the soil to be used for farming.

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Influence of Water Mulches on Soil Temperatures and Sweet Corn and Green Bean Production

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Influence of soil surface manipulation on soil temperature in relation to peanut production

Influence of soil surface manipulation on soil temperature in relation to peanut production

Influence of management with salic mulch on soil temperature

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