Significance of Partial Root Zone Drying and Mulches for Water Saving and Weed Suppression in Wheat | [Abstract Book on Global Science Technology and Management Conference • 2023]

Author(s):

1. Salman Ahmad: Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture & Environment, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan

2. Muhammad Aown Sammar Raza: Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture & Environment, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan

3. Muhammad Ali: Institute of Agro-Industry and Environment, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan

4. Muhammad Farrukh Saleem: University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Department of Agronomy, Faisalabad, Pakistan

5. Rashid Iqbal: Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture & Environment, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan

6. Usman Aslam: Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture & Environment, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan

7. Imran Haider: National Research Center of Intercropping, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan

Abstract:

One of the main negative effects of climate change is the increasing scarcity of water worldwide. Wheat is the second major staple food of the world and drought is the main factor affecting its production. In order to ensure food security, there is need to adopt easy and economic techniques for increasing crop production under limited water resources. Two of the effective techniques are; use of ground covers and partial root zone drying (PRD). Experiments were comprised of two irrigation methods (I1 = irrigation on both sides of roots and I2 = irrigation to only one side of root as alternate irrigation) and four ground covers (M0 = open ground without any cover, M1 = black plastic cover, M2 = wheat straw cover and M4 = cotton sticks cover). Results revealed that more spike length, number of spikelets and grains were foundin full irrigation treatment. While water use efficiency and grain nutrient (NPK) contents were more in PRD. All soil covers suppress the weeds and significantly influenced the yield attributes as well as the grain nutrient contents. However, black plastic cover performed the best. It was concluded that joint use of both techniques was more effective than their sole application and combination of PRD with black plastic mulch performed the best than rest of the treatments.

Page(s): 233-233

DOI: DOI not available

Published: Journal: Abstract Book on Global Science Technology and Management Conference, Volume: 0, Issue: 0, Year: 2023

Keywords:

Wheat , mulches , weed suppression , Root Zone Drying

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