Rainwater, soil and nutrient conservation in rainfed rice lands in Eastern India
Rainwater, soil and nutrient conservation in rainfed rice lands in Eastern India
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印度东部雨养稻田的雨水、土壤和养分保护
DOI:
10.1016/s0378-3774(98)00052-3
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发表时间:
1998
影响因子:
6.7
通讯作者:
S. Singh
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作者:
A. Mishra;A. K. Ghorai;S. Singh
In rainfed rice ecosystem, conservation of rainwater to maximum extent can reduce the supplemental irrigation water requirement of the crop and drainage need of the catchment. The results of 3 years of experimental study on the above stated aspects in diked rice fields with various weir heights (6–30cm at an interval of 4cm) revealed that about 56.75% and 99.5% of the rainfall can be stored in 6 and 30cm weir height plots, respectively. Sediment losses of 347.8kg/ha and 3.3kg/ha have been recorded in runoff water coming out of 6cm and 30cm weir height plots, respectively in a cropping season. Similarly, total Kjeldahl nitrogen (TKN) loss in runoff water from rice field ranged from 4.23kg/ha (6cm weir height plots) to 0.17kg/ha (26cm weir height plots) and available potassium loss ranged from 2.20kg/ha (6cm weir height plots) to 0.04kg/ha (30cm weir height plots). Conservation of rainwater in rice fields with various weir heights could not create any significant impact on grain yield differences, leaf area index and other biometric characters. Irrigation requirement of 18cm and above weir height plots was found to be half of the requirement of 6cm weir height plots. Keeping in view the aspects of conserving rainwater, sediment and nutrient and minimizing irrigation requirement, 22–26cm of dike height is considered to be suitable for rice fields of Bhubaneswar region.