Effect of Tillage Management Practices on Soil Physical Properties and Yield of Groundnut in Rice-based Cropping System

Authors

  • S. Ramachandran National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning, Regional Centre, Jorhat, Assam (785 004), India
  • C. Nagender Rao Dept. of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, College of Agriculture, Rajendra Nagar, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh (500 030), India
  • D. Dinesh ICAR - Indian Institute of Soil & Water Conservation, Research Centre, Udhagamandalam, Tamil Nadu (643 004), India
  • R. Srinivasan ICAR- National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning, Regional Centre, Salt lake, Kolkata (700 091), India
  • M. Sankar ICAR - Indian Institute of Soil & Water Conservation, Kaulagarh Road, Dehradun, Uttarakhand (248 195), India
  • T. Ramesh ICAR - Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute (ATARI), Umiam, Barapani, Meghalaya (793103), India
  • Shelton Padua National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning, Regional Centre, Jorhat, Assam (785 004), India

Keywords:

Tillage methods, planting methods, direct seeding rice, groundnut

Abstract

A Field experiment was conducted to investigate the influence different tillage practices in groundnut yield after different planting method of rice on changes in soil physical properties. Experiment was conducted in a split-plot design with three planting methods of rice viz., Direct seeding of rice, transplanting of rice after puddling and in situ green manuring and transplanting of rice after puddling as main plots and three tillage treatments for groundnut ploughing i.e., Ploughing once+harrowing twice; Ploughing twice+harrowing thrice and Ploughing twice+rotavator twice as sub plots.  The result showed that lower bulk density and penetration resistance, MWD and higher porosity, hydraulic conductivity and infiltration rate were influenced by tillage and planting method as well as their interaction. Among tillage methods, ploughing twice+rotavator twice registered higher pod yield of 2.17 t ha-1 which was higher than other tillage treatments. Among planting methods, in situ green manuring and transplanting of rice after puddling recorded significantly higher ground nut pod yield of 2.26 t ha-1 which was 9.49 and 19.6% higher than other planting methods treatments respectively. Ploughing twice+rotavator twice with direct seeding of rice was the superior combination than other treatment combinations with respect to pod yield and yield attributes which in turn indicated by congenial soil physical properties. It was inferred that ploughing with mould board plough followed by rotavator in direct seeding of rice planting it was method favorable for improve groundnut productivity in rice-groundnut system.

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Published

2023-06-03

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Ramachandran S, Rao CN, Dinesh D, Srinivasan R, Sankar M, Ramesh T, et al. Effect of Tillage Management Practices on Soil Physical Properties and Yield of Groundnut in Rice-based Cropping System. IJBSM [Internet]. 2023 Jun. 3 [cited 2025 Sep. 10];6(Dec, 6):765-77. Available from: https://ojs.pphouse.org/index.php/IJBSM/article/view/796

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Vol. 6 No. Dec, 6 (2015)

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