نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی
نویسنده
بخش تحقیقات خاک و آب، مرکز تحقیقات و آموزش کشاورزی و منابع طبیعی خراسان رضوی، سازمان تحقیقات، آموزش و ترویج کشاورزی، مشهد، ایران
چکیده
کلیدواژهها
عنوان مقاله [English]
نویسنده [English]
Studying the soil physical characteristics is essential for water productivity in agriculture. Accordingly, this research was conducted in Torogh Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Station in Khorasan-Razavi Province, north-eastern Iran, to investigate the relationships between soil physical characteristics and corn (Zea Maize) yield. Thirty plots (with areas of 15 m2) with different soil textures and organic carbon contents were selected as experimental plots. Corn was cultivated manually and the cultivation operations were done uniformly. Plots were irrigated using a tanker and water meter, and all plots were irrigated equally at the same day in each irrigation. Soil samples were taken from the plots and 35 soil physical characteristics were determined. The statistical relationships between corn water productivity (kg biomass/m-3 water) and soil physical characteristics were analyzed using principal component analysis (PCA), Pearson correlation coefficient, multiple linear regression, and path analysis. The results showed that 78% of the variations in corn water productivity could be explained by three factors of soil PAW100 (Field Capacity at matric head of 100 cm), EI (PAW330) (FC at matric head of 330 cm), and mean equivalent pore diameter. Therefore these three factors could be considered as the most important soil physical characteristics affecting water productivity in silage corn.
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