Effect of row spacing, deep ripping, gypsum, water harvesting furrow and mulching crops grown on hard setting sodic soils

Authors

Shahab Pathan, Department of Primary Industries and Regional DevelopmentFollow
David Hall, Department of Primary Industries and Regional DevelopmentFollow
Glen Riethmuller, Department of Primary Industries and Regional DevelopmentFollow

Publication Date

25-2-2019

Series Number

DAW00242

Publisher

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

City

Perth

Abstract

• Depth of sowing is critical and difficult to control on deep ripped/cultivated heavy-textured soils.
• Crop establishment was negatively affected by the deep ripping treatments, mainly due to cloddy seedbeds and furrow infill.
• Wide row spacing (60 cm) has no yield benefits over narrow row spacing (30 cm), and treatments effects depend on seasonal variability.

Disciplines

Agronomy and Crop Sciences | Soil Science

Recommended Citation

Pathan, S, Hall, D, and Riethmuller, G. (2019), Effect of row spacing, deep ripping, gypsum, water harvesting furrow and mulching crops grown on hard setting sodic soils. Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC), Perth. Report DAW00242.
https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/fc_researchrpts/13

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