Managing Irrigated Crop Residue

The effect of crop residue layers on evapotranspiration, growth and yield of irrigated sugarcane† FC Olivier* and A Singels

A layer of harvest residues from the previous crop can reduce wasteful evaporation from the soil surface and thereby increase the efficiency of use of limited water resources for agricultural production. The practice of harvesting sugarcane green and leaving crop residues in the field, as opposed to burning the residue, has been re-adopted in many sugarcane industries worldwide. However, a bett...

Soilborne Pathogens of Cereals in an Irrigated Cropping System: Effects of Tillage, Residue Management, and Crop Rotation

Irrigated crops are produced on 645,000 ha in east-central Washington and northcentral Oregon (1). Approximately 70% of this cropland is irrigated with water diverted from rivers, while water for the remaining hectares is pumped from deep wells. Much of the irrigated cropland is found in areas of less than 200 mm annual precipitation, where dryland farming is difficult or impossible. Wind erosi...

Managing Phosphorus for Crop Production

Phosphorus is a macronutrient that plays a number of important roles in plants. It is a component of nucleic acids, so it plays a vital role in plant reproduction, of which grain production is an important result. It is also critical in biological energy transfer processes that are vital for life and growth. Adequate phosphorus results in higher grain production, improved crop quality, greater ...

Crop Residue Based Densified Total Mixed Ration

Classification of Crop Yield Variability in Irrigated Production Fields

yield map represent grain mixed from a certain area, and some uncertainty is associated with the exact size Crop yield maps reflect stable yield patterns and annual random and geographical location of this area as well as meayield variation. Procedures for classifying a sequence of yield maps surement error. For the same location, this uncertainty to delineate yield zones were evaluated in two ...