BACKGROUND Long-term tillage has been shown to induce water stress episode during crop growth period due to low water retention capacity. It is unclear whether integrated water conservation tillage systems, such asspringdeepinter-row subsoiling with annual or biennial repetitions, can be developed to alleviate this issue while improve crop productivity. METHODS Experimentswere carried out in ...

Drought stress leaves deleterious effects on growth of maize plant while potassium plays an important role in reducing such deleterious effects. To study the role of potassium on maize plant grown under drought stress an experiment was conducted at Postgraduate Agricultural Research Station, Faisalabad, Pakistan. Maize hybrids 32-F-10 (drought tolerant) and YH-1898 (drought sensitive) were grow...

Cover crop (CC) species selection can contribute to reducing soil penetration resistance (brassica species), improved nitrogen (N) cycling (legume and suppression of weeds (grass species). However, one the main concerns about including CCs in water-limited environments is water use consequences subsequent crops. To determine effects individual CC under environments, we evaluated fall spring bio...

High ambient temperature is one of the most alarming climatic factors in challenging productivity and sustainability crops worldwide. An effective way to cope this problem development climate smart, heat resilient maize hybrids through evaluating cultivated germplasm. The main objective current study was evaluate local multinational for their performance under optimal stress conditions devise a...

The increase in irrigated maize plantings Northern China has increased the demand for irrigation water region, resulting chronic shortages drier years. Efficient and use are essential sustainable development management of resources area. This research applied DSSAT-maize Loess Plateau (Fenhe basin) to determine suitable optimum sowing dates ensure stability spring production. model was calibrat...

Slow-release nitrogen fertiliser can potentially increase crop production and improve use efficiency. However, it is unclear that are suitable for different regions crops in the northeast of China. Therefore, according to soil climate characteristics, we investigated synchronised relationships between slow release maize requirements. Experiments were conducted at Shenyang Agricultural Universit...