Subsoil constraints in Vertosols: Crop water use, nutrient concentration, and grain yields of bread wheat, durum wheat, barley, chickpea, and canola

Australian Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 983-998

  Dang, Y P ^a   Routley, R ^b   McDonald, M ^b   Dalal, R C ^c   Singh, D K ^b   Orange, D ^a   Mann, M ^b  

^a Department of Natural Resources Mines and Water ^*  (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chloride toxicity; Crop lower limit; Plant available water capacity; Salinity; Sodicity

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; BARLEY; CALCIUM; CANOLA; CHLORIDE; CHLORINE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHYTOTOXICITY; POTASSIUM; SALINITY; SATURATION; SODICITY; SODIUM; SOIL WATER; SUBSOIL; VERTISOL; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER USE; WHEAT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; CICER ARIETINUM; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM TURGIDUM SUBSP. DURUM;

EID: 33748314542     PISSN: 00049409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AR05268     Document Type: Article

References (51)

1. Arslan A, Dutt GR (1993) Solubility of gypsum and its prediction in aqueous solutions of mixed electrolytes. Soil Science 155, 37-47.
2. Chauhan RPS, Chauhan CPS (1985) Effect of P fertilizer on alleviating chloride toxicity in wheat. Fertilizer Research 6, 171-176. doi: 10.1007/BF01051011
3. Colwell JD (1963) The estimation of the phosphorus fertilizer requirements of wheat in southern New South Wales by soil analysis. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture and Animal Husbandry 3, 190-198. doi: 10.1071/EA9630190
4. Curtin D, Steppuhn H, Selles F (1993) Plant responses to sulfate and chloride salinity: growth and ionic relations. Soil Science Society of America Journal 57, 1304-1310.
5. Dalal RC, Blasi M, So HB (2002) High sodium levels in subsoil limits yields and water use in marginal cropping areas. Grains Research & Development Corporation Project No. DNR 6, Final Report.
6. Dalal RC, Strong WM, Weston EJ, Cooper JE, Wildermuth GB, Lehane KJ, King AJ, Holmes CJ (1998) Sustaining productivity of a Vertisol at Warra, Queensland, with fertilisers, no-till or legumes. 5. Wheat yields, nitrogen benefits, andwater-use efficiency of chickpea-wheat rotation. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 38, 489-501. doi: 10.1071/EA98027
7. Dalgliesh NP, Foale M (1998) 'Soil matters: monitoring soil water and nutrients in dryland farming.' (Agricultural Production Systems Research Unit: Toowoomba, Qld)
8. Dang YP, Dalal RC, Routley R, Schwenke GD, Daniells I (2006) Subsoil constraints to grain production in the cropping soils of the northeastern region of Australia. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 46, 19-35. doi: 10.1071/EA04079
9. Dang YP, Mehla AS, Chhabra R, Kumar S (1999) Sodicity induced yield losses and changes in mineral concentration of sugarcane genotypes. International Society of Sugar Cane Technologists XXIII Congress 23, 89-97.
10. Dang YP, Routley R, McDonald M, Dalal R, Alsemgeest V, Orange D (2004) Effects of chemical subsoil constraints on lower limit of plant available water for crops grown in southwest Queensland. In 'Proceedings for the 4th International Crop Science Congress'. Brisbane, Australia. (Eds T Fischer, N Turner, J Angus, L McIntyre, M Robertson, A Borrell) (www.regional.org.au/au/cs/ 2004/poster/1/3/1/1209 dangy.htm)
11. Day PR (1965) Particle fractionation and particle size analysis part 1. In 'Methods of soil analysis'. (Ed. CA Black) pp. 545-567. (American Society of Agronomy: Madison, WI)
12. El-Hendawy SE, Hu Y, Schmidhalter U (2005) Growth, ion content, gas exchange, and water relations of wheat genotypes differing in salt tolerances. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 56, 123-134. doi: 10.1071/AR04019
13. Francois LE (1994) Growth, seed yield, and oil content of canola grown under saline conditions. Agronomy Journal 86, 233-237.
14. Freebairn DM, Littleboy M, Smith GD, Coughlan KJ (1990) Optimising soil surface management in response to climatic risk. In 'Climatic risk in crop production: models and management for semiarid tropics and subtropics'. (Eds RC Muchow, JA Bellamy) pp. 283-305. (CAB International: Wallingford, UK)
15. Gardner EA, Shaw RJ, Smith GD, Coughlan KJ (1984) Plant available water capacity: concept, measurement and prediction. In 'The properties and utilization of cracking clay soils'. (Eds JW McGarity, EH Hoult, HB So) pp. 164-175. (UNE: Armidale, NSW)
16. Gorham J, Wyn Jones RG (1993) Utilisation of Triticeae for improving salt tolerance in wheat. In 'Towards the rational use of high salinity tolerant plants'. Vol 2. (Eds H Lieths, A Al Masoom) pp. 27-33. (Kluwer Academic Publisher: The Netherlands)
17. Greenway H, Munns R (1980) Mechanisms of salt tolerance in nonhalophytes. Annual Review of Plant Physiology 31, 149-190. doi: 10.1146/annurev.pp.31. 060180.001053
18. Groenevelt PH, Grant CD, Murray RS (2004) On water availability in saline soils. Australian Journal of Soil Research 42, 833-840. doi: 10.1071/SR03054
19. Gupta SC, Larson WE (1979) Estimating soil water retention characteristics from particle size distribution, organic matter percent, and bulk density. Water Resources Research 15, 1633-1635.
20. Hochman Z, Dalgliesh NP, Bell KL (2001) Contributions of soil and crop factors to plant available soil water capacity of annual crops on Black and Grey Vertosols. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 52, 955-961. doi: 10.1071/AR01004
21. Isbell RF (1996) 'The Australian soil classification.' (CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne)
22. Kingsbury RW, Epstein E (1986) Salt sensitivity in wheat. A case for specific ion toxicity. Plant Physiology 80, 651-654.
23. Lindsay WL, Norvell WA (1978) Development of a DTPA soil test for zinc, iron, manganese and copper. Soil Science Society of America Journal 42, 421-428.
24. Manchanda HR, Sharma SK (1989) Tolerance of chloride and sulphate salinity in chickpea (Cicer arietinum). Journal of Agricultural Science, Cambridge 113, 407-410.
25. Marschner H (1995) 'Mineral nutrition of higher plants.' (Academic Press: London)
26. Martin PK, Koebner RMD (1995) Sodium and chloride ions contribute synergistically to salt toxicity in wheat. Biologia Plantarum 37, 265-271.
27. Mass EV, Hoffman GJ (1977) Crop salt tolerance - current assessment. Journal Irrigation and Drainage Division Proceedings of the American Society of Civil Engineers 103, 115-134.
28. - concentrations in dividing or expanding tissues determine growth in barley. Australian Journal of Plant Physiology 15, 529-540.
29. Munns R, Hare RA, James RA, Rebetzke GJ (2000) Genetic variation for improving the salt tolerance of durum wheat. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 51, 69-74. doi: 10.1071/AR99057
30. Naidu R, Rengasamy P (1993) Ion interactions and constraints to plant nutrition in Australia. Australian Journal of Soil Research 31, 801-819. doi: 10.1071/SR9930801
31. Northcote KH, Skene JKM (1972) Australian soils with saline and sodic properties. CSIRO Australia Soil Publication No. 27.
32. Nuttall JG, Armstrong RD, Connor DJ (2003) Evaluating physiochemical constraints of Calcarosols on wheat yield in the Victorian southern Mallee. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 54, 487-497. doi: 10.1071/AR02168
33. Orcutt DM, Nilsen ET (2000) 'The physiology of plants under stress: soil and biotic factors.' (John Wiley and Sons: New York)
34. Rayment GE, Higginson FR (1992) 'Australian laboratory handbook of soil and water chemical methods.' (International Books Australia P/L, Inkata Press: Melbourne)
35. Reuter DJ, Robinson JB, Dutkiewicz C (1997) 'Plant analysis: an interpretation manual.' (CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne)
36. Richards RA (2002) Current and emerging environmental challenges in Australian agriculture - the role of plant breeding. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 53, 881-892. doi: 10.1071/AR02052
37. Ritchie JT (1981) Soil water availability. Plant and Soil 58, 327-338. doi: 10.1007/BF02180061
38. Routley R (2002)Winter crop performance and water use on soils with sub-soil constraints. Grain Research Update, Goondiwindi. www.grdc.com.au/ growers/oft/oft search/docs/qldsth/qs18/index.htm
39. Sadras V, Baldock J, Roget D, Rodriguez D (2003) Measuring and modelling yield and water budget components of wheat crops in coarse-textured soils with chemical constraints. Field Crops Research 84, 241-260. doi: 10.1016/S0378-4290(03)00093-5
40. Schleiff U (1986) Water uptake by barley roots as affected by osmotic and matric potential in the rhizosphere. Plant and Soil 94, 143-146. doi: 10.1007/BF02380596
41. Shaw RJ (1996) A unified soil property and sodicity model of salt leaching and water movement. PhD thesis, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
42. Shaw RJ (1997) Salinity and sodicity. In 'Sustainable crop production in the sub-tropics'. QI 97035. (Eds AL Clarke, PB Wylie) pp. 79-96. (Queensland Department of Primary Industries: Brisbane, Qld)
43. Shaw RJ (1999) Soil salinity - electrical conductivity and chloride. In 'Soil analysis - an interpretation manual'. (Eds KI Peverill, LA Sparrow, DJ Reuter) pp. 129-145. (CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne)
44. Sheldon A, Menzies NW, So HB, Dalal RC (2004) The effect of salinity on plant available water. In 'Proceedings for the SuperSoil 2004 Conference'. The University of Sydney, NSW. (Ed. B Singh), http://www.regional.org.au/au/asssi/ supersoil2004/s6/poster/1523_sheldona.htm
45. Spann KP, Lyons DL (1985) An automated method for determining nitrate nitrogen in cotton plant parts. Queensland Journal of Agricultural and Animal Sciences 42, 35-43.
46. Steppuhn H, Volkmar KM, Miller PR (2001) Comparing canola, field pea, dry bean, and durum wheat crops grown in saline media. Crop Science 41, 1827-1833.
47. Sumner ME (1993) Sodic soils: new perspectives. Australian Journal of Soil Research 31, 683-750. doi: 10.1071/SR9930683
48. Tucker BM (1985) Laboratory procedure for soluble salts and exchangeable cations in soils. Technical paper no. 47, CSIRO Australia, Division of Soils.
49. Webb AA, Grundy MJ, Powell B, Littleboy M (1997) The Australian subtropical cereal belt: soils, climate and agriculture. In 'Sustainable crop production in the sub-tropics'. QI 97035. (Eds AL Clarke, PB Wylie) pp. 8-26. (Queensland Department of Primary Industries: Brisbane, Qld)
50. Williams J, Prebble RE, Williams WT, Hignett CT (1983) The influence of texture, structure and clay mineralogy on the soil water characteristic. Australian Journal of Soil Research 21, 15-32. doi: 10.1071/SR9830015
51. Xu G, Magen H, Tarchitzky J, Kafkafi U (2000) Advances in chloride nutrition of plants. Advances in Agronomy 68, 97-150.