Effects of seedbed properties on crop emergence. 5. Effects of aggregate size, sowing depth and simulated rainfall after sowing on harmful surface-layer hardening

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section B: Soil and Plant Science

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 362-373

  Håkansson, Inge ^a   Keller, Thomas ^a,b   Arvidsson, Johan ^a   Rydberg, Tomas ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.); clay; crust formation; irrigation; silt; soil structure

Indexed keywords

HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE;

EID: 84859698904     PISSN: 09064710     EISSN: 16511913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09064710.2011.622291     Document Type: Article

References (36)

1. Andersson, S. 1969. A new and simple evaporimeter. Grundförbättring 22, 59-66. (In Swedish with English summary.)
2. Arndt, W. 1964. The nature of the mechanical impedance to seedlings by soil surface seals. Australian Journal of Soil Research, 3: 45-54.
3. Aubertot, J.-N., Dürr, C., Richard, G., Souty, N. and Duval, Y. 2002. Are penetrometer measurements useful in predicting emergence of sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) seedlings through a crust?. Plant and Soil, 241: 177-186.
4. Badhoria, B. S., Aggarwal, G. C. and Tripathi, B. R. 1977. An inexpensive device for recording seedling emergence force. Journal of Agricultural Science Cambridge, 88: 723-726.
5. th International Conference, Aalborg, Denmark, July 24-29, pp. 1143-1149.
6. Bouaziz, A., Souty, N. and Hicks, D. 1990. Emergence force exerted by wheat seedlings. Soil and Tillage Research, 17: 211-219.
7. Braunack, M. V. 1995. Effect of aggregate size and soil water content on emergence of soybean (Glycine max, L. Merr.) and maize (Zea mays, L.). Soil and Tillage Research, 33: 149-161.
8. Bresson, L. M. and Moran, C. J. 2004. Micromorphological study of slumping in a hardsetting seedbed under various wetting conditions. Geoderma, 118: 277-288.
9. Drew, L. O., Garner, T. H., & Dickson, D. G. 1971. Seedling thrust versus soil strength. Transactions of ASAE, 315-318.
10. Dürr, C. and Aubertot, J-N. 2000. Emergence of seedlings of sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) as affected by the size, roughness and position of aggregates in the seedbed. Plant and Soil, 219: 211-220.
11. Dürr, C., Aubertot, J.-N., Richard, G., Dubrulle, P., Duval, Y. and Boiffin, J. 2001. SIMPLE: A model for SIMulation of PLant Emergence predicting the effects of soil tillage and sowing operations. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 65: 414-423.
12. th International Conference, Aalborg, Denmark, July 24-29, pp. 633-638.
13. Frese, H., Czeratzki, W. and Schladerbusch, H. 1956. Krüelzerstörung unter dem Einfluss verschiedener Beregnungsweisen. Zeitschrift für Pflanzenernährung, Düngung und Bodenkunde, 73: 210-223. (In German)
14. Gallardo-Carrera, A., Léonard, J., Duval, Y. and Dürr, C. 2007. Effects of seedbed structure and water content at sowing on the development of soil surface crusting under rainfall. Soil and Tillage Research, 95: 207-217.
15. Goyal, M. R., Leland, O. D. and Carpenter, T. G. 1982. Analytical prediction of seedling emergence force. Transactions of American Society of Agricultural Engineering, 25: 38-41.
16. Guérif, J., Richard, G., Dürr, C., Machet, J. M., Recous, S. and Roger-Estrade, J. 2001. A review of tillage effects on crop residue management, seedbed conditions and seedling establishment. Soil and Tillage Research, 61: 13-32.
17. Hadas, A. and Stibbe, E. 1977. Soil crusting and emergence of wheat seedlings. Agronomy Journal, 69: 547-550.
18. Håkansson, I. and von Polgár, J. 1984. Experiments on the effects of seedbed characteristics on seedling emergence in a dry weather situation. Soil and Tillage Research, 4: 115-135.
19. Håkansson, I., Myrbeck, Å. and Etana, A. 2002. A review of research on seedbed preparation for small grains in Sweden. Soil and Tillage Research, 64: 23-40.
20. Håkansson, I., von Polgár, J., Rydberg, T., & Westlin, A. 2008. Experiments on the Function of Seedbeds. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala. Reports from the Division of Soil Management, 115, 163 pp. (In Swedish.)
21. Håkansson, I., Arvidsson, J., Keller T., & Rydberg, T. (2011a). Effects of seedbed properties on crop emergence. 1. Temporal effects of temperature and sowing depth in seedbeds with favourable properties. Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section B-Soil and Plant Science, 61, 458-468
22. Håkansson, I., Rydberg, T. & Arvidsson, J. (2011b). Effects of seedbed properties on crop emergence. 2. Effects of aggregate size, sowing depth and initial water content under dry weather conditions. Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section B-Soil and Plant Science, 61, 469-479
23. Håkansson, I., Rydberg, T., Keller, T., & Arvidsson, J. (2011c). Effects of seedbed properties on crop emergence. 3. Effects of firming of seedbeds with various sowing depths and water contents. Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section B-Soil and Plant Science. (In press, doi:10.1080/09064710.2010.544668)
24. Håkansson, I., Keller, T., Arvidsson, J., & Rydberg, T. (2011d). Effects of seedbed properties on crop emergence. 4. Inhibitory effects of oxygen deficiency. Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section B-Soil and Plant Science. (In press, DOI: 10.1080/09064710.2011.597423)
25. Heinonen, R. 1982. Soil slaking and hardening. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Special publications, 12, 24 pp. (In Swedish.)
26. Hemmat, A. and Khashoei, A. A. 2003. Emergence of irrigated cotton in flatland planting in relation to furrow opener type and crust-breaking treatments for Cambisols in central Iran. Soil and Tillage Research, 70: 153-162.
27. Kritz, G. 1983. Physical conditions in cereal seedbeds. A sampling investigation in Swedish spring-sown fields. Ph.D. Thesis. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Reports from the Division of Soil Management, 65, 187 pp. (In Swedish with English summary.)
28. Lyles, L., Disrud, L. A. and Woodruff, N. P. 1969. Effects of soil physical properties, rainfall characteristics, and wind velocity on clod disintegration by simulated rainfall. Soil Science Society of America Proceedings, 33: 302-306.
29. Nabi, G., Mullins, C. E., Montemayor, M. B. and Akhtar, M. S. 2001. Germination and emergence of irrigated cotton in Pakistan in relation to sowing depth and physical properties of the seedbed. Soil and Tillage Research, 59: 33-44.
30. Norling, J. 1980. Effect of irrigation and soil surface micro-topography on soil slaking, vertical transport of nitrate, crust formation and plant emergence. Uppsala: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, MSc thesis. (In Swedish.)
31. Scheffer, F. and Tornau, O. 1953. Roemer-Scheffer Lehrbuch des Ackerbaues, 4th Edn, Berlin: Paul Parey Verlag. (In German).
32. Souty, N. and Rode, C. 1993. Emergence of sugar beet seedlings from under different obstacles. European Journal of Agronomy, 2: 213-221.
33. Stenberg, M., Håkansson, I., von Polgár, J., & Heinonen, R. 1994. Sealing, crusting and hardsetting soils in Sweden-occurrence, problems and research. In: H. B. So, G. D. Smith, S. R. Raine, B. M. Schafer and R. J. Loch, Proceedings of 2nd International Symposium on Sealing, Crusting and Hardsetting Soils: Productivity and Conservation, pp. 287-292. Australia: The University of Brisbane.
34. Taki, O. and Godwin, R. J. 2006. The creation of longitudinal cracks in shrinking soils to enhance seedling emergence. Part II. The effect of surface micro-relief. Soil Use and Management, 22: 305-314.
35. Townend, J., Mtakwa, P. W., Mullins, C. E. and Simmonds, L. P. 1996. Soil physical factors limiting establishment of sorghum and cowpea in two contrasting soil types in the semi-arid tropics. Soil and Tillage Research, 40: 89-106.
36. Weaich, K., Bristow, K. L. and Cass, A. 1992. Preemergent shoot growth of maize under different drying conditions. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 56: 1272-1278.