Effect of residue management practices on the soil physical environment, microclimate, and plant growth

Crop Residue Management Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 49-83

  Van Doren, D M ^a,b   Allmaras, R R ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Box 370   (United States)

Author keywords

Crop residues; Crop yields; Microclimate; Plant growth; Residue management practices; Soil physical environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 85102482388     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2134/asaspecpub31.c4     Document Type: Chapter

References (105)

1. Adams, J. E., C. F. Arkin, and J. T. Ritchie. 1976. Influence of row spacing and straw mulch on first stage drying. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 40:436-442.
2. Adams, J. E., J. T. Ritchie, E. Burnett, and D. W. Fryrear. 1969. Evaporation from a simulated soil shrinkage crack. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. Proc. 33:609-613.
3. Alderfer, R. B. 1946. Seasonal variability in the aggregation of Hagerstown silt loam. Soil Sci. 62: 151-168.
4. Alderfer, R. B., and F. C. Merkle. 1944. The comparative effects of surface application versus incorporation of various mulching materials on structure, permeability, runoff, and other soil properties. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. Proc. 8:79-86.
5. Allmaras, R. R., W. C. Burrows, and W. E. Larson. 1964. Early growth of corn as afLocted by soil temperature. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. Proc. 28:271-275.
6. Allmaras, R. R., E. A. Hallauer, W. W. Nelson, andC. D. Evans. 1977. Surface energy balance and soil thermal property modifications by tillage-induced soil structure. Minnesota Agric. Exp. Stn. Tech. Bull. 306, St. Paul, Minn. 41 p.
7. Allmaras, R. R., and W. W. Nelson. 1971. Corn (Zea mays L.) root configuration as influenced by some row-interrow variants of tillage and straw mulch management. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. Proc. 35:974-980.
8. Allmaras, R. R., W. W. Nelson, and E. A. Hallauer. 1972. Fall versus spring plowing and related soil heat balance in the western Corn Belt. Minnesota Agric. Exp. Stn. Tech. Bull. 283, St. Paul, Minn. 22 p.
9. Anderson, D. T., and C. C. Russell. 1964. Effects of various quantities of straw mulch on the growth and yield of spring and winter wheat. Can. J. Soil Sci. 44: 109-118.
10. Arnfield, A. J. 1975. A note on the diurnal, latitudinal and seasonal variation of the surface reflection coefficient. J. Appl. Meteorol. 14:1603-1608.
11. Batchelder, A. R., and J. N. Jones, Jr. 1972. Soil management factors and growth of Zea mays L. on topsoil and exposed subsoil. Agron. J. 64:648-652.
12. Beale, O. W., C. B. Nutt, and T. C. Peele. 1955. The effects of mulch tillage on runoff, erosion, soil properties and crop yields. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. Proc. 19:244-247.
13. Black, A. L. 1970. Soil water and temperature influences on dryland winter wheat. Agron. J. 62:797-801.
14. Bond, J. J., and W. O. Willis. 1969. Soil water evaporation: surface residue rate and placement effects. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. Proc. 33:445-448.
15. Bond, J. J., and W.O. Willis. 1970. Soil water evaporation: First stage drying as influenced by surface residue and evaporation potential. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. Proc. 34: 924-928.
16. Bond, J. J., and W. O. Willis. 1971. Soil water evaporation: Long term drying as influenced by surface residue and evaporation potential. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. Proc. 35: 984-987.
17. Borst, H. L., and H. J. Mederski. 1957. Surface mulches and mulch tillage for corn production. Ohio Agric. Exp. Stn. Res. Bull. 796: 1-19.
18. Borst, H. L., and R. Woodburn. 1942. Effect of mulches and surface conditions on the water relations of Muskingum soils. USDA Tech. Bull. 825: 1-16.
19. Brawand, H. 1964. Crop residue effect on soil properties and soil moisture conservation in the blacklands. Texas Res. Found. Bull. 20:5-26.
20. Burrows, W. C., and W. E. Larson. 1962. Effect of amount of mulch on soil temperature and early growth of corn. Agron. J. 54: 19-23.
21. Burwell, R. E., and W. E. Larson. 1969. Infiltration as influenced by tillage-induced random roughness and pore space. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. Proc. 33:449-452.
22. Condit, H. R. 1972. Application of characteristic vector analysis to spectral energy distribution of daylight and the spectral reflectance of American soils. Appl. Opt. 11: 74-86.
23. Dixon, R. M., and A. E. Peterson. 1971. Water infiltration control: A channel system concept. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. Proc. 35:968-973.
24. Duley, F. L. 1939. Surface factors affecting the rate of intake of water by soils. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. Proc. 4:60-64.
25. Duley, F. L. 1960. Yields in different cropping systems and fertilizer tests under stubble mulching and plOWing in eastern Nebraska. Nebraska Agric. Exp. Stn. Res. Bull. 190: 1-53.
26. Duley, F. L., and L. L. Kelley. 1939. Effect of soil type, slope and surface condition on intake of water. Nebraska Agric. Exp. Stn. Res. Bull. 112:3-16.
27. Duley, F. L., and J. C. Russel. 1947. Erosion control and moisture conservation. Nebraska Agric. Exp. Stn. Annu. Rep. 60:5-7.
28. Duley, F. L., and J. C. Russel. 1948. Stubble mulch farming, USDA Farmer's Bull. 1997:3-32.
29. Edwards, W. M. 1967. Infiltration of water into soils as influenced by surface conditions. Ph.D. dissertation, Iowa State Univ. Diss. Abstr. 67:8908.
30. Ehlers, W. 1975. Observation on earthworm channels and infiltration on tilled and untilled loess soil. Soil Sci. 119:242-249.
31. Fairbourn, M. L., and H. R. Gardner. 1972. Vertical mulch effects on soil water storage. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. Proc. 36:823-827.
32. Fairbourn, M. L., and H. R. Gardner. 1974. Field use of microwatersheds with vertical mulch. Agron. J. 66:740-744.
33. Fisher, W. F., and D. E. Lane. 1973. Till-planting. p. 187-193. In Conservation tillage: The proc. of a national conference. Soil Conserv. Soc. Am., Ankeny, Iowa.
34. Gardner, H. R., and W. R. Gardner. 1969. Relation of water application to evaporation and storage of soil water. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. Proc. 33:192-196.
35. Gates, D. M. 1964. Characteristics of soil and vegetated surfaces to reflected and emitted radiation. p. 573-600. Proc. Third Symp. Remote Sensing of the Environment, Ann Arbor.
36. Gausman, H. W., A. H. Gerbermann, C. L. Wiegand, R. W. Learner, R. R. Rodriguez, and J. R. Noriega. 1975. Reflectance difference between crop residues and bare soils. Soil Sei. Soc. Am. Proc. 39:752-755.
37. Gausman, H. W., R. R. Rodriguez, and A. J. Richardson. 1976. Infinite reflectance of dead compared with live vegetation. Agron. J. 68:295-296.
38. Giddons, J., H. D. Morris, A. W. White, Jr., and E. R. Beaty. 1969. Some effects of mulches on crops and soils. Univ. of Georgia College Agric. Exp. Stn. Res. Bull. 66: 5-22.
39. Glossary of Soil Science Terms (Appendix V). 1975. Soil Sei. Soc. Am., Madison, Wis. 34 p.
40. Greb, B. W. 1967. Percent soil cover by six vegetative mulches. Agron. J. 59:610-611.
41. Greb, B. W., D. E. Smika, and A. L. Black. 1967. Effect of straw mulch rates on soil water storage during summer fallow in the Great Plains. Soil Sei. Soc. Am. Proc. 31: 556-559.
42. Greb, B. W., D. E. Smika, and A. L. Black. 1970. Water conservation with stubble mulch fallow. J. Soil Water Conserv. 25:58-62.
43. Hanks, R. J., S. A. Bowers, and L. D. Bark. 1961. Influence of soil surface conditions on radiation, soil temperature, and evaporation. Soil Sei. 91:233-238.
44. Hillel, D. I., C. H. M. van Bavel, and H. Talpaz. 1975. Dynamic simulation of water storage in fallow soil as affected by mulch of hydrophobic aggregates. Soil Sei. Soc. Am. Proc. 39:826-833.
45. Holtan, H. N., G. J. Stiltner, W. H. Henson, and N. C. Lopez. 1974. USDAHL-74 revised model of watershed hydrology. USDA Plant Physiol. Inst. Rep. 4:1-110.
46. Horton, R. E. 1940. An approach toward a physical interpretation of infiltration capacity. Soil Sei. Soc. Am. Proc. 5:399-417.
47. Jacks, G. V., W. D. Brind, and R. Smith. 1955. Mulching. Tech. Commun. 49 of Commonwealth Bur. Soils, Farnham Royal, Bucks, England, p. 10-87.
48. Johnson, W. C. 1964. Some observations on the contribution of an inch of seeding-time soil moisture to wheat yield in the Great Plains. Agron. J. 56:29-34.
49. Jones, J. N., Jr., J. E. Moody, and J. H. Lillard. 1969. Effects of tillage, no-tillage and mulch on soil water and plant growth. Agron. J. 61:719-721.
50. Kidder, E. H., R. S. Stauffer, and C. A. Van Doren. 1943. Effect on infiltration of surface mulches of soybean residues, corn stover, and wheat straw. Agric. Eng. 24:155.
51. Lai, Rattan. 1974. Soil temperature, soil moisture and maize yield from mulched and unmulched tropical soils. Plant Soil 40:129-143.
52. Larson, W. E., W. C. Burrows, and W. O. Willis. 1970. Soil temperature, soil moisture, and corn growth as influenced by mulches of crop residues. Trans. 7th Int. Congress Soil Sei. VI(29):629-637.
53. Lemon, E. R. 1956. The potentialities for decreasing soil moisture evaporation loss. Soil Sei. Soc. Am. Proc. 20:120-125.
54. Lettau, H. 1969. Note on aerodynamic roughness-parameter estimation on the basis of roughness-element description. J. Appl. Meteorol. 8:828-832.
55. Mannering, J. V., and L. D. Meyer. 1961. The effects of different methods of cornstalk residue management on runoff and erosion as evaluated by simulated rainfall. Soil Sei. Soc. Am. Proc. 25:506-510.
56. Mannering, J. V., and L. D. Meyer. 1963. Effects of various rates of surface mulch on infiltration and erosion. Soil Sei. Soc. Am. Proc. 27:84-86.
57. Mannering, J. V., L. D. Meyer, and C. B. Johnson. 1966. Infiltration and erosion as affected by minimum tillage for corn (Zea mays L.). Soil Sei. Soc. Am. Proc. 30:101-105.
58. McCalla, T. M. 1943. Microbiological studies of the effect of straw used as a mulch. Kansas Acad. Sei. Trans. 46:52-56.
59. McCalla, T. M., and T. J. Army. 1961. Stubble mulch farming. Adv. Agron. 13:125196.
60. Meyer, L. D., W. H. Wischmeier, and G. R. Foster. 1970. Mulch rates required for erosion control on steep slopes. Soil Sei. Soc. Am. Proc. 34:928-931.
61. Miller, E. L., and W. D. Shrader. 1976. Moisture conservation potential with conservation tillage treatments in the thick loess area of western Iowa. Agron. J. 68:374378.
62. Monteith, J. L. 1973. Principles of environmental physics. American Elsevier Publ. Co., Inc., New York.
63. Montgomery, O. L., and M. F. Baumgartner. 1974. The effects of the physical and chemical properties of soil on the spectral reflectance of soils. LARS Information note 112674. Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, Ind. 110 p.
64. Moody, J. E., J. N. Jones, Jr., and J. H. Lillard. 1963. Influence of straw mulch on soil moisture and tne growth of corn. Soil Sei. Soc. Am. Proc. 27:700-703.
65. Moody, J. E., J. H. Lillard, and T. W. Edminster. 1952. Mulch tillage: Some effects on plant and soil properties. Soil Sei. Soc. Am. Proc. 16:190-194.
66. Myers, V. I. (author-editor). 1976. Crops and soils, p. 1715-1813. In R. D. Reeves (ed.) Manual of remote sensing, Vol. II. Am. Soc. Photogram., Falls Church, Va.
67. Neal, O. R. 1939. Some concurrent and residual effects of organic matter additions on surface runoff. Soil Sei. Soc. Am. Proc. 4:420-425.
68. Nielsen, K. F. 1974. Roots and root temperature, p. 293-333. In E. W. Carson (ed.) The plant root and its environment. Univ. Press of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.
69. Nutt, G. E., and T. C. Peele. 1947. Engineering and agronomic phases of mulch culture. Agric. Eng. 28:391.
70. Olson, T. C., and M. L. Horton. 1975. Influence of early, delayed, and no-mulch residue management on corn production. Soil Sei. Soc. Am. Proc. 39:353-356.
71. Parker, D. T., and W. E. Larson. 1962. Crop residue placement in soil and its effect upon growth of corn. Agron. J. 54:263-267.
72. Peters, D. B., and M. B. Russell. 1959. Relative water losses by evaporation and transpiration in field corn. Soil Sei. Soc. Am. Proc. 23:170-173.
73. Ritchie, J. T. 1972. Model for predicting evaporation from a row crop with incomplete cover. Water Resour. Res. 8:1204-1213.
74. Ritchie, J. T., and J. E. Adams. 1974. Field measurement of evaporation from soil shrinkage cracks. Soil Sei. Soc. Am. Proc. 38:131-134.
75. Slater, C. S., and H. Hopp. 1947. Relation of fall protection to earthworm population and soil physical conditions. Soil Sei. Soc. Am. Proc. 12:508-511.
76. Smika, D. E., A. L. Black, and B. W. Greb. 1969. Soil nitrate, soil water, and grain yields in the Great Plains as influenced by straw mulch. Agron. J. 61:785-787.
77. Spain J. M., and D. L. McCune. 1956. Something new in subsoiling. Agron. J. 48: 192-193.
78. Staple, W. J., J. J. Lehane, and A. Wenhardt. 1960. Conservation of moisture from fall and winter precipitation. Can. J. Soil Sei. 40:80-88.
79. Stauffer, R. S. 1946. Effect of corn, soybeans, their residues and a straw mulch on soil aggregation. J. Am. Soc. Agron. 38:1010-1017.
80. Stephenson, R. E., and C. E. Schuster. 1944. Effects of mulches on soil properties. Soil Sei. 59:219-230.
81. Swartz, J. W. 1966. Straw cover boosts soil water intake. Crops Soils 18(8):26.
82. Swartzendruber, D. 1960. Water movement into soil from idealized vertical mulch channels. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. Proc. 24:152-156.
83. Tanner, C. B. 1968. Evaporation of water from plants and soil. p. 73-106. In T. T. Kozlowski (ed.) Water deficits and plant growth. Vol. I. Academic Press, New York.
84. Tanner, C. B., and W. A. Jury. 1976. Estimating evaporation and transpiration from a row crop during incomplete cover. Agron. J. 68:239-243.
85. Taylor, R. E., O. E. Hays, C. E. Bay, and R. M. Dixon. 1964. Corn stover mulch for control of runoff and erosion on land planted to corn after corn. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. Proc. 28: 123-125.
86. Teotia, S. P., F. L. Duley, and T. M. McCalla. 1950. Effect of stubble mulching on number and activity of earthworms. Nebraska Agric. Exp. Stn. Res. Bull. 165:3-20.
87. Triplett, G. B., Jr., D. M. Van Doren, Jr., and B. L. Schmidt. 1968. Effect of corn (Zea mays L.) stover mulch on no-tillage corn yield and water infiltration. Agron. J. 60: 236-239.
88. Unger, P. W. 1975. Role of mulches in dryland agriculture. p. 237-258. In U. S. Gupta (ed.) Physiological aspects of dryland farming. Oxford & IBH Publ. Co., New Delhi, India.
89. Unger, P. W. 1976. Surface residue, water application, and soil texture effects on water accumulation. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 40:298-300.
90. Unger, P. W., R. R. Allen, and A. F. Wiese. 1971. Tillage and herbicides for surface residue maintenance, weed control, and water conservation. J. Soil Water Conserv. 71:147-150.
91. Unger, P. W., and J. J. Parker, Jr. 1968. Residue placement effects on decomposition evaporation, and soil moisture distribution. Agron. J. 60:469-472.
92. Unger, P. W., and J. J. Parker, Jr. 1976. Evaporation reduction from soil with wheat, sorghum, and cotton residues. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 40:938-942.
93. Unger, P. W., and R. E. Phillips. 1973. Soil water evaporation and storage. p. 42-54. In Conservation tillage: The proceedings of a national conference. Soil Conserv. Soc. Am., Ankeny, Iowa.
94. van Bavel, C. H. M. 1966. Potential evaporation: the combination concept and its experimental verification. Water Resour. Res. 2:455-467.
95. Van Doren, C. A., and R. S. Stauffer. 1944. Effect of crop and surface mulches on runoff, soil losses, and soil aggregation. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. Proc. 8:97-101.
96. Van Doren, D. M., Jr. 1973. Mulch and tillage relationships in corn culture. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. Proc. 37:766-769.
97. Van Doren, D. M., and G. B. Triplett, {r. 1969. Mechanism of corn (Zea mays L.) response to cropping practices without til age. Ohio Agric. Res. and Develop Ctr. Res. Cire. 169: 1-16.
98. van Wijk, W. R. 1963. Physics of plant environment. John Wiley and Sons Inc., New York, N. Y.
99. van Wijk, W. R., W. E. Larson, and W. C. Burrows. 1959. Soil temperature and the early growth of corn from mulched and unmulched soil. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. Proc. 23: 428-434.
100. von Hoyningen-Huene, S. 1971. Einfluss einer Strohdicke auf den Strahlungshausalt des Endbodens. (the influence of straw cover on the radiation balance of the soiL) Agric. Meteorol.9:63-75.
101. Wischmeier, W. H. 1973. Conservation tillage to control water erosion. p. 133-141. In Conservation tillage: The proceedings of a national conference. Soil Conserv. Soc. Am., Ankeny, Iowa.
102. Wischmeier, W. H. 1975. Estimating the soil loss equations cover and the management factor for undisturbed areas. Present and prospective technology for predicting sediment yields and sources. Proc. Sediment-Yield Workshop, USDA Sediment Lab., Oxford, Miss., Nov. 28-30, 1972. USDA-ARS, Rep. ARS S-40, p. 118-124.
103. Wischmeier, W. H., and D. D. Smith. 1958. Rainfall energy and its relation to soil loss. Trans. Am. Geophys. Union 39:285-291.
104. Wittmus, H. D., G. B. Triplett, Jr., and B. W. Greb. 1973. Concepts of conservation tillage systems using surface mulches. p. 5-12. In Conservation tillage: The proceedings of a national conference. Soil Conserv. Soc. Am., Ankeny, Iowa.
105. Zingg, A. W., and C. J. Whitfield. 1957. Stubble mulch farming in the Western United States. USDA Tech. Bull. 1166:1-56.