


Volume 20 No 15 (2022)
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Effect of the degree of soil smoothing, the distance between the emitters and the Positional alternation of irrigation levels on some physical properties of the soil and the growth and productivity of corn plants
Hussein Razzaq Nayyef , Dakhil Radhi Nedewi and Ali Hamdhi Dheyab
Abstract
The field experiment was conducted on corn (Zea mays L.) crop during the spring season of 2020. The soil
was fine clay mixed, calcareous, hyperthermic typic torrifluvent. To study the effect of different soil
smoothing degrees and Positional alternation of irrigation levels on some physical properties of soil, growth
and productivity of the crop. The surface drip irrigation system was used after a calibration and field
evaluation of the system at an operating pressure of 150 cm and a design discharge of 8 (L.ha-1
).The
experiment included 9 treatments: PS (smoothing the soil tillage three times) and PC (smoothing the soil
tillage once) representing the degree of smoothing of the soil and (0 - 100) %, (33 - 100) %, (66 - 100) %,
(100) -100%) to represent the treatments of the Positional alternation of the irrigation level and (25, 30,
35) cm to represent the treatments of the distance between the emitters. The above-mentioned
experimental treatments were randomly distributed according to a complete randomized block design
(R.C.B.D) with three replications. Bulk density, Mean Weight Diameter, plant height, leaf area and cob
weight were measured. The results showed that the PC soil smoothing treatment recorded the highest
Mean Weight Diameter of 0.293 mm and the highest average leaf area amounted to 1023.56 cm2
.While the
treatment of Positional alternation of the irrigation level 100-100% achieved the lowest Bluk density of
1.314 mcg. m-3
and the highest total porosity of the soil at 48.43%, as well as the highest average weight of
the cob at 11.08 (ton.ha-1
) While the treatment of the distance between the emitters 25 cm gave the
highest average plant height of about 165.38 cm, according to the order
Keywords
soil smoothing, emitters, Positional alternation, physical properties, soil, corn plants
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