Influence of land configuration and crop residue management practices on soil moisture and rain water use efficiency

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted at Experiment farm of Agronomy Department, Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani during kharif-2019 to study the influence of land configuration and crop residue management practices on soil moisture and rain water use efficiency. The experiment was conducted in split plot design with fifteen treatment combinations replicated thrice. Where in main plot consist of three land configuration practices viz., Flat bed(L1), Broad bed furrow(L2), Ridges & furrow (L3) and sub plot having five treatments of crop residue management practices viz., (CR1) Crop Residue @ 1.25 T/ha + 5 kg ha-1 decomposing microorganism, (CR2) Crop Residue @ 1.25 T /ha + 10 kg ha-1 decomposing microorganism, (CR3) Crop Residue @ 2.5 T /ha + 5 kg ha-1 decomposing microorganism. (CR4) Crop Residue @ 2.5 T /ha + 10 kg ha-1 decomposing microorganism and (CR5) without crop residue. The study of experiment revealed that broad bed furrow and Crop Residue @ 2.5 T/ha + 10 kg ha-1 decomposing microorganism was recorded highest soil moisture and rain water use efficiency over the rest of treatments.