Research Paper

Long-Term No-Tillage Direct Seeding Mode for Water-Saving and Drought-Resistance Rice Production in Rice-Rapeseed Rotation System

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  • 1Shanghai Seed Control Station, Shanghai 201103, China; 2Shanghai Agrobiological Gene Center, Shanghai 201106, China

Online published: 2014-07-24

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This research was supported by the Key Project of Developing Agriculture through Science and Technology of Shanghai Municipal Agricultural Commission, China (Grant No. 2010-1-1), Shanghai Science and Technology Development Funds, China (Grant No. 11QA1405900) and the National High-Tech Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2012AA101102)

Abstract

To study the effects of long-term no-tillage direct seeding mode on rice yield and the soil physiochemical property in a rice-rapeseed rotation system, a comparative experiment with a water-saving and drought-resistance rice (WDR) variety and a double low rapeseed variety as materials was conducted under no-tillage direct seeding (NTDS) mode and conventional tillage direct seeding (CTDS) mode for four years, using the CTDS mode as the control. Compared with the CTDS mode, the actual rice yield of WDR decreased by 8.10% at the first year, whereas the plant height, spikelet number per panicle, spikelet fertility, 1000-grain weight, grain yield, actual yield, and harvest index increased with no-tillage years, which led to the actual yield increase by 6.49% at the fourth year. Correlation analysis showed that the panicle length was significantly related to the actual yield of WDR. Compared with the CTDS mode in terms of the soil properties, the pH value of the NTDS mode decreased every year, whereas the contents of soil organic matter and total N of the NTDS mode increased. In the 0–5 cm layer of the NTDS mode, the soil bulk decreased, whereas the contents of soil organic matter, total N, and available N increased. In the 5–20 cm layer of the NTDS mode, the available N and K decreased, whereas the soil bulk, contents of soil organic matter, and total N increased. In summary, the NTDS mode increased the rice yield, and could improve the paddy soil fertility of the top layer.

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DU Xing-bin1, CHEN Chen2, LUO Li-jun2, XIA Long-ping1, LIU Kang1, CHEN Yin-hua1, YU Xin-qiao2 . Long-Term No-Tillage Direct Seeding Mode for Water-Saving and Drought-Resistance Rice Production in Rice-Rapeseed Rotation System[J]. Rice Science, 2014 , 21(4) : 210 -216 . DOI: 10.1016/S1672-6308(13)60186-9

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