Assessing congenial soil temperature and its impact on root growth, grain yield of summer rice under varying water stress condition in Lower Gangetic Plain of India

Increasing winter temperature in lower Gangetic Plain of India has put a threat to the cultivation of summer rice along with decreasing fresh water availability. Increasing ambient temperature also increase the soil temperature in the root zone of the crop. Thus, the effect of soil temperature over...

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Main Authors: Pramiti Kumar Chakraborty, Saon Banerjee, Rajib Nath, Suman Samanta
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Language:English
Published: Springer 2022-02-01
Series:Journal of the Saudi Society of Agricultural Sciences
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description Increasing winter temperature in lower Gangetic Plain of India has put a threat to the cultivation of summer rice along with decreasing fresh water availability. Increasing ambient temperature also increase the soil temperature in the root zone of the crop. Thus, the effect of soil temperature over an optimum value may be detrimental for the root growth which turns into reduction of grain yield. Keeping in mind this situation, an experiment was carried out during 2014 and 2015 on summer rice in University Research Farm. Three transplanting dates and four irrigation regimes were chosen so that the crop experiences extreme weather as well as water stress condition. It is found that the mean soil temperature has a gradual increasing trend with advancement of crop growth. A significant and exponential increase in root weight was recorded with the increase in soil temperature. It is found that root growth was reduced when soil temperature increased beyond a critical value of 34 °C due to delayed transplanting and reduction of grain yield was noticed. So the summer-rice farmers are advised to complete transplanting within first fortnight of February to avoid yield reduction due to delay.
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spelling doaj-art-9a6eb01ff37d45caa6901d70e154a9c22025-08-20T03:49:08ZengSpringerJournal of the Saudi Society of Agricultural Sciences1658-077X2022-02-012129810710.1016/j.jssas.2021.07.001Assessing congenial soil temperature and its impact on root growth, grain yield of summer rice under varying water stress condition in Lower Gangetic Plain of IndiaPramiti Kumar Chakraborty0Saon Banerjee1Rajib Nath2Suman Samanta3Department of Agricultural Meteorology & Physics, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, West Bengal, India; Corresponding author at: Department of Agricultural Meteorology & Physics, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, West Bengal, IndiaDepartment of Agricultural Meteorology & Physics, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, West Bengal, IndiaDepartment of Agronomy, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, West Bengal, IndiaDivision of Agricultural Physics, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa, New Delhi, IndiaIncreasing winter temperature in lower Gangetic Plain of India has put a threat to the cultivation of summer rice along with decreasing fresh water availability. Increasing ambient temperature also increase the soil temperature in the root zone of the crop. Thus, the effect of soil temperature over an optimum value may be detrimental for the root growth which turns into reduction of grain yield. Keeping in mind this situation, an experiment was carried out during 2014 and 2015 on summer rice in University Research Farm. Three transplanting dates and four irrigation regimes were chosen so that the crop experiences extreme weather as well as water stress condition. It is found that the mean soil temperature has a gradual increasing trend with advancement of crop growth. A significant and exponential increase in root weight was recorded with the increase in soil temperature. It is found that root growth was reduced when soil temperature increased beyond a critical value of 34 °C due to delayed transplanting and reduction of grain yield was noticed. So the summer-rice farmers are advised to complete transplanting within first fortnight of February to avoid yield reduction due to delay.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1658077X21000904Grain yieldRoot growthSummer riceSoil temperatureWater stress
spellingShingle Pramiti Kumar Chakraborty
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Assessing congenial soil temperature and its impact on root growth, grain yield of summer rice under varying water stress condition in Lower Gangetic Plain of India
Journal of the Saudi Society of Agricultural Sciences
Grain yield
Root growth
Summer rice
Soil temperature
Water stress
title Assessing congenial soil temperature and its impact on root growth, grain yield of summer rice under varying water stress condition in Lower Gangetic Plain of India
title_full Assessing congenial soil temperature and its impact on root growth, grain yield of summer rice under varying water stress condition in Lower Gangetic Plain of India
title_fullStr Assessing congenial soil temperature and its impact on root growth, grain yield of summer rice under varying water stress condition in Lower Gangetic Plain of India
title_full_unstemmed Assessing congenial soil temperature and its impact on root growth, grain yield of summer rice under varying water stress condition in Lower Gangetic Plain of India
title_short Assessing congenial soil temperature and its impact on root growth, grain yield of summer rice under varying water stress condition in Lower Gangetic Plain of India
title_sort assessing congenial soil temperature and its impact on root growth grain yield of summer rice under varying water stress condition in lower gangetic plain of india
topic Grain yield
Root growth
Summer rice
Soil temperature
Water stress
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