Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Sustainable Agriculture for Rural Development (ICSARD 2022)

Soil-Water Dynamics Pattern in a Lettuce Cropping Field under Various Mulches Coverage

Authors
Krissandi Wijaya1, *, Hideto Ueno2, Arief Sudarmaji1, Purwoko Hari Kuncoro1, Susanto Budi Sulistyo1, Ropiudin1
1Department of Agricultural Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Jenderal Soedirman University, Purwokerto, Indonesia
2Department of Agro-Biological Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Japan
*Corresponding author. Email: krissandi.wijaya@unsoed.ac.id
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Krissandi Wijaya
Available Online 19 April 2023.
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-128-9_20How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Cotton mulch; lettuce crop; soil-water dynamics; sustainable agriculture; weeds suppression
Abstract

Soil-water dynamics pattern in a lettuce cropping field under cotton mulch (CM), plastic mulch (PM), and zero mulch (C) coverage was characterized. Three lettuce plots of 300 cm x 100 cm large each were prepared. Soil-water content, electrical conductivity (EC) and temperature at 0–10 and 10–20 cm depth were monitored hourly. Soil-hydraulic conductivity (Kus) within each soil profile was characterized and modelled using van-Genuchten model. The soil with CM showed higher water content (0.29–0.33 cm3 cm−3) than that with PM (0.29–0.31 cm3 cm−3) and C (0.26 cm3 cm−3). At 32.1 mm d−1 rainfall rate, the soil EC with CM (0.22–0.30 dS m−1) was higher than others (< 0.02 dS m−1). The soil temperature with CM was 2–3 and 4–5 ℃ lower than that with PM and C, respectively. Furthermore, the CM plot had higher Kus (3.1–4.4 cm d−1) compared to the PM (0.18–0.21 cm d−1) and C plot (0.36 cm d−1). The results reflect a unique characteristic of the cotton mulch, which is able to provide sufficient water and nutrient availability, and to control weeds and temperature in soil profile, for effective growth as well as sustainable production of the crop.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Sustainable Agriculture for Rural Development (ICSARD 2022)
Series
Advances in Biological Sciences Research
Publication Date
19 April 2023
ISBN
978-94-6463-128-9
ISSN
2468-5747
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-128-9_20How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2023 The Author(s)
Open Access
Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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AU  - Krissandi Wijaya
AU  - Hideto Ueno
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AU  - Purwoko Hari Kuncoro
AU  - Susanto Budi Sulistyo
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