Influence of agricultural practices and sowing dates under different weather conditions on soybean yield

Abstract

The article is devoted to determining the optimal sowing time for soybeans with stable warming of the soil, considers the processing with a stratifier PRSM-5 and chisel processing against the background of pre-sowing rolling. Using soil-cultivating units of three types, an analysis was made of the effectiveness of various methods of basic cultivation against the background of various agricultural practices. The optimal timing of soybean sowing was determined with stable heating of the soil to 8–10 o С when treated with a stratifier PRSM-5 and up to 10–12 o С during chisel cultivation against the background of pre-sowing rolling. The obtained results of the research showed that the soil density depends primarily on the method of basic cultivation. The analysis of soil density indicators as a whole showed that after treatment with the stratifier PRSM-5 it was somewhat less and averaged 1.04 g/cm3 , and after chisel treatment – 1.09 g/cm3 . The analysis of the structural composition of the soil showed that the best structural structure of the soil was noted when processing with a stratifier PRSM-5 due to the removal of the most agronomically valuable soil lumps from the lower layers to the surface, here the structural coefficient was high and reached 2.36, and with chisel processing – 2.08. An analysis of the reserves of productive moisture at the end of the growing season showed that during chisel processing they were used more rationally, and significantly decreased in the phase of full ripeness after processing with a stratifier PRSM-5 – they amounted to 57 mm, and after chisel processing – 69 mm. The experimental data obtained indicate that under dry weather conditions, the best yield was formed when treated with a stratifier PRSM-5 at the second sowing date, and when chisel loosening - during the first and pre-sowing rolling. Key words: soybean, tillage, stratifier PRSM-5, density, structure, yield.