ARJASR

ISSN: 2360-7874

 Academic Research Journal of Agricultural Science and Research
 

Vol. 8(4), pp. 418-422, May 2020
DOI: 10.14662/ARJASR2020.255
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ISSN: 2360-7874
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Evaluation the Effect of Different Soil Moisture Conservation Techniques on Maize Yield and Yield Components in Adami Tulu Jido Kombolcha Woreda, East Shoa Zone, Central Ethiopia

Mekonnen Workineh¹*, Kasahun Kitila² and Abay Chala³

Soil Fertility Improvement Research Team, Adami Tulu Agricultural Research Center, Batu, Ethiopia

Accepted 26 May 2020

The use of in-situ moisture conservation techniques helps to reduce the runoff rate, nutrient losses from soil and improve the soil moisture and nutrient availability for plant growth, which in turn improve the productivity of lands. A field experiment was undertaken from 2017 to 2019 during Balg (from May to October) cropping season to study the effects of in situ moisture conservation on yield and yield components of maize  at  semiarid lowland of East Shoa (Adami Tulu district), central Ethiopia. The aim of this experiment was to determine the effect of soil moisture conservation on maize yield and to choice the best soil moisture conservation structures under moisture stressed areas. The experiment was laid out in randomized complete block design (RCBD) with using four treatments (Tie ridge, Compartmental bunding, closed ended and farmer practice/control) with three replications. Maize varieties BH 540 used as test crops, to evaluate the effect of different moisture conservation on yield and yield components. The experiment was conducted on farmer’s field, on the plot size of 4m × 3m (12 m2). The results revealed that out of the different soil moisture conservation techniques tie ridge obtained 12.88% grain yield advantage over the control ,particularly in 2018, even if there is no significance difference between treatments in the remaining two cropping seasons, this might be due to the climatic condition of this year was better than the other two consecutive cropping season. Therefore in order to have conclusive recommendation this experiment has to be repeated in similar agro-ecologies across the locations.

Keywords: Soil moisture, Maize, Yield and yield component

How to cite this article (APA Style): Mekonnen W., Kasahun K., Abay C(2020). Evaluation the Effect of Different Soil Moisture Conservation Techniques on Maize Yield and Yield Components in Adami Tulu Jido Kombolcha Woreda, East Shoa Zone, Central Ethiopia. Acad. Res. J. Agri. Sci. Res. 8(4): 418-422