View Article |
Variability of rice yield with respect to crop health
Renny Eka Putri1, Azmi Yahya2, Nor Maria Adam3, Samsuzana Abd Aziz4.
Chlorophyll content of leaf can be used as an indicator of the crop health. The SPAD
chlorophyll meter has been acceptably used for rapid analysis of chlorophyll content and
nitrogen status of crops while it has not been established how strongly the SPAD values are
correlated with rice yield within a plot. This study was to explore the relationship between
rice yields and the leaf SPAD value of the associated rice plots. Twenty sampling points of
rice leaves plant were taken at three difference growing stages based on grid point
sampling of 30m x 18m for two crop seasons. Two methods, namely instantaneous yield
from on-board yield monitoring system mounted on a combine harvester and estimated
crop yield from cutting test (CCT) yield were used to measure the variability of harvested
rice yield within the rice plot. The SPAD values were found positively correlated with grain
yield at different growth stages. The highest significant correlation was at crop age 70 days
after planting with Pearson’s correlations (r) ranging 0.7280 to 0.8336 (P<0.001).
Consequently, information with regards to SPAD value variability could triggers farmers in
taking immediate in situ action for improving the crop yield while information with regards
to crop yield variability could assist farmers in planning the proper farming practice for the
subsequent cropping seasons. Generally, this available technology would assist farmers in
improving their crop yield and their economic status.
Affiliation:
- Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
- Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
- Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
- Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
Download this article (This article has been downloaded 141 time(s))
|
|
Indexation |
Indexed by |
MyJurnal (2021) |
H-Index
|
6 |
Immediacy Index
|
0.000 |
Rank |
0 |
Indexed by |
Scopus 2020 |
Impact Factor
|
CiteScore (1.4) |
Rank |
Q3 (Engineering (all)) |
Additional Information |
SJR (0.191) |
|
|
|