Soil moisture conservation in dryland viticulture as affected by conventional and minimum tillage practices
| dc.contributor.author | Van Huyssteen, L. | en_ZA |
| dc.contributor.author | Weber, H. W. | en_ZA |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-06-29T08:46:47Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-06-29T08:46:47Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1980 | |
| dc.description | CITATION: Van Huyssteen, L. & Weber, H. W. 1980. Soil moisture conservation in dryland viticulture as affected by conventional and minimum tillage practices. South African Journal of Enology & Viticulture, 1(2):67-75, doi:10.21548/1-2-2415. | en_ZA |
| dc.description | The original publication is available at http://www.journals.ac.za/index.php/sajev | |
| dc.description.abstract | The effect of conventional clean cultivation, a straw mulch, chemical weed control and a grass sward on the soil moisture regime in a dryland vineyard was investigated. The results demonstrate that both a straw mulch and chemical weed control were very effective ju conserving winter-stored soil moisture until mid- or even late summer to support the vines during the almost rainless growing season. Further, it appeared that a mere loosening of the soil surface periodically by way of clean cultivation cannot conserve soil moisture effectively; it may, on the contrary, promote evaporation in the top-soil layers, especialzy when done after rain. On the other hand, an undisturbed soil surface, as in the case of chemical weed control, acts as a mulch in itself after the surface layer has dried out, thus reducing evaporation. Even under conditions of frequent rainfall, as during the first part of 1976/77 season, the straw mulch cover treatment was still superior to all other treatments in conserving soil moisture. | en_ZA |
| dc.description.uri | http://www.journals.ac.za/index.php/sajev/article/view/2415 | |
| dc.description.version | Publisher's version | en_ZA |
| dc.format.extent | 9 pages : illustrations | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Van Huyssteen, L. & Weber, H. W. 1980. Soil moisture conservation in dryland viticulture as affected by conventional and minimum tillage practices. South African Journal of Enology & Viticulture, 1(2):67-75, doi:10.21548/1-2-2415 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2224-7904 (online) | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0253-939X (print) | |
| dc.identifier.other | doi:10.21548/1-2-2415 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/101879 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_ZA | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | South African Society for Enology and Viticulture | en_ZA |
| dc.rights.holder | South African Society for Enology and Viticulture | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Soil moisture conservation | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Dryland viticulture | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Conventional tillage | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Minimum tillage | en_ZA |
| dc.title | Soil moisture conservation in dryland viticulture as affected by conventional and minimum tillage practices | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Article | en_ZA |