Effect of Cropping Sequence on Agricultural Crops: Implications for Productivity and Utilization of Natural Resources
Received Date: Nov 23, 2017 / Accepted Date: Dec 13, 2017 / Published Date: Dec 26, 2017
Abstract
Offensive land uses system with continuous growing of similar crops on the same land largely affect soil physical condition, crop development and had big concerns on long term adverse effects of environmental pollution. The choice of sequence highly based on agricultural system, finance and environmental condition. Conventional monoculture agricultural systems can reduce the soil organic matter contents and structures. The accumulation of crop residues with frequent inclusion of pulse crops in a rotation is vital to improve the biochemical and physical properties of the soil via increasing the labile of organic matter. Surface residue of crops is one of the most effective erosion control measures and increase soil moisture content. Different crops have dissimilar growth and development periods thus, one crop may provide protection from erosive forces during a period of the year and the other may not. Besides, crop rotation combines with different management practices are essential to improve the physical, chemical, biological properties of the soil and thereby control erosion and to maximize crop yield by maintain soil moisture and control disease and pests infestation.
Keywords: Crop rotation; Cropping sequence; Soil moisture; Soil conservation
Citation: Negash F, Mulualem T, Fikirie K (2018) Effect of Cropping Sequence on Agricultural Crops: Implications for Productivity and Utilization of Natural Resources. Adv Crop Sci Tech 6: 326. Doi: 10.4172/2329-8863.1000326
Copyright: ©2017 Negash F, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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