Author:
DEBAEKE P.,CABELGUENNE M.,HILAIRE A.,RAFFAILLAC D.
Abstract
In the context of EEC agricultural policy, the efficient production
of sunflower
(Helianthus annuus L.)
requires the development of a wider range of crop management schemes than
were used previously.
Five different management options were applied to sunflower over
a period of 10 years (1984–94) on
a deep silty clay soil at Auzeville, near Toulouse, south-western France,
combining different levels of
crop density, N fertilization and supplementary irrigation. The
effectiveness of these practices was
evaluated on the basis of grain yield, oil production, amount of
disease infection, N leaching, soil
water deficit and economic return, using both experimental values
and simulations with the epic-phase model.Grain yield ranged from 1 t/ha (with severe disease incidence)
to 4 t/ha (no diseases, full
irrigation). There was no evidence of higher yield variability between
years for low-input cropping systems managed without irrigation.In the deep soils of Auzeville, c.100 mm of irrigation,
split into two or three applications around
flowering, appeared to be a good strategy for maximizing irrigation
efficiency. Limiting leaf area
expansion under rainfed management, by reducing crop density and
N fertilization, limited stem
infection frequency by Phomopsis helianthi and delayed
soil water depletion, thus maximizing grain
yield. Oil concentration was generally higher under full irrigation,
but high values were also observed
under rainfed conditions provided that a suitable genotype was used. The
annual amount of N
leaching, simulated by epic-phase, ranged from 17 to
40 kg/ha depending on N amount and
irrigation volume. Under the current conditions of the Common
Agricultural Policy, low-input and
rainfed management appeared to be the most profitable strategy for
the deep soils of south-western France.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Genetics,Agronomy and Crop Science,Animal Science and Zoology
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13 articles.
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