Rice Production in Farmer Fields in Soil Salinity Classified Areas in Khon Kaen, Northeast Thailand
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area
2.2. Field Investigations
2.2.1. Weekly Measurement of Soil Salinity
2.2.2. Rice Yield Measurement
2.2.3. Soil Measurement
2.3. Conversion of Soil Solution EC and EC 1:5 to ECe
3. Results
3.1. Dynamics of Soil ECe and SMC among Classes from 2017 to 2019
3.2. Effect of Soil ECe and Moisture on Rice Yield
3.3. Rice Yield Based on Salinity Level at Harvest
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
LDD | Land Development Department |
EC | Electricity Conductivity |
ECe | Electricity Conductivity of Saturated Soil Extract |
ECs | Electricity Conductivity of Soil Solution |
SMC | Soil Moisture Content |
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Source | F Value | p Value |
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Year | 6.41 | 0.002 ** |
Salinity level | 10.41 | 0.002 ** |
Class | 1.74 | 0.189 |
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Yang, Y.; Ye, R.; Srisutham, M.; Nontasri, T.; Sritumboon, S.; Maki, M.; Yoshida, K.; Oki, K.; Homma, K. Rice Production in Farmer Fields in Soil Salinity Classified Areas in Khon Kaen, Northeast Thailand. Sustainability 2022, 14, 9873. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14169873
Yang Y, Ye R, Srisutham M, Nontasri T, Sritumboon S, Maki M, Yoshida K, Oki K, Homma K. Rice Production in Farmer Fields in Soil Salinity Classified Areas in Khon Kaen, Northeast Thailand. Sustainability. 2022; 14(16):9873. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14169873
Chicago/Turabian StyleYang, Yi, Rongling Ye, Mallika Srisutham, Thanyaluck Nontasri, Supranee Sritumboon, Masayasu Maki, Koshi Yoshida, Kazuo Oki, and Koki Homma. 2022. "Rice Production in Farmer Fields in Soil Salinity Classified Areas in Khon Kaen, Northeast Thailand" Sustainability 14, no. 16: 9873. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14169873