Dissertation abstracts: Study on improving the cropping systems on some main soil types in Dong Hy District Thai Nguyen Province

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Research objectives: Researching for improved cropping systems with proposed cropping structure on rice-based land in Dong Hy District, Thai Nguyen Province in the period of 2010 -2020; researching and applying some cultivation techniques for the tea production on hilly land in Dong Hy District, Thai Nguyen Province.

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1 PART 1 INTRODUCTION 1. Background Dong Hy is a mountainous district of Thai Nguyen Province with total natural area of 46,177 ha in which there are 26% of agricultural land, 45% of forest land, 0.37% of aquaculture, 5% of land for specific purposes; 2% of living land; 22% of unused land. The structure of agricultural land includes 53% for annual crops, 39% for perennial crops, and 8% for others. The annual crops include cereal crop group, short-term industrial plant group, group of vegetables and beans. The perennial crops include tea, litchi, longan, mango, jackfruit plants etc. With the land, crop structure as well as the natural - economic and social conditions of Dong Hy District as mentioned above; to gradually change the cropping system forward to market oriented production and to develop the sustainable agriculture system definitely needs research on improving cropping systems in Dong Hy District. Based on these issues, we conducted a study titled “Study on improving the cropping systems on some main soil types in Dong Hy District - Thai Nguyen Province.” 2. Research objectives - Researching for improved cropping systems with proposed cropping structure on rice-based land in Dong Hy District, Thai Nguyen Province in the period of 2010 -2020. - Researching and applying some cultivation techniques for the tea production on hilly land in Dong Hy District, Thai Nguyen Province. 3. Research requirements - Evaluating the current cropping systems on rice-based and hilly land in Dong Hy District. - Studying to select the suitable varieties of crops in the spring, summer and winter crops on rice-based land. Studying on some suitable techniques for tea production on hilly land. - Building demonstration plots on rice-based and hilly land based on research results obtained. - Proposing development plans for new cropping systems in Dong Hy District in the future.
2 4. Research limit The study focuses on analyzing and evaluating the status of crop production on some main kinds of agriculture land in Dong Hy District, including cropping systems on one-rice crop land, two-cropland and three-crop land of rice-based land system; perennial cropping systems on hilly land in Dong Hy District; The study focuses on testing for selection of some new varieties with high yield - high economic efficiency and building demonstration plots on rice-based lowland in Dong Hy District, testing for selection of chemical fertilizer rates combined with microbial fertilizer for tea on hilly land, testing some techniques for moisture maintenance in tea field in winter season and building demonstration plots for sustainable tea production – high economic efficiency from tea production in Dong Hy District. 5. New findings of the study - For annual crops on rice-based lowland in Dong Hy District: Improved crop varieties in this area have increased the productivity and economic efficiency of the rotation treatment. - Additional winter potato crop on two-rice lowland has increased the economic efficiency of crop rotation treatment and improved soil nutrient content. - Additional peanut crop or soybean crop on one-rice lowland has increased the productivity and economic efficiency of cropping systems and soil nutrient properties. - Studying and building the demonstration model of sustainable tea production with some technical methods such as balanced-fertilizer combined, moisture maintenance in winter-spring crops increased not only productivity - economic efficiency but also soil nutrient properties. PART 2 LITERATURE REVIEW AND SCIENCETIFIC BASIS 2.1. Scientific basis of cropping systems 2.1.1. Concepts * Cropping systems A cropping system is a composition of breeds and varieties that are arranged in areas and time in all kinds of agricultural ecosystems to make the best of natural - economic and social conditions (Dao The Tuan, 1984). A cropping system is an arrangement of all plants in an
3 interaction-relationship that is suitably arranged in areas and time (Nguyen Duy Tinh, 1995). *Improved cropping systems According to Pham Chi Thanh et al. (1996), an improved cropping system includes local cropping system and advanced techniques. This is the way of inheriting the good that was accumulated by local people; therefore researching and developing the cropping system must evaluate the current cropping system. The word “current” means the techniques that have been accepted by local people. Advanced techniques are the new ones that have never appeared in locate and increased production efficiency. * Logical cropping systems A logical cropping system is stabilization in aspect of organizing crops on farmland in quantities, ratio, species, locations and time to create a synergy of organic interaction relationships among all kinds of crops to exploit and use economically and reasonably natural resources for economic-social development purposes (Khai Tran, 1994). The logical cropping system is the system suitable with natural and economic - social conditions of province (Dao The Tuan, 1989), (Phung Dang Chinh et al, 1987). The logical cropping system also show the effectiveness of the relationship between plants located on the field - make the cultivation production develop comprehensively, strongly and firmly towards intensive cultivation associated with multi- cultivation, production of goods and high economic efficiency. The logical cropping system is a reality objective that is formed from specific natural and socio-economic conditions and motivates over time. 2.2. Overview of cropping system research 2.2.1. Cropping system research in the world According to Flach et al (1989), the crop rotation is sequences of plant arrangements on the same part of land in each seasonal crop of each type of crop. The crop rotation is used importantly in maintaining the fertility of soil; preventing the increase of diseases, pests, weeds; and controlling and limiting erosion. Since 1980 in the Southern region in China, there has studied for the ecological agriculture. Xiaoliang is a hilly area of Guangdong that had vigorous desertification, erosion and high ground temperature. It is used to be planted eucalyptus, but were unsuccessful. Finally, local
4 people selected cropping systems with crop diversification and multi- layer plants. There were protected forest trees at the top of the hill, orchard plants in the middle and crops grown in the valley. Rubber trees at hills were planted in rows of 10-15 meters long and 2.5 meters wide combined with one row of tea plants intercropped. According to Trieu Quoc Ky (1994) on two-rice cropland in Southern mountainous region used to be planted two to three seasonal crops with cropping systems of rice-wheat-potato or peanut-soybean-wheat. On one-rice crop-land of plateau (Van Nam, Quy Chau, Tu Xuyen and Tay Tang provinces), cropping systems were rice in rotation with upland crops. 2.2.2. The cropping system research in Vietnam Bui Huy Dap (1977, 1987, 1994), on his overview of research in Northern mountainous region, indicated that the proper cultivations in some type of agricultural land in mountainous areas are cropping systems of spring rice-summer rice on lowland in the valley and terrace fields in low mountainous areas; cropping systems of summer rice- potato (or green bean- green manure plants) in areas where there is no water in the winter-spring crops. On the land with history of planting one-crop of spring maize or spring-summer maize, we can added peas, white beans as winter crops. The research on applying technical methods to improve the efficiency of one-crop-lowland in Northern mountainous region (Le Quoc Doanh et al, 2007) showed that by variety selection and land mulching we can increase the seasonal crops with 2 treatment: spring soybean-short term summer rice resulting in the profits from 16.8 million VND/ha/year compared to one-rice crop with 8.0 million/ha/year. Treatment of spring peanut- short-term summer rice gave the profit of 21.2 million VND/ha/year higher than the control of one-rice crop by 9.6 millions VND/ha/year. PART 3 REASERCH CONTENTS AND METHODOLOGY 3.1. Research Contents 3.1. Assessing the impact of natural, economic - social conditions in Dong Hy District on cropping systems 3.2. Assessing the current cropping systems in Dong Hy District 3.3. Study on improving cropping systems in a main kind of land in Dong Hy District
5 3.3. Research Methodology 3.3.1. Collecting secondary data Sources of data extracted from related organizations in research areas. 3.3.2. Direct investigation Using the questions in the questionnaires to collect data by region, subjects in the study area. 3.3.3. Experiments for selecting crop varieties on rice-based lowland and some technical methods for tea cultivation in Dong Hy District The experiments were designed according to the method of field experiments and were conducted on farmer fields in study sites. 3.3.4. Building demonstration plots The plots on two-rice cropland, one-rice cropland and for sustainable tea production on hilly land. 3.3.5. Analyzing nutrient elements of soil in the model areas Taking soil samples before and after implementing models (taken from the cultivation soil layer from 0 to 30 cm of hilly land; layer from 0 to 20 cm for rice-based lowland), 3.3.6. Analyzing experimental data: Field experiments’ data were analyzed by analysis of variance, regression analysis using SAS and IRRSAT software. PART 4 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 4.1. Results from assessing impacts of natural, economic - social conditions on cropping systems in Dong Hy District, Thai Nguyen Province 4.1.1. Topography and land According to statistic data, a total area of land used for cultivation was 46.117,2 ha and is divided into five main groups. The survey results on current use of these types of land were shown in Table 4.1. Table 4.1: The main soil types in Dong Hy District Area Soil Groups Current use (ha) 1. Alluvial soil with less 127.8 Vegetables deposition 2. Alluvial soil with no 1657.3 Rice - Vegetables deposition
6 3. Eluvial soil at valley 8,188.3 Rice 4. Acrisols 22,357.4 Forest, tea plants, fruit trees 5. Alisols 13,846.4 Forest, tea plants, fruit trees Total 46,117.2 Source: Statistic Department, Dong Hy District, 2005 4.1.2. Economic - social characteristics - Population: Dong Hy District has an average population level compared to other districts of Thai Nguyen Province. According to statistic data in 2005, Dong Hy district's population was 124,196 people; the population density was 270 people/km2. The people mainly lived in rural areas (more than 86%); the others lived in urban areas (14%). - The infrastructure was in average level. Traffic was quite convenient; the national electricity has nearly reached to all the communes of the District. Irrigation: there are Cau River, Linh Nham stream and Dac waterfall in the District, with a total length is 94 km. This is the main water source for production. 4.2. Results from monitoring some characteristics of the cropping system in Dong Hy District 4.2.1. Assessing characteristics of cropping systems on rice-based lowland 4.2.1.1. Annual crops’ structure and area Annual crops’ structure and area of Dong Hy in years 2000 - 2005 showed that there was four major crop groups, including Food grain crops; starch root plants; annual industrial crops and all kinds of vegetables, beans. Table 4.2: Annual crops’ structure and area Unit: ha Crops 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Total area 10.841 11.939 11.789 11.658 11.605 I. Food grains 7,856 8,478 8,761 8,963 8,984 1. Rice 6,484 6,568 6,677 6,657 6,667 - Winter spring 2,125 2,210 2,319 2,304 2,341 - Summer 4,359 4,358 4,358 4,353 4,326 2. Maize 1,372 1,910 2,084 2,306 2,318
7 Crops 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 II. Root crops for starch 1,113 1,329 991 894 782 1. Sweet potato 756 938 729 639 543 2. Cassava 340 369 248 252 229 3. Others 17 22 14 3 10 III. Vegetables, beans 907 1,093 1,199 1,047 1,215 1. Vegetables 513 679 739 815 959 2. Beans 394 414 460 232 256 IV. Annual industrial 965 1,057 838 754 625 plants 1. Soybeans 402 528 410 333 265 2. Peanuts 517 501 418 410 331 3. Sesames 12 6 2 1 20 4. Sugarcanes 34 22 8 9 9 (Statistics Department, Thai Nguyen 2005) 4.2.1.2. Economic efficiency of crop rotation systems on rice-based lowland. Crop yields in some rotational treatments were shown in Table 4.3 Table 4.3: Crop yields on the land with tree crops per year Yield x ± Sx. (tons/ha) Rotational treatment n Crop 1 Crop 2 Crop 3 1. Spring peanut– Rice – corn 32 1.03 ± 0.26 4.53 ± 0.32 3.49 ± 0.53 2. Soybean – Rice – corn 30 1.14 ± 0.15 4.39 ± 0.35 3.24 ± 0.47 3. Sweet potato – Rice – corn 28 3.99 ± 0.48 4.02 ± 0.38 3.13 ± 0.39 (Source: 2005 survey data) The table 4.10 showed that: the yield of winter corn in the land with three crops were from 3.13 – 3.49 tons/ha; the yields of summer rice were from 4.02 – 4.53 tons/ha.
8 Table 4.4: Economic efficiency comparison among the rotation formulas on 3-crop lowland in Dong Hy District Total Investment Interest Rotational Treatment Incomes cost Million VND /ha 1. Spring peanut– Rice – corn 39.38 13.12 26.26 2. Soybean – Rice – corn 41.92 13.95 27.97 3. Sweet potato – Rice – corn 36.59 11.19 25.40 (The average price in 2005) Economic efficiency of the rotational Treatments showed that the treatments of Soybean – Rice – corn and Spring peanut– Rice – corn gave higher incomes than the treatment of Sweet potato – Rice – corn and gained the interest from 26.26 – 27.97 million VND/ha/year. These treatment also were chosen for continuous study. Table 4.5: Rice yields on the 2-crop lowland in some topography Rice yield x ± Sx (tons/ha) Topography Area (ha) n Spring crop Summer crop 1. High 320 29 4.37 ± 1.08 4.24 ± 0.59 2. Average 600 38 4.82 ± 0.52 4.53 ± 0.61 3. Low 245 25 4.63 ± 0.61 4.05 ± 0.82 (Survey data 2005) Table 4.6: economic efficiency Comparison of 2-rice crop treatment in some land topography in Dong Hy District Total Investment Topography Interest incomes cost Million VND /ha 1. High 34.44 12.48 21.96 2. Average 37.40 11. 58 25.82 3. Low 34.72 12.00 22.72 (The average price in 2005)
9 About the economic efficiency on 2-rice crop lowland, the incomes were from 21.96 to 25.82 million VND / ha / year. The average land topography with 2-rice crops had the highest income. 4.2.1.3. Effects of land use systems to soil fertility Survey data collected on five indicators of soil in three different land use systems in Dong Hy District showed that pHKCL of soil ranged from 4.2 to 6.7, increasing gradually from the first crop to third crop; the content of organic matter in surface soil increased from 0.92% - 2.97%. Table 4.7: Some indicators of soil on fields with 3-crop cultivated per year N P2O5 K2O Sample No. pH KCL OC % mg/100g dry soil 1 6.2 4.25 22.20 10.66 2.41 2 7.3 3.48 18.52 7.39. 3.25 3 6.6 4.31 16.72 3.57 3.26 Average 6.7 4.01 19.14 7.20 2.97 Table 4.8: Some indicators of soil from 2-rice crop lowland pH N P2O5 K2O Sample No. OC % KCL mg/10) g dry soil 1 5.1 8.12 6.89 21.20 1.10 2 4.9 6.78 8.52 10.03 2.01 3 5.3 6.73 6.18 4.23 1.12 Average 5.1 7.21 7.19 11.82 1.61 Table 4.9: Some indicators of soil from one- rice crop lowland N P2O5 K2O Sample No. pH KCL OC % mg/100 g dry soil 1 3.7 5.39 1.81 3.20 0.89 2 4.8 3.50 9.68 4.73 0.98 3 4.0 7.21 0.58 1.79 0.90 Average 4.2 5.36 4.02 3.24 0.92 4.2.1.4. Evaluating the cropping system characteristics on rice-based lowland of the study site using farmer participatory method The results of farmers’ opinions in 1-rice crop lowland showed that: some plants that always used were rice in summer crops; corn,
10 beans, sweet potatoes in spring crops; cassava and sesame in periods of long-term drought. Table 4.10: Survey results on some crop characteristics on one-rice crop lowland Unit: percentage / questionnaires Resistance ability to pest Adaptability to land, – diseases and Economic efficiency (%) Crops weather (%) unfavorableness High Average Low High Average Low High Average Low Rice 60.0 26.7 13.3 40.0 36.7 23.3 50.0 26.7 23.3 Corn 56.7 20.0 23.3 26.7 46.7 26.6 33.3 50.0 16.7 Beans 73.4 23.3 3.3 63.4 30.0 6.6 73.4 20.0 6.6 Sweet 60.0 23.4 16.6 73.4 16.6 10.0 30.0 50.0 20.0 potato Cassava 66.7 23.3 10.0 70.0 26.7 3.3 23.4 63.3 13.3 (Survey data, 2005) In two-rice crop lowland, farmers said that some plants which were cultivated were rice plants (in spring and summer crops), corn plants (mainly in winter crops – currently has considered as an important plants in supplying feed for livestocks), peanuts and soybeans (mainly in spring crops), Table 4.11: Assessment results of farmers on some plant characteristics on two-rice crop lowland Unit: percentage / questionnaires Resistance ability to pest Adaptability to land, – diseases and Economic efficiency (%) Crops weather (%) unfavorableness High Average Low High Average Low High Average Low Rice 90.0 6.7 3.3 40.0 51.7 8.3 51.7 30.0 18.3 Corn 46.7 40.0 13.3 68.4 28.3 3.3 58.4 36.6 5.0 Peanut 36.7 51.6 11.7 80.0 13.4 6.6 78.3 18.4 3.3 Soybean 35.0 48.4 16.6 43.4 53.3 3.3 56.7 30.0 13.3 Beans 13.4 56.6 30.0 38.4 56.7 5.0 23.4 58.3 18.3 Sweet potato 33.4 58.3 8.3 31.7 70.0 5.0 18.4 70.0 11.6 Vegetables 25.0 63.4 11.6 18.4 61.6 20.0 28.4 66.6 5.0 (Survey data, 2005)
11 4.2.2. Evaluating on agricultural cropping system characteristics on hilly land in Dong Hy District Based on statistic data, Dong Hy District has a total natural area of about 46 thousands ha. The perennial crops were mainly tea and fruit plants. Table 4.12: Area and productivity of perennial crops in years of 2001 to 2005 in Dong Hy District Tea plants Fruit plants Year Area Ratio Yield Area Ratio Yield (ha) (%) (tons/ha) (ha) (%) (tons/ha) 2001 1899.0 42.85 62.54 2532.1 57.15 11.74 2002 2074.0 45.03 69.00 2532.1 54.97 12.55 2003 2382.8 50.28 54.41 2307.04 49.72 9.84 2004 2487.8 51.46 72.10 2252.04 48.54 13.70 2005 2589.8 53.66 73.49 2080.04 46.34 15.60 (Source: Statistics Department, Thai Nguyen 2005) From the changes in area and yield of tea trees and fruit trees on hilly land in Dong Hy, we conducted a survey on some characteristics of these crops. The obtained results were showed in Table 4.13. Table 4.13: Survey results on crop characteristics on hilly land in Dong Hy district Unit: percentage / questionnaires Adaptability and farmer’s Labour attractiveness Economic efficiency (%) Crops acceptable level (%) ability (%) High Average Low High Average Low High Average Low Tea 73.4 23.3 3.3 83.4 13.3 3.3 86.7 10.0 3.3 Litchi 40.0 50.0 10.0 23.4 40.0 36.6 30.0 60.0 10.0 Longan 46.7 36.6 16.7 26.7 43.3 30.0 33.4 40.0 26.6 Mango 26.7 60.0 13.3 16.7 43.3 40.0 36.7 40.0 23.3 Jackfruit 56.7 40.0 3.3 20.0 50.0 20.0 50.0 26.7 23.3 (Survey data, 2005) 4.3. Research results on improving the cropping systems 4.3.1. The trial study on plant variety selection on rice-based lowland 4.3.1.1. Results of rive variety selection on two-rice crop lowland
12 The rice varieties was being tested continuously in the fields of farmers in three spring crops (2004, 2005, and 2006). The yield results were shown in Table 4.14. Table 4.14: Yield of some studied rice varieties in spring crops years 2004, 2005, 2006 Yields (tons/ha) Compared Varieties to control 2004 2005 2006 Average (%) Khang dan 4.86 4.53 4.91 4.76 100 HYT 83 6.80 6.62 6.93 6.78 142.5 HYT 100 7.77 7.53 7.82 7.70 161.9 LVN 20 7.29 7.12 7.11 7.17 150.7 HC1 6.60 6.50 6.48 6.52 137.1 LSd05 0.44 0.40 0.63 CV% 2.0 1.9 2.9 The Table showed that the varieties got highest yield was HYT100 (7.776 tons/ha); LVN20’s yield was 7.290 tons/ ha; varieties gaining average yield were HYT83 (6.804 tons/ ha), HC1 (6.609 tons/ ha). The control variety got the lowest yield (4.86 tons/ ha). The experiments conducted in three continuous cropping seasons in years 2004, 2005 and 2006 showed that all four varieties gave higher yields than the control (Khang dan) by 37.1% to 61.9%. * Variety selection in summer crop The experiment was continuously conducted in summer crops in years 2004, 2005 and 2006; the results showed that four studied varieties got higher yield than the control by 29.2 to 46.5%. In four varieties, there were two varieties that were selected were HYT100 and LVN20 - higher yield than the control by 37.8 to 46.5%. Table 4.15: Yield of some studied rice varieties in summer crops years 2004, 2005, 2006 Yields (tons/ha) Compared to Varieties 2004 2005 2006 Average control (%) Khang dan 5.53 4.62 4.81 4.98 100 HYT 83 6.37 6.43 6.51 6.43 129.2
13 Yields (tons/ha) Compared to Varieties 2004 2005 2006 Average control (%) HYT100 7.24 7.52 7.13 7.29 146.5 LVN20 6.75 6.85 7.00 6.86 137.8 HC1 7.02 6.83 6.51 6.78 136.2 CV% 1.2 1.9 1.7 LSd0,05 0.15 0.37 0.35 4.3.1.2. Results of selecting corn varieties as the third crop on irrigated lowland The experimental results in years 2004, 2005, and 2006 were shown in Table 4.16. Based on those results, the suitable corn varieties for winter crops on irrigated lowland in studied area were LVN 99 and SC164 that had higher yield than the control NVL4 by 30.8% to 43.6%. Table 4.16: Yields of corn varieties in winter crops in years 2004, 2005 and 2006 Yields (tons/ha) Compared to Varieties the control 2004 2005 2006 Average (%) LVN4 5.49 5.32 5.17 5.32 100 LVN10 5.89 5.74 5.68 5.77 108.4 LVN99 6.98 7.00 6.92 6.96 130.8 SC 184 6.61 6.51 6.43 6.51 122.4 SC 164 7.93 7.52 7.47 7.64 143.6 CV% 3.2 2.3 2.1 LSd0,05 0.27 0.28 0.12 4.3.1.3. Results of selecting potato varieties on two-rice crop land There were two varieties (Diamant and VC 888) that had higher yield than the control KT3 from 147.4 to 149.7%.
14 Table 4.17: Yields of potato varieties in winter crops in years 2004, 2005 and 2006 Yields (tons/ha) Compared to Varieties 2004 2005 2006 Average the control (%) Diamant 15.71 13.76 14.52 14.66 149.7 So lara 13.76 12.70 12.01 12.82 130.9 Maricula 12.31 12.02 12.55 12.29 125.5 VC 888 14.41 14.07 14.82 14.43 147.4 KT 3 (ñ/c) 9.55 10.01 9.83 9.79 100 CV% 3.8 2.7 5.0 LSd05 0.44 1.08 2.07 4.3.1.4. Results of selecting peanut varieties on one-rice crop land Table 4.18: Comparison results of some peanut varieties in years 2004, 2005 and 2006 Yields (tons/ha) Compared to Varieties 2004 2005 2006 Average the control (%) 1. MD 09 3.19 3.02 3.26 3.15 101.1 2. L08 4.01 4.05 3.68 3.91 125.4 3. L12 2.92 3.04 3.13 3.03 97.1 4. MD 07 3.87 3.93 3.51 3.77 120.8 5. L14 4.19 4.23 4.30 4.24 135.8 6. ðo BG (ñ/c) 3.01 3.15 3.20 3.12 100 CV% 2.5 2.9 2.0 LSd05 0.28 0.33 0.22 The results in 3 seasons for spring peanut on one-rice crop lowland showed that there were two varieties MD09 and L12 that had yield as high as the control Do BG did. There were 2 varieties L08 and L14 that had higher yield than the control by 25.4% to 35.8%. 4.3.1.5. Results of selecting some soybean varieties on one-crop land Results comparing among 3 crops (2004, 2005 and 2006) showed that all studied varieties had higher yield than the control DT84 in which 3 varieties DT 96, Tu quy xanh and VX 92 had higher yield than the control by 41.9% to 102.1%.
15 Table 4.19: Yields of some soybean varieties in year 2004, 2005 and 2006 Yields (tons/ha) Compared to Varieties 2004 2005 2006 Average the control (%) DT84 1.65 1.43 1.57 1.55 100 DT96 3.26 3.01 3.13 3.13 202.1 KT5 2.25 2.14 2.05 2.14 138.4 Tu quy xanh 2.36 2.24 2.00 2.20 141.9 VX92 2.12 2.23 2.38 2.25 145.1 CV% 2.4 2.6 2.9 LSd05 0.11 0.19 0.20 4.3.2. Study on applying fertilizers and some technical method of maintaining soil moisture for tea plants 4.3.2.1. Study on suitable fertilizer combinations for tea plants on hilly land in Dong Hy District Table 4.20: Effect of fertilizer doses on yield of tea plants in 2006 Yield of fresh tea of each harvest time (kg/plot) Total Yields of weigh Treatments fresh tea 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 of fresh (tons/ha) tea/plot 1 (ñ/c) 5.37 5.73 5.80 6.23 6.07 5.47 4.93 4.30 4.17 5.37 53.43 10.386 c 2 6.27 6.57 7.17 7.23 7.13 6.87 5.83 5.27 5.70 6.13 64.17 12.475 cb 3 6.30 7.13 7.43 7.27 7.60 7.30 6.90 6.50 6.03 6.50 68.97 13.408 a 4 6.37 7.00 7.10 7.17 7.50 7.10 6.80 6.53 6.13 6.43 68.13 13.244 a 5 5.70 6.47 6.77 6.57 6.93 6.93 6.73 5.87 5.73 5.97 63.67 12.377 b Cv% 5.85 LSD05 1.346 The results of the fresh tea productivities in the experimental plots after 10 harvests (1 year) showed that treatment 3 had the highest actual yield (13.408 tons of fresh buds /ha), followed by treatment 4 (13.244 tons of fresh tea buds/ha), those of treatment 2 and 5 were 12.475 tons/ ha and12.377 tons/ha, respectively. 4.3.2.2. Results of some studies on moisture conserving methods for tea plants on hilly land in Dong Hy district
16 Table 4.21: Impact of moisture conserving measures on the yields of tea plants in winter-spring crop Yield Picking stages (kg/plot) Total weight of Yields of fresh fresh tea tea buds/ha Treatments 1 2 3 4 buds/plot (kg) (tons/ha/crop) No watering + no 4.5 5.8 10.3 2.003 c mulching Watering + no mulching 4.4 4.1 4.97 5.77 19.23 3.739 ba Watering + mulching 5.7 5.5 4.8 6.5 22.50 4.374 ba Chipping + watering + 6.2 5.8 6.7 7.5 25.67 4.989 a mulching CV% 8.46 LSD05 0.328 The results showed that all moisture conserving treatments had significant higher productivities than that of the control, in which treatment 4 with moisture storing method, where soil chipping before watering and mulching, gave the highest yield (49.89 quintals of fresh tea buds/ha /crop). 4.3.3. Formulating improved demo-plot 4.3.3.1. Building models on three-crop-land On three-crop-land, we chose two models: Model 1: Spring peanut (L14) - Rice (HYT100) – Corn (SC164) Model 2: Spring soybean (DT 96) - Rice (HYT100) - Corn (SC 164) Control model 1: Spring peanut (Do Bac Giang) - Rice (Khang Dan) - Corn (LVN 4) Control model 2: Spring Soybean (DT84) - Rice (Khang Dan) - Corn (LVN 4) The other technical measures were done as same as in the production. The experiment results in 2007 and 2008 were presented in Table 4.22.
17 Table 4.22: Plant productivity in the models Yield (x ± Sx (tons/ha) Yield (x ± Sx (tons/ha) Years and crops Peanut – Rice - Corn Soybean – Rice - Corn Improved Control Advanced Control model model model model 2007: Crop 1 4.01 ± 0.53 3.10 ± 0.82 3.15 ± 0.26 1.4,3 ± 0.19 Crop 2 7.08 ± 0.83 4.85 ± 0.57 6.95 ± 0.39 4.7,6 ± 0.50 Crop 3 7.65 ± 4,5 5.13 ± 0.29 7.52 ± 0.70 4.9,8 ± 0.59 2008: Crop 1 4.13 ± 7,0 3.05 ± 0.45 3.05 ± 0.48 1.6,0 ±0.21 Crop 2 7.13 ± 5,8 4.93 ± 0.59 7.02 ± 0.53 4.5,7 ± 0.48 Crop 3 7.52 ±4,9 5.02 ± 0.42 7.44 ± 0.68 4.8,3 ± 0.29 Average: Crop 1 4.07 3.07 3.09 1.51 Crop 2 7.10 4.89 6.98 4.66 Crop 3 7.58 5.07 7.48 4.90 Table 4.23: Economic efficiency comparison of improved models on three-crop-land Total Prof Cost revenue it Comparison Rotation treatments (%) Million VND/ha/năm Peanut-Rice-Corn (advanced) 78.7 28.6 50.1 184.1 Control 55.1 27.9 27.2 100 Soybean -Rice- Corn (advanced) 88.7 32.8 55.9 258.7 Control 53.3 31.7 21.6 100 Research results showed that, at three-crop land (2 crops of vegetables + one crop of rice) in Dong Hy District, by only replacing old varieties with new ones increased farmer’s benefits from 84.1% to 158.7 % compared to the control models. 4.3.3.2. Variety change and increase of crops per year on two-rice- crop-land Model 3: Spring rice - winter rice (new variety was HYT100)
18 Model 4: Spring rice HYT100 – Summer rice (HYT100) - Potatoes (Diamant). The other technical measures were done as same as in the control model spring rice (Khang dan) and summer rice (Khang dan) Table 4.24: Plant productivities in the models conducted on two- rice-crop-land Rice – Rice – Potato Rice - Rice Years and crops Yield x ± Sx (tons/ha) Yield x ± Sx (t /ha) Advanced model Control model Advanced model Control model 2007 Crop 1 6.92 ± 0.52 4.98 ± 0.82 7.25 ± 0.61 4.90 ± 0.54 Crop 2 7.08 ± 0.85 4.53 ± 0.41 6.98 ± 0.73 4.73 ± 0.72 Crop 3 14.03 ± 1.08 2008 Crop 1 6.71 ± 0.83 1.73 ± 0.51 7.35 ± 0.87 5.02 ± 0.76 Crop 2 7.13 ± 0.45 4.61 ± 0.80 7.00 ± 0.56 4.81 ± 0.65 Crop 3 14.53 ±1.21 Average: Crop 1 6.82 4.85 7.30 4.96 Crop 2 7.10 4.57 6.99 4.77 Crop 3 14.28 Table 4.25: Economic efficiency comparison of advanced models on two-rice cropland Revenue Cost Benefit Comparison Rotation treatments Million VND / ha (%) Rice – Rice - Potato 84.0 38.2 45.8 182.4 (improved rice variety) Control 37.6 12.5 25.1 100 Rice – Rice (improved 57.1 13.8 43.3 164.0 varieties) Control 38.9 12.5 21.6 100 Research results showed that in advanced model (2 rice crops - one winter crop) the interest reached 45.8 million VND / ha (82.4% higher than that of the control). On lower land demo-plots, by only replacing varieties, the interest was 43.3 million VND/ha, which is 64.0% higher than the control.
19 Results of soil analysis are shown in table 4.26. The results showed that the OM content increased from 2.01% to 2.54%; total nitrogen increased from 0.09% - 0.14%, available nitrogen increased from 6.78 mg - 13, 94 mg; total phosphorus increased from 0.7% - 0.8%, available phosphorus increased from 8,52 mg – 24,74 mg; total potassium increased from 0.49% - 0.87%, available potassium increased from 10.03 mg - 12.05 mg. Table 4.26: Some chemical indicators of soil in model of Spring rice – summer rice – winter potato Nitrogen Phosphorus Potassium OM Year Total Available Total Available Total Available (%) (%) mg/100g (%) mg/100g (%) mg/100g 2006 2.01 0.11 6.78 0.07 8.52 0.49 10.03 2008 2.54 0.14 13.94 0.08 24.74 0.87 12.05 Soil samples was analyzed at the Institute of Life Sciences – Thai Nguyen University 4.3.3.3. Increasing crops on one rice crop land. Model 5: Spring peanut (L14) – Summer rice (HC1) Model 6: Soybean (DT96) – Summer rice (HC1) And control model with one rice crop (Khang dan) Results of improving one rice crop system in two ways: increasing crop and replacing varieties showed that: increasing spring soybean crop made farmers' interest reach 31.1 million VND / ha - 2.7 times higher than the control. Table 4.27: The plant productivity in advanced model in one cropland Peanut - Rice Soybean - Rice Rice Years and Yield x ± Sx Yield x ± Sx Yield x ± Sx crops (tons /ha) (tons /ha) (tons /ha) 2007 Crop 1 4.01 ± 0.32 3.05 ± 0.28 Crop 2 5.82 ± 0.85 6.03 ± 0.56 4.62 ± 0.52 2008 Crop 1 3.95 ± 0.48 2.99 ± 0.15 Crop 2 5.53 ± 0.51 5.83 ± 0.71 4.51 ± 0.63
20 Peanut - Rice Soybean - Rice Rice Years and Yield x ± Sx Yield x ± Sx Yield x ± Sx crops (tons /ha) (tons /ha) (tons /ha) TB Crop 1 3.98 3.02 Crop 2 5.67 5.94 4.56 Table 4.28: Economic efficiency comparison of advanced models on one-crop-land Revenue Cost Interest Comparison Rotation treatment Million VND /ha (%) 1. Spring peanut – Summer rice 48.5 17.7 30.8 275.0 2. Spring soybean- Summer rice 44.1 17.8 26.3 234.8 3. Summer rice (control) 18.2 7.0 11.2 100 The model of spring peanut – summer rice had an interest of 30.8 million VND/ha/year, model of spring soybean – summer rice had interest of 26.3 million VND/ha/year. Table 4.29: Some chemical indicators of soil in model of spring soybean – summer rice OM Nitrogen Phosphorus Potassium Year (%) % mg/100g % mg/100g % mg/100g 2006 0.98 0.09 3.50 0.06 9.68 0.51 4.73 2008 2.15 0.14 5.56 0.08 27.97 0.94 6.12 Soil samples was analysis in Institute of Life Sciences – Thai Nguyen University Some soil nutrient indicators were evaluated after two years of study with model of spring soybean - summer rice on one crop land showed that: the OM content increased from 0.98% - 3.15%; total nitrogen increased from 0.09% - 0.14%, available nitrogen increased from 3.50 mg - 5.56 mg; total phosphorus increased from 0.06% - 0.08%, available nitrogen increased from 9.68 mg - 27.97 mg; total potassium increased from 0.51% - 0.94%, available potassium increased from 4.73 mg - 6.12 mg. 4.3.3.4. Model of sustainable intensive farming of tea plants on hilly land in Dong Hy district, Thai Nguyen province The model was conducted in 2007 - 2009 in Ao Son village, Minh Lap commune, Dong Hy district, Thai Nguyen province. Tea variety