Studies on the Resistance of some Winter Forage Crops to High Soil Moisture : I. Relation of the yield and soil moisture

Abstract

Expreiments were performed to investigated the resistance of some winter forage crops to high soil moisture. Italin rye grass, Rye, Oat and common vetch were used as matelials. These crops were planted on the soil which were divided in the following three plots, on the basis of their moisture content, (1) optimum soil moisture, (2) high soil moisture and (3) low soil moisture. Italian rye grass was not influenced by high soil moisture in the length and the leaf-broad, but the yield was low as compared with that obtained in (1) and (3). On the contrary, high soil moisture has a severe influence on the growth of the Oat, Rye and Common vetch.