Abstract:

In order to study the effects of ridge and furrow planting on summer maize production in North China, field experiment of three planting patterns of ridge planting, furrow planting and flat planting have been designed to investigate the influence of different treatments on soil moisture variation, leaf water potential, growth, grain yield of maize. The result show that soil moisture, leaf water potential, leaf area, dry matter accumulation in furrow planting treatment are higher than ridge planting and flat planting treatment, the grain yield of furrow planting treatment increase 3.81% and 11.62% than ridge planting treatment and flat planting treatment respectively.