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Photo_KM_Shamsul_HaqueKM Shamsul Haque

PhD Student
School School of Agricultural & Wine Sciences
Location Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga
Phone 0421238528
Fax 02 6938 1666
Email khaque@csu.edu.au

 

Project

Growing Mungbean (Vigna radiata) in post-rice soil

Summary

Mungbean (Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek) is a grain legume of immense importance. Due to its short growth duration, mungbean is fitted well in rice based cropping systems. After rice harvest, the soil profile remains moist for a considerable period. As a result, intermittent saturation of the soil and shallow water table delays land preparation. Such adverse soil condition results in sub-optimal plant population. On the other hand, because of wet-puddling for the preceding rice crop, the soils become structurally degraded and are prone to be saturated quickly. As a result, the plant growth is adversely affected which is attributed to inadequate oxygen supply to sustain root respiration. The causes of low yields of upland crops after rice are mainly poor crop establishment and poor root growth due to soil physical constraints. As a result of these low yields, farmers are reluctant to invest in post-rice crops. Therefore, land after lowland rice represents an underutilized resource that can be used to meet the food requirement of the ever increasing population of the developing world. This probably requires cultivars that can withstand under adverse soil physical condition created due to puddling. Therefore evaluation of genotypic responses under such situation is time demanding.

Supervisors

Dr. Phil Eberbach, Dr. Leslie Weston, Dr Julia Howaitt

Funding source

CSU Postgraduate Research Scholarship

Selected Publications

Miah MY,  Kamal MJU, Haque KMS and Kuddus KG (2010). Glutinous Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Cultivars Grown on Coastal Soils of Bangladesh. The Agriculturists 8(2), 74-79

Haque KMS, Islam R and Karim A (2009). Genotypic variation in root growth and water stress tolerance mechanisms of aus rice. Research Management Committee Annual Research Report, 2009. BSMRAU, Gazipur, Bangladesh.

Aktar J, Haque MM, Hamid A and Haque KMS (2010). Elevated CO2 and high temperature effects on photosynthesis, growth and productivity of some indigenous rice cultivars of Bangladesh. Paper presented in 9th BSA International Conference, Bangladesh Society of Agronomy, October 6, 2010; Dhaka.

Miah MY and Haque KMS (2009). Nutrient Dynamics in rice and its rhizosphere. National Project Proceedings for the National Science and Information and Communication Ministry funded projects, Bangladesh.

Haque KMS, Khaliq QA, Aktar J and Shamsuddula AM (2006). Yielding ability of aromatic rice under stacking and non-stacking conditions with different nitrogen fertilization. Int. J. Sustain. Crop Prod. 1(1):01-05.