Preliminary Study on Movement of Available Water in Sandy Loam Soils Under Dry Farming Conditions

Abstract

The study on availability of moisture under dry farming conditions in relation to time of planting/sowing. reveals that the crops planted in the early stages of rainfall provides better utilization of moisture and its availability during the crop growth. Late planting has shown that there is a daficit of moisture in the effective root zone at the later stage of crop growth which results in low yield.