Effects of different inputs of organic matter on the response of plant production to a soil water stress in Sahelian region.docVIP

Vol.4, No.12, 969-975 (2012) Natural Science /10.4236/ns.2012.412125 Effects of different inputs of organic matter on the response of plant production to a soil water stress in Sahelian region Abdoulaye Badiane , Ndeye Yacine Badiane Ndour , Fatou Guèye , Saliou Faye , 1,2,3* 2 2 2 1 Ibrahima Ndoye 3 , Dominique Masse 1 2 3 * Research Center IRD-ISRA-UCAD of Bel-Air Laboratory of Soil Microbial Ecology and Tropical Agrosystems, Dakar, Senegal Research Centre IRD-ISRA Bel-Air National Laboratory for Research on Crop Production, Dakar, Senegal Department of Plant Biology, University Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal; Corresponding Author: badiane_abdou@yahoo.fr Received 12 September 2012; revised 15 October 2012; accepted 28 October 2012 ABSTRACT inputs under STR. In this study we show that the use of organic matter increases de farmers risk and this notion of risk is high and it is necessary to consider this risk in the proposals of techni- cal innovations. The aim was to study the effects of organic management like the application of organic mat- ters on crop production. This research is placed in the context of climate change impact mitiga- tion. A field experiment was conducted during the dry season. Rainfall inputs were simulated by irrigation to study the effects of water stress during the flowering period of a grain on the agronomic and the physiological behavior of the plant. The measurements were made on the vol- umetric soil moisture, stomatal conductance, and leaf area index (LAI), grain yield, straw and weight of 100 grains. The water use efficiency (WUE) and yield losses were evaluated. The re- sults of the volumetric soil moisture showed that the use of localized input under water stress (STR-T1) recorded the lowest moisture in the surface