Applied and Environmental Soil Science

Research Article

Soil Moisture Response to Short-Term Inorganic Fertilization on Tef (Eragrostis tef (Zucc.) Trotter) Crop Varieties in Northern Ethiopia

Table 1

Dates of agronomic practices and different growth stages of tef crops in 2012 and 2013 cropping seasons.
Agronomic operation20122013
1st plowing22 May 201225 May 2013
2nd plowing13 June 201215 June 2013
3rd plowing8 July 20129 July 2013
Sowing date8 July 20129 July 2013
1st hand weeding8 Aug 20129 Aug 2013
2nd hand weeding22 Aug 201223 Aug 2013
Tillering time11 Aug 201212 Aug 2013
Stem elongation27 Aug 201228 Aug 2013
Booting stage10 Sep 201211 Sep 2013
Grain filling stage01 Oct 201202 Sep 2013
Harvesting time8 Nov 20129 Nov 2013
Note: the growth stages of tef crops were used as the dates to take soil samples and then determine soil moisture content of the experimental plots. All varieties showed almost similar dates of crop growth stages.