@article{fdi:010049726, title = {{Y}ield of rice under water and soil salinity risks in farmers' fields in northeast {T}hailand}, author = {{C}lermont {D}auphin, {C}athy and {S}uwannang, {N}. and {G}runberger, {O}livier and {H}ammecker, {C}laude and {M}aeght, {J}ean-{L}uc}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{T}his study focused on the variability of rice yield under water and soil salinity risks in farmers' fields in northeast {T}hailand. {A} rice plot was monitored in 24,16 and 11 farmers' fields during the rice seasons 2005, 2006 and 2007, respectively. {T}he results emphasized that few plots were continuously submerged during the 2005 season, when rainfall was low. {D}rought significantly affected the rice yield, yield components and the internal efficiency ({IE}) of the absorbed nutrients, while slight soil salinity had the only significant effect of increasing the {IE} of potassium ({IEK}). {I}n the very rainy 2006 and 2007 seasons, most fields were continuously submerged, and in contrast to 2005, the slight soil salinity that was recorded had significant effects not only on {IEK}, but also on rice yield, spikelet sterility and 1000-grain weight. {T}he yield decrease due to drought was about 87% and that due to salinity was 20%. {W}hen neither salinity nor water were limiting, the soil nutrient supply was high enough to achieve about 80% of the maximum yield reported in the literature for the rice cultivar in this area. {A}s both drought and salinity risks are hardly avoided by the current farmers' management they should be taken into account in the way technical recommendations to farmers are formulated.}, keywords = {{Y}ield ; {S}pikelet sterility ; {I}nternal efficiency ; {S}oil salinity ; {R}ainfed lowland rice ; {O}n-farm assessment}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{F}ield {C}rops {R}esearch}, volume = {118}, numero = {3}, pages = {289--296}, ISSN = {0378-4290}, year = {2010}, DOI = {10.1016/j.fcr.2010.06.009}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010049726}, }