Effects Of Supplemental Irrigation Research Articles

Effect of Supplemental Irrigation on Growth, Physio-biochemical and Yield Responses of Mothbean (L.) Genotypes under Vigna aconitifolia Rainfed Condition in Semi-arid Regions of Rajasthan

Effect of Supplemental Irrigation on Growth, Physio-biochemical and Yield Responses of Mothbean (L.) Genotypes under Vigna aconitifolia Rainfed Condition in Semi-arid Regions of Rajasthan

The Effect of Supplemental Irrigation on a Dry-Farmed Vitis vinifera L. cv. Zinfandel Vineyard as a Function of Vine Age

With natural rainfall and surface water availability becoming scarce, prolonged droughts are expected to become more frequent, thereby creating issues for agriculture. In viticulture, a lack of rainfall is often supplemented with irrigation during the growing season and/or dormancy. However, with surface and groundwater resources declining in addition to current changes in rainfall patterns, it is unlikely that supplemental irrigation will continue to be an available tool for most growers. As such, this study aims to evaluate the effect of dry farming and supplemental irrigation during the growing season on vine performance and fruit composition as a function of vine age in Zinfandel grapevines. A historically dry-farmed vineyard block with interplanted vines of varying ages was evaluated during the 2021 growing season. Treatments included young vines (5–12 years old), control vines (2:1 ratio of old to young vines representative of the block), and old vines (40–60 years old); each age designation included irrigated and dry-farmed vines. Based on age-specific ETc and to replenish 95% of crop evapotranspiration (ETc), irrigation was manually applied to the irrigated treatment vines at véraison and véraison + 4 weeks. Results indicated no significant changes in phenological progression, leaf senescence, or physical berry analysis when irrigation was added to dry-farmed vines, as most differences were driven by vine age in most parameters measured. Irrigated vines were slightly more advanced in phenological growth and senescence progression compared to dry-farmed vines. Results suggest that the practice of applying supplemental irrigation during the growing season, provided winter rainfall or additional winter irrigation is sufficient, does not have significant impacts on vine performance. Thus, dry farming during the growing season is a reasonable alternative practice in Zinfandel, even in periods of drought.

Effects of supplemental irrigation on grain yield and water and nitrogen efficiencies of winter wheat in the North China Plain.

Aiming at unbalanced coordination of irrigation and fertilization of winter wheat in the eastern North China Plain, this study investigated the effect of fertigation on wheat grain yield, grain quality, and water use efficiency (WUE) and nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) in seven irrigation and nitrogen (N) fertilization treatments. Under the field conditions, the traditional irrigation and fertilization method (total N amount of 240 kg ha-1 , application of 90 kg ha-1 at sowing irrigation at jointing and anthesis, with topdressing N of 150 kg ha-1 at jointing) was used as the control (CK). There were six fertigation treatments to compare with CK. For the fertigation treatments, the total amount of N application was set to 180 kg ha-1 and 90 kg ha-1 was applied at sowing and the remaining N fertilizer was applied through fertigation. The fertigation treatments included the combination of three fertigation frequencies (S2: at jointing and anthesis; S3: at jointing, anthesis, and filling; S4: at jointing, booting, anthesis, and filling) and two soil water replenishment depths (M1: 0-10 cm; M2: 0-20 cm). The six treatments were S4M2, S4M1, S3M2, S3M1, S2M2, and S2M1. Compared with CK, three and four irrigations (S3 and S4) maintained higher soil and plant analyzer development value and photosynthetic rate after anthesis. These treatments increased soil water extraction while reducing crop water consumption during the whole growing season, promoted the assimilation and translocation of dry matter into the grain after anthesis, and increased the 1000-grain weight. These fertigation treatments also significantly increased WUE and NUE. At the same time, the high grain protein content and grain protein yield were maintained. Compared with the CK, high wheat yield was maintained by S3M1 (drip irrigation fertilizer at the jointing, anthesis, and filling, and the depth of the moisture replenishment is 10 cm). This fertigation treatment significantly increased yield by 7.6%, WUE by 30%, NUE by 41.4%, and partial factor productivity from applied N by 25.8%; grain yield, grain protein content, and grain protein yield also performed well. Consequently, S3M1 treatment was suggested to be a good practice for reducing irrigation water and N input in the eastern North China Plain. © 2023 Society of Chemical Industry.

Effect of Supplemental Irrigation on Wheat Performance Grown in Semi-Arid Environment

This study was carried out to determine the effects of different supplemental irrigation (SI) treatments on yield, yield components, and some drought-related traits in eight wheat varieties grown in the semi-arid environment of Jordan. Two SI treatments were used in addition to the control (i.e. rainfed treatment with 262.8mm accumulated rains): partially SI treatment (PSI=262.8mm rains+220mm irrigation at anthesis stage) and continuous SI treatment (CSI= 262.8mm rains + 377.5mm at 2-3 weeks intervals during different stages of wheat growth). Seven durum wheat varieties; namely Sham1, Omqais, Acsad65, Bani Suef6, Bani Suef4, Horani Nawawi, and Dairalla6 in addition to one bread wheat variety (Ammon) were included in this study. Yield and yield components were significantly increased and the time required to anthesis and maturity were delayed by SI. PSI treatment significantly increased grain yield by 50.2%, while CSI increased yield by 121% as compared to the control treatment. Considerable variations among varieties were observed under different irrigation treatments. Sham1 (2266.7 kg ha-1), Omqais (2253.3 kg ha-1), and Acsad65 (1963.3 kg ha-1) gave the highest grain yield under control treatment with low drought susceptibility indices, implying their low grain yield losses under control as compared with SI treatments with high genetic potentials for drought tolerance. The top-yielding varieties under CSI were Acsad65 (4716.7 kg ha-1), Dairalla6 (4586.7 kg ha-1), Bani Suef6 (4460 kg ha-1), and Omqais (4360 kg ha-1). Under PSI, Sham1 (3303 kg ha-1) followed by Dairalla6 (3193.3 kg ha-1), Horani Nawawi (3130 kg ha-1), and Bani Suef6 (3026.7 kg ha-1) gave the highest grain yield. All yield components (number of kernels per spike, number of tillers, and grain size) significantly contributed to increasing grain yield under SI. In conclusion, SI under rainfed conditions improves yield-attributing traits, which led to a substantial increase in grain yield. It would be possible to increase GY by more than 3 and 4 tonnes ha-1 with PSI and CSI, respectively.

Effect of Supplemental Irrigation on Durum Wheat (Triticum durum) Crop and Water use Efficiency under a Saline Environment in the Lower Cheliff Plain

Effect of Supplemental Irrigation on Durum Wheat (Triticum durum) Crop and Water use Efficiency under a Saline Environment in the Lower Cheliff Plain

Increasing potato profitability through rotation systems and winter cover, nitrogen fertilizer, and supplemental irrigation in Atlantic Canada

AbstractAverage potato yield in Prince Edward Island, Canada, has been stagnant since 2006. Two field studies were conducted on Charlottetown fine sandy loam soil to address this concern. In the first experiment, two alternative crop rotations, grain corn (Zea mays L.)–sorghum sudan grass (Sorghum × drummondii)–potato (C–SS–P) and soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.)–mustard (Brassica juncea (L.) Czern.)–potato (Soy–M–P), were compared to a conventional barley (Hordeum jubatum L.) (under seeded with red clover)–red clover (Trifolium pratense L.)–potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) (B–RedCl–P) rotation. This experiment was conducted for two 3‐year cycles comparing the effects of potato rotation, nitrogen fertilizer, and supplemental irrigation. The second experiment evaluated the inclusion of winter cover crops in a 3‐year potato crop rotation. The profitability of potatoes in each rotation was assessed using a stochastic budget of yields and fertilizer and crop prices. The effects of supplemental irrigation were not significant; however, nitrogen fertilization increased potato yields by 48%. Potato yields and net revenues in C–SS–P increased by 10.5% and 32.6% and in Soy–M–P by 6.7% and 20.5%, respectively, compared to potato in B–RedCl–P rotation. The use of winter rape cover increased potato yields by 18.6% compared to a system without winter covers, although some of these increases could be due to the use of sudan grass instead of red clover in B–RedCl–P rotation. It is recommended that potato producers implement the alternative rotation with additional fertilization and winter cover crops to increase yields and profits.

Effects of Supplementary Irrigation on Soil Respiration of Millet Farmland in a Semi-Arid Region in China

Carbon dioxide (CO2) is recognized as key part of evaluating the soil environment, and the soil respiration rate is an effective indicator of CO2 emission. To explore the influence and coupling mechanism of irrigation on the soil respiration of millet farmland in the Northern Shanxi Province in China, conventional rainfed (CK) and supplementary irrigation (W1) at the late jointing stage were conducted. The soil respiration rate and carbon emission flux in millet farmland under different treatments were observed. The relationship between soil respiration rate and soil physical–chemical properties and the crop growth index was further analyzed. The result showed that the soil respiration rate and carbon emission flux of W1 were higher than those of CK treatment. The comparison of the linear regression correlation between soil respiration rate and soil physical–chemical properties revealed that the major regulating factors of the soil respiration rate were soil moisture (<10.6%) followed by soil pH, soil moisture (>10.6%), soil temperature, and finally soil organic matter content. There are uncertainties regarding the soil moisture content variation range in soil respiration. Moreover, supplementary irrigation promoted the growth indexes, yield, and irrigation water use efficiency in millet farmland. Further research with less irrigation treatment is necessary for exploring an optimization model of water use efficiency and low carbon dioxide emissions in millet fields, which would be helpful to realize agricultural water utilization and a “carbon peak” in the sense of farmland.

Effect of Supplementary Irrigation on the Accumulation of Compatible Osmolytes and Physiological Parameters in Dryland Wheat Cultivars

Effect of Supplementary Irrigation on the Accumulation of Compatible Osmolytes and Physiological Parameters in Dryland Wheat Cultivars

Effects of Supplementary Irrigation and Nitrogen Fertilization on Characteristics of Sun Cured Tobacco in Semi-Arid Conditions

ABSTRACT Nitrogen and water should be applied at the right time and amount to obtain optimum crop yield in arid and semi-arid regions. The study was carried out in 2017–2018 to investigate the effects of different supplementary irrigation levels applied after harvests, and different nitrogen sources on water use efficiency (WUE), yield and quality characteristics of sun-cured tobacco. The study included five different nitrogen sources (N1: zero-nitrogen, N2: ammonium nitrate, N3: ammonium sulfate, N4: calcium ammonium nitrate, and N5: urea) and four different irrigation treatments (I0:No irrigation; I33:66% deficit, I66:33% deficit and I100:100% full irrigation). The effects of nitrogen sources and supplementary irrigation treatments on plant height, leaf number, leaf width, leaf height, yield, quality grade, sugars, nicotine, phenolics, WUE and irrigation water use efficiency (IWUE) were statistically significant. Seasonal crop evapotranspiration values ranged between 117.7 and 235.3 mm. The highest WUE 1.65 kg m−3 and IWUE: 10.48 kg m−3 were recorded in I33 treatment. Plant characteristics were different between nitrogen sources; however, the results did not indicate a prominent nitrogen form. The results for supplementary irrigation revealed that the I100 treatment in semi-arid conditions increased the sun-cured tobacco yield by 22% with acceptable quality improvements. The gross income increased 1705 $ ha−1 with the increase in tobacco yield and sale price per hectare.

Effects of supplemental irrigation on the accumulation, partitioning, and remobilization of nitrogen, yield and water use efficiency of wheat cultivars

In the Mediterranean, unbalanced precipitation distribution causes drought stress in rainfed wheat cultivation. Under such conditions, supplemental irrigation (SI) is a highly efficient practice to reduce the adverse effects of drought stress and improve yield. The present study aimed to assess the effects of SI on traits related to N accumulation and remobilization, chlorophyll concentration, yield and yield components, and water use efficiency (WUE) in different cultivars. Two field experiments with four irrigation levels (I0= rainfed, I1= SI at booting stage, I2= SI at booting and anthesis stages, I3= SI at booting, anthesis, and grain filling stages) and five cultivars (Rejaw, Sardari, Homa, Azar2, and Sirwan) was conducted during the 2015–2016 and 2016–2017 wheat growing seasons. Overall, results showed that SI notably had a positive effect on chlorophyll concentration, N content of plant parts, N remobilization (NR), grain number per spike, 1000-grain weight, biological yield, and grain yield in cultivars. Although the grain yield in the three SI treatments was 237.1 kg ha−1 and 630.4 kg ha−1 more than the other two (I2) and one (I1) SI, respectively, but the WUE was slightly lower in this treatment. The cultivars exhibited apparent differences in their responses to SI. The Sirwan cultivar showed a higher reaction to SI amongst cultivars. The highest N remobilization efficiency (NRE) was observed in I1 (73.69%) and I0 (73.34%) irrigation treatments. Sardari (74.03%) and Azar2 (73.60%) cultivars had higher NRE than other cultivars. The minimum contribution of NR to grain appeared in the I3 treatment (74.54%).

Remote sensing based water resources and agriculture spatial indicators system

Integrated automated application for Water Resources and Agriculture Spatial Indicators System (WRASIS) using remote sensing Data was developed to monitor and assess different developments projects in agriculture field. This system is based on the analysis of remotely sensed time series data of (Agriculture Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectra-radiometer MODIS NDVI – Rain-Fall Estimate RFE 2.0). Three agriculture projects located in Sudan; White Nile sub-basin “Assalaya Project (AAP)”, Wadi Halfa (WHAP) at Atbara Basin, and Ginude agriculture project at Blue Nile sub-basin are taken for pilot study using this newly developed system which is includes GIS-based procedures for computing water and agriculture spatial indicators. The data used is derived from satellite images product at different spatial and temporal resolution. These products were extracted automatically and stored with their analyses and results in special database, which could be used with easily manner to obtain and compute indicators and perform statistical data analyses. WRASIS has specific tools to analyze and display data in a tabular form, classify maps and display statistical charts as well. WRASIS runs in three main phases; data-base preparation, model calculation (data analysis), and finally system tools and outputs. The outputs are either basic indicators (one indicator for one-time step) or advanced indicators. Many satellite images with diverse products and resolutions could be added to the system in data preparing phase for other applications at any area. In the present study and from monitoring and assessments of the three agriculture projects, the effect of supplementary irrigation is clear.

Effect of Supplementary Irrigation and Application of Zeolite on the Growth and Yield of Lentils (Lens culinaris Medik) under Rainfed Conditions

Effect of Supplementary Irrigation and Application of Zeolite on the Growth and Yield of Lentils (Lens culinaris Medik) under Rainfed Conditions

Effects of supplemental irrigation on winter wheat starch structure and properties under ridge-furrow tillage and flat tillage

Supplemental irrigation (SI) is an important strategy to improve the water-use efficiency (WUE) of crops without compromising the yield. However, such strategy can influence the starch and grain quality. Hence, the effects of SI on winter wheat starch structure and functionality were studied on ridge-furrow (RF) and flat tillage (FT) treated fields. Flat irrigation was set as control. RF + SI significantly increased the grain yield throughout the study period (2016–2018). SI decreased the amylose content and the content of amylopectin chains with DP 13–24 but increased the proportions of amylopectin chains with DP 6–12 and 25–36. The starch granule relative crystallinity decreased, and more B-type granules were produced by SI treatment. SI significantly increased the resistant starch content in both raw and cooked starch systems. Flat tillage enhanced the effect of SI on granule specific surface area (SSA) and viscosity, which increased starch paste viscosity, while SI + RF showed the opposite effects. Our study demonstrates important combined effects of SI and tillage on wheat starch quality.

Rain-fed fig trees response to supplemental irrigation timing and potassium fertiliser in micro-catchment

ABSTRACT Due to the scarcity of water resources, low quality of available water, and drought occurrence, farmer’s tendency to rain-fed farming is increased. In this study, the effect of supplemental irrigation (SI) timing in different months (Rain-fed, March, May, August, March + May) and potassium (K) application at three rates either via foliar spray (0, 1.5 and 3 kg K 1000 L−1) or fertigation (0, 150, 250 g tree−1) on soil water balance and growth of rain-fed fig (Ficus carica L.) trees was investigated through a 3-year experiment. Results showed that SI would increase the soil water content, tree evapotranspiration, yield, shoot growth, shoot diameter, number of leaves in a new shoot, leaf width in a new shoot, number of inflorescences, and inflorescence diameter in rain-fed fig trees. Among the irrigation timing treatments, irrigation in March is the best time for the supplemental irrigation of rain-fed fig orchards in severe drought conditions to improve vegetative and generative traits. In addition, application of potassium at the rate of 150 g per tree through fertigation or 3 kg 1000 L water via foliar application is recommended to achieve the highest fruit production in rained fig orchards under drought conditions.

Effect of Supplementary Irrigation at Different Growth Stages on the Yield and Water Productivity of Autumn Rapeseed Cultivar Rohan (Khorramabad)

Effect of Supplementary Irrigation at Different Growth Stages on the Yield and Water Productivity of Autumn Rapeseed Cultivar Rohan (Khorramabad)

Effects of supplementary irrigation on the growth of film-mulched spring wheat in Hetao irrigation area during heading stage

Effects of supplementary irrigation on the growth of film-mulched spring wheat in Hetao irrigation area during heading stage

Effect of supplemental irrigation on bread wheat genotypes yield under Mediterranean semi-arid conditions of north-eastern Algeria

Different levels of supplemental irrigation regimes on four wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) genotypes were evaluated, two of which were introduced into Sétif region by ACSAD institution, during the growing season 2013-2014, in order to assess the effect of deficit irrigation pattern on yield traits performance and to determine most suitable genotype for local semi-arid conditions. On the basis of the experimentation data, it was found that supplemental irrigation improved the investigated genotypes yield, which ranged from 220.03 g m-2 for variety El-wifak in rainfed conditions to 368.3 g m-2 for variety Djanet (ACSAD899) with an increase of about 67%; just by applying two irrigations, the first at the jointing stage and the second at mid-flowering stage. This increase was related to the improvement of most agronomic traits that correlated significantly and positively with grain yield, in response to supplemental irrigation application. These findings indicated that Djanet (ACSAD899) was a genotype successfully introduced under irrigated conditions, while Hidhab (HD1220) with an average grain yield of 298.3 g m-2, proved to be more stable and well adapted to the locally rainfed conditions.

Effects of Supplemental Irrigation on Water and Nitrogen Use, Yield, and Kernel Quality of Peanut under Nitrogen-Supplied Conditions

Improving both nitrogen utilization and peanut kernel quality (after removing peanuts shell) through water management is a growing concern for farmers. To explore the role of supplemental irrigation in nitrogen transformation between ‘source’ and ‘sink’, a split-plot experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of water (rain-fed irrigation as IRI; supplemental irrigation as ISI) and nitrogen (0 kg∙ha―1 as N0; 40 kg∙ha―1 as N1; 60 kg∙ha―1 as N2 and 80 kg∙ha―1 as N3) coupling on soil nitrate nitrogen content, nitrogen accumulation and kernel quality of peanuts. We determined the dry matter weight per plant at peanut maturity as 64.66—74.92 g and 71.65—92.81 g for IRIN0 and ISIN3, respectively. ISIN2 significantly increased nitrogen accumulation, yield and water productivity. Furthermore, the ISI treatment prolonged the nitrogen uptake accumulation time of leaves, thus enhancing the nitrogen transfer from the leaves to the pods. Thus, the ISI treatment significantly increased the nitrogen harvest index by 2.13% and the nitrogen agronomic efficiency by 78.57% compared to the IRI treatment. In addition, the essential amino acid content in the fruits was within the range of 5.57—6.08%, while the content of non-essential amino acids was 16.43 to 17.46%. N1 was able to significantly increase the content of non-essential and essential amino acids, while ISI reduced the content of essential amino acids. Post-harvest soil nitrate nitrogen was principally distributed in the 0—40 cm soil layer, accounting for 77.75% of the 0—60 cm soil layer. Although the supplemental irrigation is associated with an increased risk of the nitrogen moving deeper into the soil, it greatly enhances nitrogen transfer from leaves to the pods at nitrogen application rates of 40—60 kg ha―1.

Effects of supplementary irrigation on performance of ‘Nabali’ and ‘Grossa de Spain’ olives under semi-arid conditions in Jordan

To determine the effect of supplemental irrigation on the growth and production of ‘Nabali’ and ‘Grossa de Spain’ olives, a field study was carried out at Jordan University of Science and Technology campus during the growing seasons of 2014 and 2015. Twenty-four uniform, 10 -year -old own rooted olive trees of both cultivars were randomly selected to study their response to four treatments of supplemental irrigation. ‘Nabali’ and ‘Grossa de Spain’ olive trees strongly responded to irrigation with 80 L per week producing significantly increased vegetative growth of both cultivars with different magnitude over the control. Fruit yield per tree increased over 100 % for both cultivars as a function of increased irrigation water to 80 L in both growing seasons. However, ‘Nabali’ and ‘Grossa de Spain’ olives are mainly cultivated for the production of oil and table olive. Fruits physical properties (weight, and volume) were greatly improved by increasing the level of irrigation, Higher irrigation level produced fruits with greater moisture content and lower oil percent based on fresh weight with a negligible change in the total fatty acids. Acidity and peroxide value of virgin oil were increased as r irrigation levels increased. The impact of supplemental irrigation resulted in different effects depending on the fatty acid. In addition, the palmitic, palmitoleic, linoleic, and linolenic acids were significantly increased in oil of both olive cultivars with a higher irrigation water level. Myristic, stearic, and oleic acids for both cultivars were not substantially affected by irrigation levels

Testing the effect of AQUASORB and nitrogen rates on yield, nitrogen and water use efficiencies of wheat and hydro-physical properties of soil in Sudan Savanna, Nigeria

The effect of supplementary irrigation (SI) rate and planting date on water use efficiency of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) was conducted during the 2017 and 2018 cropping seasons at the Research Farm of the National Root Crops Research Institute (NRCRI) Kuru, Jos in Plateau State, Nigeria. The treatments consisted of two planting dates (2nd week of April, 2nd week of May) and four levels of water application (W1 = Control, W2 = SI of 200 m3 W3= SI of 400 m3, W4 = SI of 600 m3). The factors were combined to give 8 treatment combinations that were laid out in a 2×4 split plot arrangement in a Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) and replicated three times. Water use efficiency of potato was computed using formulae. Crop and water use efficiency data collected were subjected to Analysis of Variance (ANOVA. Planting of potato in April uses water more efficiently and also gave higher potato yield. Interaction effect of planting in April x 400 m3 SI gave higher water use efficiency of potato. It is recommended that potatoes should be planted in the second week of April and rainfall augmented with 400 m3SI rates, especially at the period of dryspell.