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Acta Agron Sin ›› 2017, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (09): 1357-1369.doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1006.2017.01272

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Effects of Supplemental Irrigation on Water Consumption Characteristics, Grain Yield and Water Use Efficiency in Winter Wheat under Different Soil Moisture Conditions at Seeding Stage

LIN Xiang,WANG Dong*   

  1. Shandong Agricultural University / State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology / Key Laboratory of Crop Ecophysiology and Farming System, Ministry of Agriculture, Tai’an 271018, China
  • Received:2016-09-26 Revised:2017-04-19 Online:2017-09-12 Published:2017-05-23
  • Contact: wang dong, E-mail: wangd@sdau.edu.cn, Tel: 0538-8240096 E-mail:sdwslinxiang@163.com
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    Shandong Agricultural University / State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology / Key Laboratory of Crop Ecophysiology and Farming System, Ministry of Agriculture, Tai’an 271018, China

Abstract:

Water shortage and unbalanced precipitation distribution are major problems threatening agricultural sustainability, especially winter wheat production, in the Huang-Huai Plain of China and water-saving cultivation with limited irrigation is a promising technique in this area. It is important to understand the regulation effect and physiological basis of supplemental irrigation on grain yield and water use efficiency (WUE) of winter wheat under different soil moisture conditions at seeding stage. In the 2013–2014 and 2014–2015 winter wheat growing seasons, we designed three soil (0–100 cm) moisture conditions at seeding stage (201.5 mm for A, 266.3 mm for B, and 317.0 mm for C) by supplemental irrigation and four irrigation treatments under each soil moisture condition (no-irrigation; irrigated twice at jointing and anthesis stages; irrigated thrice at over-wintering, jointing and anthesis stages; and irrigated thrice at seeding, jointing and anthesis stages). The water consumption characteristics, photosynthesis of flag leaves, dry matter accumulation and distribution, grain yield and WUE of winter wheat were investigated. The soil water consumption and the total water consumption during wheat growth increased when more soil water was available at seeding stage. Wheat mainly consumed precipitation and irrigation water under condition A and B. Supplemental irrigation at seeding or over-wintering stage resulted in significant increase of soil water consumption under condition A, but decrease of soil water consumption under condition B. Under condition C, wheat mainly consumed soil water, followed by precipitation and irrigation water. In this situation, supplemental irrigation at seeding and over-wintering stages resulted in significant increase of total water consumption but no significant effect on soil water consumption. Our results showed high yield but low WUE under condition A and high yield and high WUE under condition B, when watering at seeding, jointing and anthesis stages. Under condition C, high yield and high WUE were obtained only when watering at jointing and anthesis stages, whereas, supplemental irrigations at seeding and over-wintering stages were unnecessary. We conclude that available soil water at seeding stage is the basis and important to reasonable supplemental irrigation during wheat growth.

Key words: Available soil water at seeding stage, Supplemental irrigation, Water consumption characteristics, Dry matter accumulation and distribution, Grain yield

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