Hideki Miyamoto, Ieyasu Tokumoto, Mohammad Abdul Mojid
{"title":"Uniplanar multirod TDR probe for soil water content measurement over a larger spatial scale","authors":"Hideki Miyamoto, Ieyasu Tokumoto, Mohammad Abdul Mojid","doi":"10.1002/ird.2883","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ird.2883","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study developed a uniplanar multirod time domain reflectometry (TDR) probe and evaluated it in laboratory experiments for soil water measurement over a larger spatial scale. The sampling volume of the probe was determined by simulating the electric potential distribution around the probe rods by using the HYDRUS-2D software package and verified by comparison with the measured dielectric constant in saturated sand. The performance of the probe was evaluated by comparing its dielectric measurements in wet sand over a wide range of water content during evaporative drying with that measured by CS640 probes. Additionally, the dependency of visible light reflection on the water content of the sand was evaluated. The results revealed that the average effective thickness of the probe's sampling volume was 5–6 cm on both sides of the plane of the probe rods. The probe accurately measured the soil water content over a 0.88 m<sup>2</sup> spatial area. The visible light reflectance of the variably saturated sand surface and the corresponding water content of the sand follow a soil water retention function-type relationship. The usage of the multirod TDR measurement system at a larger spatial scale carries practical implications, especially in increasing the accuracy of remote sensing data.</p>","PeriodicalId":14848,"journal":{"name":"Irrigation and Drainage","volume":"73 2","pages":"415-425"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45710811","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Energy–irrigation conundrum in India's green revolution states","authors":"Deepratan Singh Khara, Ranjit Singh Ghuman","doi":"10.1002/ird.2877","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ird.2877","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Energy consumption patterns have evolved as a crucial component of the groundwater irrigation economy in India's green revolution states of Punjab and Haryana. A major contributor to the exponential growth of groundwater irrigation and its overexploitation is the availability of free (in Punjab) and almost free (in Haryana) electricity for tube wells. Using empirical analysis, this study assesses the link between energy consumption and irrigation practices among farmers with different landholdings at both interstate and intrastate levels. Without power subsidies, the average cost of operating an electric tube well irrigation system for rice is estimated at US$361 (₹25,400) per hectare in Punjab and US$675 (₹47,500) in Haryana. For wheat, the calculated cost comes to US$70 (₹4900) per hectare in Punjab and US$172 (₹12,100) in Haryana. In both crops, variations in energy consumption were observed at all levels across different regions and farmer groups in both states.</p>","PeriodicalId":14848,"journal":{"name":"Irrigation and Drainage","volume":"73 1","pages":"270-283"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-08-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49577915","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Long Zhou, Chenchen Wei, Peiling Yang, Yunkai Li, Lili Zhangzhong, Yanping Su, Xin Wang, Xin He
{"title":"Effects of saline water with different concentrations of calcium and magnesium ions on emitter clogging in drip irrigation integrated water–fertilizer system","authors":"Long Zhou, Chenchen Wei, Peiling Yang, Yunkai Li, Lili Zhangzhong, Yanping Su, Xin Wang, Xin He","doi":"10.1002/ird.2880","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ird.2880","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The application of saline water in drip irrigation is severely constrained due to its high salt content, which causes precipitation and emitter clogging. Therefore, the effects of calcium and magnesium ions at 100, 150 and 200 mg/L in saline water coupled with humic acid nitrogen fertilizer on emitter clogging were studied. Compared with ground saline water, all treatments significantly increased the emitter clogging risk. In the calcium and magnesium ion treatment groups, clogging fouling increased by 23.94–58.35 and 14.55–51.21 mg/cm<sup>2</sup>, the discharge variation ratio (Dra) decreased by 22%–59% and 14%–49%, and the Christiansen coefficient of uniformity (CU) decreased by 29%–79% and 15%–74%, respectively. Higher ion concentrations caused more clogging. Saline water with a high calcium content caused more clogging. Under similar concentration conditions, the Dra and CU in high magnesium saline water were 9%–32% and 8%–51% higher, respectively. In addition, the increase in magnesium ion concentration changed the crystal form of carbonate, slowed the formation rate of precipitated dirt and significantly reduced the carbonate content by 19%–40%. Our results provide support for the popularization of saline water drip irrigation systems.</p>","PeriodicalId":14848,"journal":{"name":"Irrigation and Drainage","volume":"73 1","pages":"16-28"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48680782","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Maize nitrogen uptake and use efficiency, partial factor productivity of nitrogen, and yield response to different nitrogen and water applications under three irrigation methods","authors":"Suat Irmak, Ali T. Mohammed","doi":"10.1002/ird.2868","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ird.2868","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The effects of irrigation and nitrogen (N) on grain yield, actual crop evapotranspiration (ETa), N uptake efficiency (NUE), partial factor productivity of N (PFP<sub>N</sub>), and N utilization efficiency (NUtE) of maize (<i>Zea mays</i> L.) under centre pivot (CP), subsurface drip (SDI) and gravity (furrow) irrigation (FI) were quantified. Field experiments were conducted in two growing seasons under the full irrigation treatment (FIT), limited irrigation treatments of 80% FIT and 60% FIT and rainfed treatment (RFT). The highest NUE was observed under limited irrigation in the order of 80% FIT > FIT ≥ 60% FIT in non-traditional treatment-1 (NT-1) in both the CP and SDI methods. NUtE increased with irrigation amount. There were strong correlations between NUtE and grain yield regardless of irrigation method. ETa increased with N amount, and the slopes of these relationships varied substantially between irrigation and N levels and irrigation methods. PFP<sub>N</sub> increased with irrigation amount across the irrigation methods and N treatments. A higher PFP<sub>N</sub> was observed in the lowest total applied N plots and in-season split N application treatments. The pooled data for the CP and SDI methods showed significantly higher PFP<sub>N</sub> (20.3%) than the FI method, whereas the PFP<sub>N</sub> values in the CP and SDI methods were equal.</p>","PeriodicalId":14848,"journal":{"name":"Irrigation and Drainage","volume":"73 1","pages":"64-88"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47317907","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yuanyuan Li, Ping He, Shah Jahan Leghari, Yanbin Li, Shikai Gao, Daoxi Li
{"title":"Effects of different ratios of organic and inorganic fertilizer on rice yield and soil physicochemical properties under conventional and controlled irrigation conditions","authors":"Yuanyuan Li, Ping He, Shah Jahan Leghari, Yanbin Li, Shikai Gao, Daoxi Li","doi":"10.1002/ird.2874","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ird.2874","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Water and fertilizer management practices are critical in rice fields. Excessive application of fertilizer adversely affects soil physicochemical properties, consequently decreasing yield. A greenhouse experiment was conducted to determine the effect of high (L1), medium (L2) and low organic fertilizer ratios (L3) as well as chemical fertilizer alone (L4) and no fertilization (L5) under conventional (C) and controlled irrigation (M) on rice yield and soil characteristics. Statistically, the regression equation was developed by using principal component analysis to clarify the influence of different soil quality factors on rice yield. The results showed that controlled irrigation could increase soil temperature (ST), electrical conductivity (EC) and nitrogen content while decreasing soil pH. The application of organic fertilizer enhanced ST and decreased EC. Under equal nitrogen application conditions, rice yield increased with organic fertilizer application, and it was highest under L1, which was 2.7% higher than L4 and 22% higher than L5. In the case of irrigation methods, controlled irrigation application increased yield by 6% compared to conventional irrigation. The multiple linear regression equation showed that the cumulative contribution of variance of the two principal component eigenvalues reached 75%, among which soil pH, total nitrogen (TN) content and nitrate nitrogen (NO<sub>3</sub><sup>−</sup>-N) contributed positively to yield, while ammonium nitrogen (NH<sub>4</sub><sup>+</sup>-N), soil organic carbon (SOC), EC and ST showed negative effects on rice yield. Thus, our study findings can provide a scientific basis for improving management practices.</p>","PeriodicalId":14848,"journal":{"name":"Irrigation and Drainage","volume":"73 1","pages":"102-118"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43494278","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Eddie Parr, Peter Hayes, Momir Vranes, Carl Walters
{"title":"Australian country paper: Integrated approaches to irrigation management in the future","authors":"Eddie Parr, Peter Hayes, Momir Vranes, Carl Walters","doi":"10.1002/ird.2864","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ird.2864","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Irrigation in Australia expanded dramatically during the early to mid-twentieth century under an economic and social development regime of government. This led to overallocation and overuse of many of the country's water resources to the detriment of the rivers and riverine environments. To address this degradation federal and state governments have come together to implement a range of reforms at national, basin and catchment level to return water to the rivers but not at the expense of rural communities and a range of policy reforms to implement water resource best management practice including cost recovery pricing, accuracy in measurement (resource availability and extraction). The three most significant components of these reforms are the Murray–Darling Basin Plan, the National Water Initiative and the Sustainable Rural Water Use and Infrastructure Programme (SRWUIP). These actions are complemented by infrastructure and management improvements at on- and off-farm levels and examples are documented.</p>","PeriodicalId":14848,"journal":{"name":"Irrigation and Drainage","volume":"72 5","pages":"1208-1229"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47321696","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sustainability and modernization of agricultural irrigation: A comparative assessment of two irrigation schemes","authors":"Öner Çetin, Aynur Fayrap, Ramazan Yolcu","doi":"10.1002/ird.2878","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ird.2878","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In this study, two different irrigation schemes in Turkey were evaluated. One is Devegeçidi irrigation, which was put into operation in 1972. The command area is 5800 ha, and farmers used surface irrigation. Ergani irrigation, a modern irrigation scheme using drip and/or sprinkler irrigation systems with an irrigation area of 1866 ha, was put into operation in 2021. The average total water use (TWU), irrigation efficiency (IE), water economic productivity (WEP) and net income (NI) were 11,728 m<sup>3</sup> ha<sup>−1</sup>, 45%, $0.21 m<sup>−3</sup> and $2354 ha<sup>−1</sup> in the Devegecidi irrigation, respectively, and all the same criteria results were 6189 m<sup>3</sup> ha<sup>−1</sup>, 81%, $0.78 m<sup>−3</sup> and $4789 ha<sup>−1</sup> in the Ergani irrigation, respectively. In addition, irrigation water productivities (IWPs) in wheat, cotton and corn for the Devegeçidi irrigation were 0.78, 0.47 and 1.21 kg m<sup>−3</sup>, while those values were 0.89, 0.89 and 2.26 kg m<sup>−3</sup> in the Ergani irrigation scheme, respectively. The study results show that the modernization of irrigation systems is significantly important in saving irrigation water and increasing the income of farmers and water productivity. These indicators can guide decision makers in the modernization of irrigation systems.</p>","PeriodicalId":14848,"journal":{"name":"Irrigation and Drainage","volume":"73 1","pages":"284-293"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42794478","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mark D. Smith, Alok Sikka, Tinashe L. Dirwai, Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi
{"title":"Research and innovation in agricultural water management for a water-secure world","authors":"Mark D. Smith, Alok Sikka, Tinashe L. Dirwai, Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi","doi":"10.1002/ird.2872","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ird.2872","url":null,"abstract":"<p>There is increased awareness that the current food system is unsustainable and that transformative research, development and innovation in agricultural water management (AWM) are needed to transform water and food systems under climate change. We provide an overview of research efforts, challenges, opportunities and innovations to improve water resource management and sustainability, especially in the agricultural sector. We highlight how sustainable AWM is central to balancing the needs of a growing population and increasing food demand under increasing water insecurity and scarcity, with environmental and socio-economic outcomes. Innovative technologies are being developed to optimize water use and productivity through sustainable irrigation technologies, irrigation modernization and smart water management. However, these innovations still need to fully address equity, inequality and social justice concerning access to water, infrastructure and the delayed technological advances in the global South. This requires adopting transdisciplinary approaches, as espoused by the water–energy–food (WEF) nexus, to better anticipate and balance trade-offs, optimize synergies and mitigate risks of maladaptation. Through such transdisciplinary approaches, AWM innovations could better consider local socio-economic, governance, institutional and technological constraints, thus allowing for more contextualized and relevant innovations that can be scaled.</p>","PeriodicalId":14848,"journal":{"name":"Irrigation and Drainage","volume":"72 5","pages":"1245-1259"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-08-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ird.2872","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48339151","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effect of irrigation with plasma-activated wastewater on radish growth","authors":"Alexander Belov","doi":"10.1002/ird.2876","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ird.2876","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Cold atmospheric plasma technology activates water, but the effect of plasma-activated wastewater on vegetables remains unexplored. The first garden bed was irrigated with wastewater from the Zhulebinsky collector after ultraviolet treatment, and the second bed was irrigated after plasma activation. The third garden bed was irrigated with plasma-activated wastewater from the Kuryanovsky channel. The bacterial concentration in the water for all experiments was 10<sup>6</sup> CFU mL<sup>−1</sup>, the nitrate content in the water for the first garden bed was 6.3 mg L<sup>−1</sup>, and for the second and third garden beds, it was 10 mg L<sup>−1</sup>. The average fresh weight of radish roots from the garden bed when irrigated with plasma-activated water from the Zhulebinsky collector was 7% higher than that when irrigated with ultraviolet-treated water. The increase in the average fresh weight of stems with leaves was 13%. The highest total and average fresh weights of radish were observed in the garden bed when irrigated with plasma-activated water from the Kuryanovsky channel. Compared with water irrigation from the Zhulebinsky collector, the increase in average fresh weight was 16%, and compared with irrigation with ultraviolet-treated water, it was 29%. Reuse of plasma-activated wastewater increases the yield of vegetables during irrigation and contributes to the saving of fresh water resources.</p>","PeriodicalId":14848,"journal":{"name":"Irrigation and Drainage","volume":"73 1","pages":"322-333"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43175572","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Developing a simple method for estimating soil infiltration in furrow and border irrigation using advance, recession and runoff data","authors":"Hossein Rabbaniha, Hamed Ebrahimian","doi":"10.1002/ird.2875","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ird.2875","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Estimating soil infiltration is important in designing and managing surface irrigation systems. To date, various methods have been proposed to estimate infiltration coefficients. In this research, a simple method for estimating the coefficients of the Kostiakov–Lewis infiltration equation in surface irrigation is presented. Then, the performance of this method is compared with other similar methods, including the Elliott–Walker two-point, IPARM and Merriam–Keller methods, using eight furrow irrigation datasets and six border irrigation datasets. The proposed method calculates the coefficients of the infiltration equation through the comparison between the measured and calculated infiltrated water amount by an optimization method, the normal decreasing gradient algorithm, using advance and recession data. The mean relative errors in estimating the infiltrated water volume were 13.63, 3.92, 0.005 and 0.00 for the two-point, IPARM, Merriam–Keller and proposed methods for border irrigation, respectively. Similarly, the respective mean relative error values were 14.35, 6.31, 1.90 and 0.00 for furrow irrigation. In addition, to ensure the optimality of the obtained coefficients, response surfaces were drawn. The coefficients obtained from the proposed method are located in the minimum place of the response surface, while no similar behaviour was observed in the other methods. These results prove the effectiveness of the proposed method in addition to its simplicity.</p>","PeriodicalId":14848,"journal":{"name":"Irrigation and Drainage","volume":"73 1","pages":"50-63"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-08-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49076937","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}