Naijiang Wang , Xiaosheng Chu , Jinchao Li , Xiaoqi Luo , Dianyuan Ding , Kadambot H.M. Siddique , Hao Feng
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During the early vegetative stage (EVS), late vegetative stage (LVS), reproductive stage (RS), and entire growing season (GS), the field water use pathway was divided into five sequential steps: total water input (TWI), evapotranspiration to TWI ratio (ET/TWI), transpiration to ET ratio (T/ET), transpiration efficiency (TE), and harvest index (HI). A seven-year field experiment demonstrated that although TWI<sub>GS</sub> exhibited no change, TWI<sub>LVS</sub> and TWI<sub>RS</sub> increased by 6.7 % and 5.4 %, respectively, on average following PM application. This highlighted the PM’s ability to increase water input into fields. Overall, PM negatively, neutrally, and positively affected ET/TWI<sub>EVS</sub> (−29.8 %), ET/TWI<sub>LVS</sub>, and ET/TWI<sub>RS</sub> (+23.9 %), respectively, and thereby made unchanged ET/TWI<sub>GS</sub>. There were average increases of 83.3 %, 29.8 %, 26.1 %, and 33.9 % by PM for T/ET<sub>EVS</sub>, T/ET<sub>LVS</sub>, T/ET<sub>RS</sub>, and T/ET<sub>GS</sub> respectively. Therefore, increased diversion of inputted water to T occurred in fields with PM. TE positively responded to PM during the LVS and RS. PM increased TE<sub>LVS</sub> by 20.9 % and TE<sub>RS</sub> by 44.1 % on average, signifying increased aboveground biomass produced per unit T under PM. The proportion of aboveground biomass partitioned to grains remained unaffected by PM as indicated by the neutral response of HI to PM. Increased water input into fields, diversion of inputted water to T, and aboveground biomass produced per unit T contributed to increased GY (+19.9 %) and WUE (+20.0 %) after applying PM. 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Understanding increased grain yield and water use efficiency by plastic mulch from water input to harvest index for dryland maize in China’s Loess Plateau
In China’s Loess Plateau, plastic mulch (PM) is an effective agronomic practice for dryland maize (Zea mays L.) to increase grain yield (GY) and water use efficiency (WUE) under water-limited conditions. However, there is dearth of quantitative data on how PM affects field water use step by step, subsequently increasing GY and WUE. The study aimed to identify which changes in the field water use pathway generated the positive effects of PM on GY and WUE. During the early vegetative stage (EVS), late vegetative stage (LVS), reproductive stage (RS), and entire growing season (GS), the field water use pathway was divided into five sequential steps: total water input (TWI), evapotranspiration to TWI ratio (ET/TWI), transpiration to ET ratio (T/ET), transpiration efficiency (TE), and harvest index (HI). A seven-year field experiment demonstrated that although TWIGS exhibited no change, TWILVS and TWIRS increased by 6.7 % and 5.4 %, respectively, on average following PM application. This highlighted the PM’s ability to increase water input into fields. Overall, PM negatively, neutrally, and positively affected ET/TWIEVS (−29.8 %), ET/TWILVS, and ET/TWIRS (+23.9 %), respectively, and thereby made unchanged ET/TWIGS. There were average increases of 83.3 %, 29.8 %, 26.1 %, and 33.9 % by PM for T/ETEVS, T/ETLVS, T/ETRS, and T/ETGS respectively. Therefore, increased diversion of inputted water to T occurred in fields with PM. TE positively responded to PM during the LVS and RS. PM increased TELVS by 20.9 % and TERS by 44.1 % on average, signifying increased aboveground biomass produced per unit T under PM. The proportion of aboveground biomass partitioned to grains remained unaffected by PM as indicated by the neutral response of HI to PM. Increased water input into fields, diversion of inputted water to T, and aboveground biomass produced per unit T contributed to increased GY (+19.9 %) and WUE (+20.0 %) after applying PM. The study enhances our understanding of improved field water use pathway to produce more grains using limited water supplies in PM-based drylands in China’s Loess Plateau and similar regions worldwide.
期刊介绍:
The European Journal of Agronomy, the official journal of the European Society for Agronomy, publishes original research papers reporting experimental and theoretical contributions to field-based agronomy and crop science. The journal will consider research at the field level for agricultural, horticultural and tree crops, that uses comprehensive and explanatory approaches. The EJA covers the following topics:
crop physiology
crop production and management including irrigation, fertilization and soil management
agroclimatology and modelling
plant-soil relationships
crop quality and post-harvest physiology
farming and cropping systems
agroecosystems and the environment
crop-weed interactions and management
organic farming
horticultural crops
papers from the European Society for Agronomy bi-annual meetings
In determining the suitability of submitted articles for publication, particular scrutiny is placed on the degree of novelty and significance of the research and the extent to which it adds to existing knowledge in agronomy.