Scientia Agricultura Sinica ›› 2023, Vol. 56 ›› Issue (5): 838-849.doi: 10.3864/j.issn.0578-1752.2023.05.003

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Response of Water Use Characteristics of Spring Wheat to Co- Incorporation of Green Manure and Wheat Straw in Arid Irrigation Region

FAN ZhiLong(), HU FaLong, YIN Wen, FAN Hong, ZHAO Cai, YU AiZhong, CHAI Qiang()   

  1. Gansu Provincial Key Laboratory of Arid Land Crop Science/College of Agronomy, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070
  • Received:2022-06-06 Accepted:2022-10-08 Online:2023-03-01 Published:2023-03-13

Abstract:

【Objective】The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of green manure and wheat straw co-incorporation on water use efficiency of next season wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), which played an critical supporting role in the construction of water use efficient and sustainable production pattern of spring wheat in northwest irrigation region.【Method】In this study, a randomized block design was adopted, with fallowing after wheat harvesting (W) as the control, wheat multiple cropping green manure with no-tillage sowing + green manure and wheat straw co-incorporation (W-NTGS), wheat multiple cropping green manure with no-tillage sowing + green manure incorporation (W-NTG), and wheat multiple cropping green manure shallow plowing for destroying stubble + single returning of green manure to the field (W-TG). The characteristics of water consumption, grain yield, water use efficiency (WUE) and irrigation water use efficiency (WUEi) of wheat were investigated. 【Result】 The soil water storage in 0-50 cm soil layer before wheat sowing was significantly increased by multiple cropping green manure compared under W. The soil water storage in 0-10 cm, 10-20 cm, 20-30 cm, and 30-50 cm soil layers before wheat sowing with W-NTGS was increased by 22.1%, 30.2%, 21.5%, and 11.1% compared with that of W-NTG, and 26.2%, 33.2%, 26.5%, and 16.4% increase compared with that of W-TG, respectively. However, there was no significant difference in soil water storage in 0-110 cm soil layer before wheat sowing between W-NTG and W-TG. Compared with fallow treatment, water consumption, evaporation, and ratio of evaporation to evapotranspiration of wheat decreased by 7.0%-7.1%, 11.7%-20.1%, and 5.2%-15.9%, respectively. The water consumption of wheat with W-NTGS decreased by 6.4% than that of wheat under W-NTG in 2021, and averagely decreased by 6.1% than that of wheat under W-TG in 2020 and 2021. Compared with W-NTG and W-TG, the evaporation of wheat under W-NTGS decreased by 9.7% and 13.6% on average, and the ratio of evaporation to evapotranspiration decreased by 6.2% and 11.3%, respectively. There were no significant differences in water consumption, evaporation, and evapotranspiration ratio between W-NTG and W-TG. Compared with W, the grain yield of wheat multiple cropped with green manure increased by 6.4%-16.8%. Meanwhile, the grain yield of wheat under W-NTGS increased by 6.6% and 9.8% on average compared with W-NTG and W-TG, respectively. However, the grain yield of wheat between with W-NTG and W-TG was not significant difference. Compared with W, the WUE and WUEi of wheat multiple cropped with green manure increased by 11.9%-30.7% and 6.4%-16.8%, respectively. The WUE of wheat under W-NTGS increased by 10.9% and 16.8%, and the WUEi increased by 6.6% and 9.8%, respectively compared with W-NTG and W-TG. There were no significant differences in WUE and WUEi between W-NTG and W-TG.【Conclusion】 The co-incorporation of green manure and wheat straw (W-NTGS) could significantly increase soil water storage in 0-50 cm before wheat sowing, and decrease the ineffective loss of soil water in wheat season, thus reducing the water consumption of wheat and increasing the grain yield, and ultimately significantly improving the farmland and irrigation water use efficiency, which could be used as a recommended technology for water efficient use of wheat multiple cropping with green manure in arid irrigation region.

Key words: green manure, straw incorporation, water consumption characteristics, water use efficiency, wheat

Fig. 1

The average air temperature and the precipitation in 2020 and 2021"

Table 1

Experimental treatments and its codes"

处理
Treatment
处理代码
Code of treatment
措施
Measure
麦后免耕播种绿肥+绿肥与麦秸全量还田
Sowing green manure with no-tillage after wheat harvesting+green manure and wheat straw co-incorporation
W-NTGS 小麦收获后,麦秸全量地表覆盖免耕播种绿肥,10月中下旬落霜后将绿肥粉碎与麦秸一起翻压还田
Sowing green manure with no-tillage and wheat straw mulching after wheat harvesting, and smashed green manure co-incorporated with wheat straw after frosting in mid to late October
麦后免耕播种绿肥+绿肥单一还田
Sowing green manure with no-tillage after wheat harvesting+green manure single incorporation
W-NTG 小麦收获时15 cm留茬,其他部分麦秸全部移出农田,免耕播种绿肥,10月中下旬落霜后将绿肥粉碎后翻压还田
The wheat harvested with 15 cm stubble, after that the green manure was sowed with no-tillage and wheat straw removed completely from the farmland after wheat harvesting, and smashed green manure single incorporated after frosting in mid to late October
麦后浅旋灭茬播种绿肥+绿肥单一还田
Sowing green manure with shallow plowing for wheat stubble-breaking after wheat harvesting + green manure single incorporation
W-TG 小麦收获时15 cm留茬,其他部分麦秸全部移出农田,浅旋灭茬(浅旋深度8 cm)后播种绿肥,10月中下旬落霜后将绿肥粉碎后翻压还田
The wheat harvested with 15 cm stubble, after that the green manure was sowed with shallow plowing for wheat stubble-breaking after wheat harvesting, meanwhile the wheat straw has been removed completely from the farmland, and smashed green manure single incorporated after frosting in mid to late October
麦后休闲
Fallowing after wheat harvesting
W 小麦收获时15 cm留茬,其他部分麦秸全部移出农田,小麦收获后夏休闲,在10月中下旬其他处理绿肥翻压还田时进行耕翻
The wheat harvested with 15 cm stubble, and the wheat straw has been removed completely from the farmland with summer fallowing, and was ploughed when other treatments of green manure incorporated into soil in the middle and late October

Fig. 2

The soil water storage capacity of different green manure and wheat straw incorporation treatments before wheat sowing Lowercase letters on bars in the figure indicate significant differences (P<0.05) among different treatments in the same year. The same as below"

Fig. 3

The water consumption of wheat with different green manure and wheat straw incorporation treatments"

Fig. 4

The evaporation of wheat with different green manure and wheat straw incorporation treatments"

Fig. 5

The ratio of evaporation to evapotranspiration (E/ET) of wheat with different treatments"

Fig. 6

Grain yield of wheat with different green manure and wheat straw incorporation treatments"

Fig. 7

The water use efficiency (WUE) of wheat with different green manure and wheat straw incorporation treatments"

Fig. 8

The irrigated water use efficiency (WUEi) of wheat with different green manure and wheat straw incorporation treatments"

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