Irrigation Scheduling and Watermelon Yield Model for the Jordan Valley

A crop yield and soil water management simulation model (CRPSM) developed at Utah State University was modified, calibrated and tested using local weather data and field results from a trickle irrigation experiment with different mulching on watermelon ( Citrullus lanatus ), carried out at the University of Jordan Research Station, in the Jordan Valley.
Simulated irrigation schedules were then applied with some of the four options provided by the model. The water yield index, WYI, introduced by B attikhi and H ill (1985) to select the most efficient schedule as based on yield and water use efficiency, was then determined. WYI ranged from 27 to 87. The field schedule, WM₂, had a WYI of 62. Whereas, the model provided a much better schedule, WM₇ (WYI = 86). WM₇ requires 17 irrigations of 2.0 cm per irrigation totaling a water supply of 44.1 cm with an irrigation season starting on April 7 to give a yield equivalent to the potential yield, 80.0 MT/ha. On the other hand, the best field schedule, WM₂ under transparent mulch, required 14 irrigations to provide 45.9 cm (including rainfall and soil moisture change), with a season starting on April 28 resulted in a yield of 68.8 MT/ha. So we can see that by using the same amounts of total water supply but with different schedule we can get the potential yield. The model has, therefore, provided few better schedules that can be tested in the field at lower costs before final recommendations are made.     

辽宁省地下水盈亏现状

辽宁省水资源贫乏(年人均885米~3)。由于人口的迅速增长和工农业的迅速发展,国民经济各部门对水的需求量越来越大,对地下水的需求量一直在不断增长,以致引起局部地区地下水超采,并在沈阳、辽阳、鞍山和大连等地出现地下水位下降、永久性地下水漏斗形成、含水层部分疏干以及海水内侵等一系列生态环境问题。     

宁夏东部荒漠草原猪毛蒿光合特征和水分利用效率对降水变化的响应

荒漠草原植物的生长和生存受降水影响很大,本研究以宁夏东部荒漠草原猪毛蒿种群为研究对象,2017-2020年连续4年监测了降水改变条件下土壤水分特征,测定了猪毛蒿净光合速率、蒸腾速率、气孔导度和胞间CO₂浓度等光合特征,并对其内禀水分利用效率和瞬时水分利用效率进行了分析。研究表明：4年中无效降水事件（<5 mm）发生次数较多,占当年降水频次的60.00%~82.54%;大雨（≥25 mm且≤49.9 mm）和暴雨等级（≥50 mm）降水事件较少,平均单次降水事件的降水量仅为3.3~6.5 mm·次^-1。不同处理各土层的土壤含水量存在较大差异,表层（10 cm）土壤含水量较次表层（20 cm）和深层（60 cm）的变幅大;次表层（20 cm）土壤平均含水量低于表层,与小降水事件发生频次较高无法入渗补给以及植物吸收消耗有关;深层（60 cm）土壤含水量变化小,较稳定。净光合速率随着光合有效辐射的增加而增大,当光合有效辐射在400~1600 μmol·m^-2·s^-1时,增雨处理提高了猪毛蒿的净光合速率;在光合有效辐射>1600 μmol·m^-2·s^-1时,猪毛蒿净光合速率有下降趋势,且增雨处理下降幅度最大。光合有效辐射在>400 μmol·m^-2·s^-1时,胞间CO₂浓度呈直线下降,达到1600 μmol·m^-2·s^-1时,胞间CO₂浓度最小。蒸腾速率和气孔导度随着光照强度的增加未有显著变化,但增雨处理下猪毛蒿的蒸腾速率和气孔导度均大于其他处理。气孔限制值随着光合有效辐射的增加呈上升趋势,同时降水的增加减小了气孔限制值。猪毛蒿的内禀水分利用效率和瞬时水分利用效率均在较低的光照强度时（<400 μmol·m^-2·s^-1）随着光强的增加而迅速增大,之后增速减缓。各处理中猪毛蒿最大内禀水分利用效率和最大瞬时水分利用效率在1600~2000 μmol·m^-2·s^-1时达到最大。随着干旱程度的增加,猪毛蒿最大水分利用效率对应的光照强度由2000减小至1600 μmol·m^-2·s^-1。在荒漠草原,当光照强度>400 μmol·m^-2·s^-1时,适度干旱提高了猪毛蒿的水分利用效率。     

Response of grain yield and related agronomic traits of oilseed flax to diversified cropping rotations北大核心CSCD

This research aimed to identify a suitable planting pattern for oilseed flax production in a dry-farming region. A long-term field experiment was started in 2012 with a 4-year crop rotation cycle,designed to measure the effects on flax crop performance of previous crop,and various patterns of flax planting interval within the four-year rotation,compared with continuous flax cropping. Crop parameters measured included plant height,stem diameter,dry matter accumulation and distribution,and the experiment included six different crop rotation patterns：Flax→flax →flax→flax［（F）FFF］;Flax→wheat→potato→flax［（F）WPF］;Flax→potato→flax→wheat［（F）PFW］;Flax→ flax→wheat→potato［（F）FWP］;Flax→wheat→flax→potato［（F）WFP］and flax→wheat→potato→wheat［（F）WPW］. Results for the ninth year showed significantly increased grain yield（29. 89%-109. 57%）in crop rotation treatments compared with continuous cropping of oilseed flax. The ranking of the six tested rotations for yield was：（F）WPW>（F）FWP>（F）WFP>（F）PFW>（F）WPF>（F）FFF. The grain yield of oilseed flax was significantly affected by previous crop,frequency and years interval of flax cropping and number of years of continuous flax cropping. Yield was increased by 54. 45%-59. 29% under wheat stubble and potato stubble compared with oilseed flax stubble,and increased by 30. 66% and 109. 57%,respectively,under 50% and 25% frequencies,compared with 100% frequency. The grain yield of oilseed flax under two-year continuous cropping was higher by 29. 89% than four-year continuous cropping,and increased with increase in years interval between flax crops. Correlation analysis identified a significantly positive correlation between oilseed flax grain yield and effective capsule number,branch number and 1000-seed weight. The effective capsule number,branch number and 1000-seed weight of oilseed flax under rotation treatment were increased by 35. 88%-108. 91%,15. 47%-46. 19% and 14. 61%-16. 34%,respectively（P<0. 05）,compared with continuous cropping. In addition,the high grain yield of oilseed flax was accompanied by an increase in plant height,stem diameter and dry matter accumulation and these increases were,respectively,5. 11%-42. 24%,2. 77%-39. 92% and 31. 25%-117. 89% under the rotation regimes,compared with continuous cropping. Reduction in the number of years of continuous cropping years,change of crop stubble,decreased flax planting frequency and increased of interval between flax crops also improved flax crop performance. In summary,crop rotation improved the vigor of oilseed flax,resulting in greater plant height and stem diameter,improved dry matter accumulation and distribution,leading to increased branch number,effective capsule number and 1000-seed weight,and increase in the crop yield of oilseed flax. The results indicated that a multiple-crop rotation pattern was an effective way to avoid the yield reduction caused by continuous cropping in oilseed flax. The rotation： Flax→wheat→potato→wheat performed best among those tested and can be recommended as an appropriate cropping rotation for oilseed flax production in the dry region of northwest China. © 2022 Editorial Office of Acta Prataculturae Sinica. All rights reserved.     

施肥对苜蓿土壤水分、养分和产量的影响:基于定位试验数据的Meta分析

为探究提高苜蓿(Medicago sativa)产量和改善土壤肥力性质的施肥措施,本研究以中国为研究区域,以不施肥苜蓿为对照,通过检索文献整合已发表的相关田间试验数据,采用整合分析方法(Meta-analysis),系统探究施肥措施对苜蓿地土壤水分、养分、产量和水分利用效率的影响.结果表明,施肥可有效增加苜蓿土壤养分含量并提高苜蓿产量,但增加的地上生物量也影响了苜蓿对土壤水分的消耗,其中土壤有机质和全氮含量分别增加了3.1％～33.3％和4.5％～30.9％,土壤速效磷和速效钾含量分别提高了3.6％～144.4％和4.4％～24.8％,土壤水分下降了4.4％～11.8％.与不施肥相比,施肥措施下苜蓿增产率达到15.4％～198.2％,水分利用效率提高了5.9％～169.6％.进一步相关分析表明,苜蓿产量与0-200 cm土壤水分、有机质和速效磷含量均呈极显著正相关关系(P<0.01),苜蓿水分利用效率与土壤速效磷含量呈极显著正相关关系(P<0.01).综上,施肥可有效增加土壤养分含量并提高苜蓿产量,其中化肥和有机肥配施表现出的增产作用最为突出,化肥配施对苜蓿水分利用效率的提升效应最佳.该研究可为苜蓿种植过程中适宜施肥措施的选择提供理论依据.     

城市景观水体的修复

对城市景观水体存在的问题和原因作了简单的分析,并对水景水体的修复提出解决的原理和方法,提出城市景观水体建设及治理应以体现生态、休闲、亲水、自然和突出文化内涵为指导思想和基本原则。结合南昌市近年“八湖二河”治理的实例,简述几种城市景观水体的修复方法。     

东江中上游紫色红壤水土保持林树种选择试验

在东江中上游特定的气候条件和特定的紫色红壤上，开展了水土保持林树种选择试验。初步选择出具有固氮改土能力的肯氏相思、绢毛相思和大叶相思作为严重水土流失紫色红壤地区的先锋树种；选择了慢生的伴生树种红锥和海南红豆；在辅以人工施肥的情况下，选择了速生树种桃金娘科的尾叶桉和红胶木。在先锋、速生和慢生树种，以及乔、灌、草相互结合的技术措施指导下，营造的水土保持示范林取得了较为理想的保持水土效果。