Effect of soil matric potential on tomato yield and water use under drip irrigation condition

Field experiment was carried out to investigate the effect of soil matric potential (SMP) on tomato yield, evapotranspiration (ET), water use efficiency (WUE) and irrigation water use efficiency (IWUE) under drip irrigation condition in North China Plain. The experiment included five treatments, which controlled SMP at 0.2 m depth immediately under drip emitter higher than −10 (S1), −20 (S2), −30 (S3), −40 (S4) and −50 kPa (S5), respectively, after tomato plant establishment. The results showed that different SMP affected irrigation amount and tomato ET. Irrigation amount decreased from 185 mm (S1) to 83.6 mm (S5) in 2004, and from 165 mm (S1) to 109 mm (S5) in 2005, respectively. The ET decreased from 270 mm (S1) to 202 mm (S5) in both years. However, it was found that SMP did not affect the tomato yield significantly, for the range of SMP investigated. Both WUE and IWUE increased as SMP decreased. The maximum WUE (253 and 217 kg/ha mm) and IWUE (620 and 406 kg/ha mm) were for S5 in 2 years, whereas the minimum WUE (178 and 155 kg/ha mm) and IWUE 261 and 259 kg/ha mm) were for S1 in 2004 and 2005. Based on the above results, therefore, it is recommended that if the tomatoes are well irrigated (SMP is higher than −20 kPa) during establishment, controlling SMP higher than −50 kPa at 0.2 m depth immediately under drip emitter can be used as an indicator for drip irrigation scheduling during following period of tomato growth in North China Plain.     

新型柱塞泵设计研究

分析了径向柱塞泵和轴向柱塞泵压力及流量产生脉动的原因，提出了设计具有较优工作性能柱塞泵的方法，并给出了具体设计方案。     

PWM变量喷雾系统动态雾滴分布均匀性实验

由于PWM变量喷雾作业过程中喷头不连续作业,喷雾的均匀性特别是喷雾机运动方向上的均匀性较难控制,为此通过高速电磁阀、不锈钢压力罐、压力传感器、气泵、调速输送带等构建了一套动态PWM变量喷雾实验平台,并对该平台动态喷雾雾滴分布特性进行实验研究。采用水敏试纸作为获取动态雾滴分布状态手段,通过图像处理技术以区域内雾滴覆盖率的变异系数作为动态雾滴分布均匀性判定指标,评估了在不同PWM控制信号频率、不同PWM控制信号占空比及不同喷雾压力下的单个喷头动态雾滴分布均匀程度。经实验表明,变异系数随控制信号占空比的增大而减小,控制信号频率对动态喷雾雾滴分布均匀性有较大影响,变异系数随控制信号频率增大而减小,喷雾压力对变异系数影响较小,喷雾压力越大变异系数越大。     

南水北调河北省受水区水资源可持续利用AHP量化研究

为了充分利用调入水,实现南水北调河北省受水区水资源可持续利用,以受水区7个设区市为主要研究对象,考虑2010年南水北调工程建成为前提,预测了7个设区市现状水平年为2005年和预测的2010、2015、2020、2025、2030年在95%保证率下供需平衡状况,以此为依据,确定各设区市水资源可持续利用的权重系数,利用层次分析法(AHP)构建河北省受水区水资源可持续利用评价模型,进行定性分析和定量计算,对加大治污力度、控制地下水开采、加强节水措施、完善技术管理这4项水资源可持续利用对策进行重要程度排序。得出整个受水区及7个设区市主要可持续利用对策的重要程度排序:整个受水区可持续利用对策中,控制地下水开采最重要,其次是治污措施;邯郸市完善技术管理最重要,其次是控制地下水开采。     

微咸水灌溉与土壤水盐调控研究进展

随着淡水资源短缺的日益加剧,合理开发利用微咸水已成为缓解水资源供需矛盾的重要途径之一。由于微咸水中含有大量盐分,用其灌溉必然增加土壤盐分,影响作物生长和土地质量。因此,采取有效措施调控土壤水盐状况成为微咸水安全利用的基础。本文较详细地回顾了微咸水灌溉条件下土壤水盐运移特征、微咸水入渗模型和水盐运移模型、微咸水灌溉方法、微咸水灌溉对作物生长的影响、土壤水盐调控方法等方面的研究进展,并结合目前研究中关注的核心问题,提出了微咸水安全利用方面需要重点研究的科学和技术问题,为进一步研究微咸水灌溉对土壤和作物生长的影响和其内在机制,以及构建合理利用微咸水灌溉模式提供参考。     

射水抽气器最大吸气流量

为确定抽气器的工作范围,分析了单通道长喉管射水抽气器(即液气射流泵)在被吸气体为常压情况下最大吸气能力,认为喉管内液气两相混合的位置和流动状态是影响最大吸气流量的重要因素,喉管内发生两相临界流是有相变时抽气器的一种极限工况。采用一维流动公式计算了正常情况下最大吸气流量,试验数据说明在合理的抽气器尺寸情况下计算值与试验值一致。     

海子水库灌区节水型灌溉制度的制定

本文介绍了中日双方专家团在海子水库灌区现场调查中,实测土壤水分特征值的方法,土壤水分曲线的制定和应用,负压计观测值的应用,计算节水型灌溉用水量和灌水间隔日数的方法,并用节水型频繁灌溉法制定了各作物的节水型灌溉制度,用这种方法制定的节水型灌溉制度要比我国过去用的常规法节水40%以上。     

Effects of planting density on the productivity and water use of tea (Camellia sinensis L.) clones: I. Measurement of water use in young tea using sap flow meters with a stem heat balance method

Sap flow meters based on the stem heat balance method were used to measure the mass flow rates or water use in young potted tea (Camellia sinensis L.) plants of clones AHP S15/10 and BBK35. The meters were constructed on site and installed onto the stem or branch sections of field growing plants in an experiment originally designed to study the effects of plant population density and drought on the productivity and water use of young tea clones. The objective of the study was to use the SHB method as a first attempt to use sap flow meters for determining the water use of young tea growing in the field under well watered conditions in Tanzania. The results are reported and recommendation made for further work on using the technique.     

Subsurface drip irrigation of onions: Effects of drip tape emitter spacing on yield and quality

Improved irrigation water use efficiency is an important component of sustainable agricultural production. Efficient water delivery systems such as subsurface drip irrigation (SDI) can contribute immensely towards improving crop water use efficiency and conserving water. However, critical management considerations such as choice of SDI tube, emitter spacing and installation depth are necessary to attain improved irrigation efficiencies and production benefits. In this study, we evaluated the effects of subsurface drip tape emitter spacing (15, 20 and 30 cm) on yield and quality of sweet onions grown at two locations in South Texas—Weslaco and Los Ebanos. Season-long cumulative crop evapotranspiration (ETc) was 513 mm in Weslaco and 407 mm at Los Ebanos. Total crop water input (rain + irrigation) at Weslaco was roughly equal to ETc (92% ETc) whereas at Los Ebanos, water inputs exceeded ETc by about 35%. Onion yields ranged from 58.5 to 70.3 t ha⁻¹ but were not affected by drip tube emitter spacing. Onion pungency (pyruvic acid development) and soluble solids concentration were also not significantly influenced by treatments. Crop water use efficiency was slightly higher at Weslaco (13.7 kg/m³) than at Los Ebanos (11.7 kg/m³) partly because of differences in total water inputs resulting from differences in irrigation management. The absence of any significant effects of drip tape emitter spacing on onion yield may be due to the fact that irrigation was managed to provide roughly similar irrigation amounts and optimum soil moisture conditions in all treatments.     

Is partial root-zone drying an effective irrigation technique to improve water use efficiency and fruit quality in field-grown wine grapes under semiarid conditions?

We investigated the effects of partial root-zone drying (PRD) applied at different periods on leaf water relations, vegetative development, fruit yield, must and wine quality in wine grapes (Vitis vinifera L. cv. Monastrell) during a 3-year field experiment in order to determine the importance of the timing of PRD application on physiological and agronomical vine response under semiarid conditions. Two irrigation treatments were applied: conventional drip irrigation (CI) and PRD. Both treatments received the same annual water quantity. Each year the PRD treatment was applied at different periods of the growth cycle. In 1999 PRD was applied from veraison to harvest (end July–early September); in 2000 from fruit set to harvest (mid June–early September); and in 2001 PRD from budburst to harvest (mid April–early September). Leaf water relations and gas exchange during the experimental period were not significantly affected by PRD treatment. In 1999 and 2000 there was no significant treatment effect on vegetative development, yield or fruit quality. However, in 2001 (when PRD was applied from budburst to harvest), reproductive and vegetative development was clearly altered in PRD vines. Fruit set percentage and vegetative development (shoot length, pruning weight and primary and lateral leaf area) were significantly increased in PRD vines compared to CI. This resulted in both higher yield (kg per vine) (43%) and water use efficiency (40%) compared to CI vines. Berry number per cluster and cluster weight were also significantly increased in PRD vines. Notwithstanding higher yield in PRD vines and a similar berry size, the must and wine quality was not significantly altered, indicating a higher synthesis and accumulation of photoassimilates and metabolites in the berries of PRD vines. We conclude that there was an positive effect on vegetative and reproductive growth when long-term PRD was applied from the beginning of growing season (budburst), suggesting that early onset of PRD is desirable to intensify PRD response under these semiarid conditions. Nevertheless from these results we need to further investigate the long- and short-term effects of PRD, with moderate water amounts, on vegetative and reproductive development such as flowering and fruit set processes in wine grapes.