Surface water seal application to minimize volatilization loss of methyl isothiocyanate from soil columns

BACKGROUND: Metam‐sodium (MS, sodium methyldithiocarbamate) has been identified as a promising alternative chemical to replace methyl bromide (MeBr) in soil preplant fumigation. One degradation product of MS in soil is the volatile gas methyl isothiocyanate (MITC) which controls soilborne pests. Inconsistent results associated with MS usage indicate that there is a need to determine cultural practices that increase pest control efficacy. Sealing the soil surface with water after MS application may be a sound method to reduce volatilization loss of MITC from soils and increase the contact time necessary for MITC to control pests. The objective of this research was to develop a preliminary soil surface water application amount that would potentially inhibit the off‐gassing rate of MITC. RESULTS: Off‐gassing rate was consistently reduced with increasing water seal application. The application of a 2.5–3.8 cm water seal provided significantly lower (71–74% reduction in MITC volatilization) total fumigant loss compared with no water seal. The most favorable reduction in MITC off‐gassing was observed in the 2.5 cm water seal. CONCLUSION: This suggests that volatilization of MITC‐generating compounds can be highly suppressed using adequate surface irrigation following chemical application in this soil type (sandy clay loam), based on preliminary bench‐scale soil column studies. Copyright © 2010 Society of Chemical Industry     

完全不渗透膜对熏蒸剂大气散发的控制效果

为明确完全不透性膜(totally impermeable film,TIF)对熏蒸剂在田间应用时散发和残留的影响,采用静态散发箱技术测定了TIF与聚乙烯膜(polythene film,PE)对氯化苦、1,3-二氯丙烯(1,3-dichloropropene,1,3-D)和棉隆施用后所产生的异硫氰酸甲酯(methyl isothiocyanate,MITC)大气散发的控制效果,并应用气相色谱法检测了揭膜后3种熏蒸剂在土壤中的残留情况。结果表明,在20 g/m~2(棉隆为15 g/m~2)剂量下,氯化苦、1,3-D及MITC透过PE的累积散发率为施用量的6.42%、7.37%和22.27%,透过TIF的累积散发率为施用量的0、0.65%和2.05%,表明TIF极大地降低了熏蒸剂向大气的散发量,可有效控制熏蒸剂向大气扩散。揭膜后氯化苦及1,3-D在各处理土壤中的残留量均低于0.30 mg/kg,说明TIF没有增加土壤中氯化苦和1,3-D的残留量;但MITC(15 g/m~2)在TIF下10~20 cm土壤中的残留量在3.28~3.41 mg/kg之间,高于在PE下的残留量(0.46~0.47 mg/kg),表明TIF能提高MITC在土壤中的持效浓度。     

Leaching of Methyl Isothiocyanate in Plainfield Sand Chemigated with Metam-Sodium

Soil column studies were undertaken to investigate the influence of soil water content and irrigation on leaching, distribution and persistence of methyl isothiocyanate (MITC) in a sandy soil chemigated with the soil fumigant metam-sodium. No leaching was obtained from columns at low water content (0·042 or 0·074 cm³ cm⁻³). However, 8·4 (±2·8), 34·2 (±7·4) and 119·4 (±8·3) μg of MITC leached from columns at 0·105, 0·137 and 0·168 cm³ cm⁻³ water content, respectively. Increased leaching resulted from sprinkler application of 25-mm of water to columns at 0·137 cm³ cm⁻³ water content. Leaching of MITC constituted only a small fraction of the amount applied even in the worst case. Methyl isothiocyanate persisted in soil for 15 days at 2°C in varying amounts under the different water regimes. Relatively high amounts of MITC residues (8–12 mg kg⁻¹ soil) were detected in the top 25-cm layer of all the soil columns. Degradation was the major pathway of dissipation for the chemical despite the soil water regime.     

Methyl isothiocyanate volatilization from fields treated with metam‐sodium

Emission of methyl isothiocyanate (MITC) from fields treated with metam‐sodium (sodium N‐methyldithiocarbamate) is a potential environmental and human safety hazard. Concentrations of MITC at three heights above four arable fields were measured following the application of metam‐sodium at a rate of 480 litre ha⁻¹ (166 kg AI ha⁻¹). Two of these fields were treated by injection into a center‐pivot irrigation system (chemigation), while in the other two fields the fumigant was applied through injection directly into the soil. Generally, higher MITC air concentrations were observed above chemigated than above injected fields. Maximum MITC air concentrations were 11.2 and 7.4 µg m⁻³ recorded 10 cm above ground 6–8 h following application and the minimum concentrations were 0.7 and 0.2 µg m⁻³ observed at 200 cm 30–35 h after application above chemigated and injected fields, respectively. The estimated MITC respiratory exposure a worker might encounter during the re‐entry period ranged between 1.37 and 0.03 mg day⁻¹ in chemigated fields and between 0.35 and 0.02 mg day⁻¹ in the injected fields. These results suggest that application of the fumigant through injection reduced MITC volatilization losses in comparison with the chemigation method, thus posing a relatively lower risk of exposure to MITC emissions. © 2000 Society of Chemical Industry     

药液稀释倍数对威百亩分解产生异硫氰酸甲酯及其消解的影响

种植前施用威百亩进行土壤熏蒸消毒, 其分解产生的异硫氰酸甲酯（methyl isothiocyanate, MITC）可有效控制土传病原菌。威百亩以滴灌方式施用更为方便、安全, 但在滴灌前的稀释过程中可能会水解产生MITC, MITC继续消解或挥发导致进入土壤的有效成分量减少。因此有必要筛选适宜的威百亩稀释倍数, 保证MITC在土壤中分布均匀的同时减少威百亩分解及MITC消解和挥发导致的损失。本文研究了不同pH条件下稀释倍数对威百亩水解产生MITC及MITC消解的影响。结果表明, 在中性条件下, 由威百亩水解产生的MITC量及其消解速率均随稀释倍数增加而增加;在酸性条件下, 稀释100倍时MITC的产生量及消解速率均为最大, 稀释50倍时MITC的产生量最低, 稀释400倍时MITC消解最慢;在碱性条件下, MITC的产生量随稀释倍数增加而增加, 消解速率为稀释1 000倍时最快, 稀释100倍时最慢。研究结果对滴灌施用威百亩时田间用水量及威百亩用量均具有指导意义。     

土壤熏蒸剂棉隆防治土传病害研究进展及未来发展趋势

棉隆对病原细菌、真菌、根结线虫及杂草均有较高防效,而且作为固体微颗粒剂具有使用简单、安全的特性,被广泛用于作物种植前熏蒸土壤以防治土传病虫害。施用过程中,土壤环境因素（包括土壤类型、土壤温湿度、土壤有机质及pH等）、施药方式、施药季节和施药剂量均会对棉隆的熏蒸效果产生显著影响,不正确的使用方式常会导致熏蒸效果不理想或产生药害问题。该文系统综述土壤熏蒸剂棉隆的使用概况（包括作用机制、适用作物、施用方式和施用效果等）、存在的问题及原因分析（包括施用深度、水分、温度对棉隆有效成分含量的影响及其熏蒸对土壤微生物群落结构的影响等）、解决对策（包括改善施药方式、优化土壤环境和活化熏蒸后土壤微生物等）以及未来发展趋势,以期为棉隆的高效应用提供借鉴。     

The Effect of Irrigation Practices on the Spatio-temporal Increase of Asiatic Citrus Canker in Simulated Nursery Plots in Reunion Island

Asiatic citrus canker is a potentially severe disease of several citrus species and cultivars in many tropical and subtropical areas. In such areas, infected nursery plants constitute an important source of primary inoculum for newly established citrus groves. The influence of overhead, drip, and mist irrigation systems on the development of Asiatic citrus canker was studied in simulated, Mexican-lime nurseries in Reunion Island. Overhead irrigation exacerbated the increase of disease incidence and severity caused by a streptomycin-resistant strain of Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri. The temporal development of Asiatic citrus canker for overhead irrigated nursery plots was best described by an exponential model, because disease incidence in these plots did not come close to an asymptote during the experimental period. This can be explained by the continuous production of new growth, susceptible to infection by Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri, and splash dispersal of Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri associated with overhead irrigation. Based on spatial correlation and spatio-temporal analyses, aggregated disease patterns were found irrespective of the irrigation system. In overhead-irrigated plots, the spread of Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri lacked directionnality. Rainstorms of short duration and high intensity were apparently associated with disease increase in drip-irrigated plots. There is a need to improve cultivation practices in Reunion Island citrus nurseries to minimize Asiatic citrus canker incidence in nurseries and to minimize the introduction of Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri to new groves.     

Comparison of lettuce diseases and yield under subsurface drip and furrow irrigation

ABSTRACT Subsurface drip and furrow irrigation were compared on lettuce (Lactuca sativa) cvs. Salinas and Misty Day for yield and incidence and severity of three important diseases of lettuce in the Salinas Valley, CA. Experiments were conducted between 1993 and 1995 during the spring and fall seasons. The diseases examined included lettuce drop (Sclerotinia minor), downy mildew (Bremia lactucae), and corky root (Rhizomonas suberifaciens). Replicated plots of subsurface drip and furrow irrigation were arranged in a randomized complete-block design. All plants were inoculated with S. minor at the initiation of the experiment during the 1993 spring season. Plots were not inoculated for downy mildew and corky root during any season nor were the plots reinoculated with S. minor. During each season, all plots were sprinkler irrigated until thinning, and subsequently, the irrigation treatments were begun. The furrow plots were irrigated once per week, and the drip plots received water twice per week. The distribution of soil moisture at two soil depths (0 to 5 and 6 to 15 cm) at 5, 10, and 15 cm distance on either side of the bed center in two diagonal directions was significantly lower in drip-irrigated compared with furrow-irrigated plots. Plots were evaluated for lettuce drop incidence and downy mildew incidence and severity at weekly intervals until harvest. Corky root severity and yield components were determined at maturity. Lettuce drop incidence and corky root severity were significantly lower and yields were higher in plots under subsurface drip irrigation compared with furrow irrigation, regardless of the cultivar, except during the 1994 fall season. Incidence and severity of downy mildew were not significantly different between the two irrigation methods throughout the study. The differential microclimates created by the two irrigation treatments did not affect downy mildew infection, presumably because the mesoclimate is usually favorable in the Salinas Valley. Subsurface drip irrigation is a viable, long-term strategy for soilborne disease management in lettuce in the Salinas Valley.     

The effect of DD and dazomet treatments on nematode populations at various depths in the soil and on the transmission of soil-borne tobacco rattle virus to gladiolus

The relation between log dosage of DD injected at 15 cm depth or of dazomet applied to the soil surface (all in November 1971) and probit mortality ofRotylenchus and trichodorids in the top 20 cm of a field on sandy soil was found to be linear. Dosage increase efficiencies of both chemicals against both nematode species were medium to high. Superficial application of dazomet was very effective against the nematodes that would have survived if only a low dosage of DD had been injected at 15 cm depth. Injection of 40 ml or 80 ml DD per m² at 15 cm depth killed all nematodes between 20 cm and 60 cm deep. Gladiolus planted in the spring of 1972 grew better, flowered earlier and produced more weight of corms on treated than on untreated plots. The poor growth on the untreated plots cannot be ascribed to direct damage by nematodes or to the effect of TRV transmitted to the plants by the viruliferous trichodorids occurring in these plots in high densities. Symptoms of TRV infection in plants grown in 1973 from the corms harvested in the 1972 experimental field showed that only DD treatments had reduced the rate of TRV transmission considerably. However, even the highest dosages of DD had only reduced it from 26% (on untreated plots) to about 8%. Most probably, this residual TRV infection was due to transmission by trichodorids that had survived in soil layers below 60 cm depth. Therefore, soil treatment with nematicides, cannot prevent TRV transmission to gladiolus sufficiently where viruliferous trichodorids occur at great depths, as is the case in many sandy soils having a low water table.     

Distribution and efficacy of drip-applied metam-sodium against the survival of Rhizoctonia solani and yellow nutsedge in plastic-mulched sandy soil beds

The effects of metam-sodium application rate on soil residence time, spatial and temporal distributions of methyl isothiocyanate and pest control efficacy were studied in a Georgia sandy soil. Metam-sodium 420 g L(-1) SL was drip applied at rates of 147 and 295 L ha(-1) in plastic-mulched raised beds. Methyl isothiocyanate concentrations in soil air space were monitored from four preselected sites: 10 and 20 cm below the emitter, and 20 and 30 cm laterally away from the emitter at 3, 12, 24, 48, 72, 120 and 240 h after chemigation. A higher rate of metam-sodium application resulted in higher methyl isothiocyanate concentrations in the soil. Highest methyl isothiocyanate concentrations were found at 20 cm below the emitter, and lowest at 30 cm laterally away from the emitter. Methyl isothiocyanate concentrations decreased with time and distance from the emitter. Lower methyl isothiocyanate concentration x time product values at 20 and 30 cm away from the emitter resulted in lower mortalities of Rhizoctonia solani Kühn and yellow nutsedge (Cyperus esculentus L.). The results demonstrated that methyl isothiocyanate can be delivered at lethal doses with drip-applied water downward within the beds. Lateral diffusion of methyl isothiocyanate from the point of application did not reach biologically active concentrations to affect the survival of R. solani or yellow nutsedge. Further studies on the lateral distribution of methyl isothiocyanate in sandy soils are needed to circumvent this limitation.     

Permeation of soil fumigants through agricultural plastic films

Plastic films are used in soil fumigation to control fumigant emission into the atmosphere. In previous studies it was shown that the plastic films are permeable to fumigant vapors. Virtually impermeable films (VIF) have been developed to reduce such emission and to increase the efficacy of pest control. A rapid, accurate, sensitive and simple method to measure the permeability of plastic films to soil fumigants that was developed in the present study is described in this paper. The method uses a static, closed system in which the tested film is fixed between two cells. The fumigant is sampled by a solid-phase microextraction method and measured quantitatively by gas chromatography. The method was used to assess the permeability of two plastic films — a low-density polyethylene film (LDPE) and a VIF — to commercial soil fumigants formulated individually or in mixtures. All the tested fumigants permeated through the commonly used LDPE film, in the following descending order of permeability: methyl isothiocyanate (MITC), methyl bromide (MBr), 1,3-dichloropropene (1,3-D; Telone), chloropicrin (CP). The VIF was impermeable to all the tested fumigants except MITC, the permeation of which was reduced by 40%. The permeation of some fumigants through LDPE films was influenced by the formulation used. The permeation of CP was increased when it was combined with MBr in Bromopic. With Telopic, a mixture of 1,3-D and CP, the permeation of 1,3-D through LDPE film was 62% greater than that of Telone, whereas that of CP was not affected. The permeation rates of both MBr and CP were 25–30% greater when they were formulated as a mixture in Bromopic than when they were formulated individually. The formulation of fumigants as mixtures of two components did not affect their permeability through VIF. This study showed that differences in the suitability of plastic films for soil fumigation can be measured easily in a laboratory. It also showed that the VIP was more effective than LDPE in reducing losses of fumigant to the atmosphere, thus allowing more efficient use of fumigants to manage soilborne pests. The presented method helps us to choose the most adequate film for optimizing fumigation efficacy, and reducing costs and environmental risks. http://www.phytoparasitica.org posting Sept. 17, 2006.     

土壤熏蒸剂研究进展

土壤熏蒸剂可有效防治土传病虫害,但效果最好的熏蒸剂溴甲烷由于破坏臭氧层,已被禁止用在农业上(必要用途豁免除外)。碘甲烷、氯化苦、异硫氰酸甲酯、1,3-二氯丙烯、二甲基二硫、硫酰氟、棉隆及威百亩是国际上已经登记使用的土壤熏蒸剂;甲酸乙酯、乙二腈、糠醛、丙烯醛是有希望开发为新的土壤熏蒸剂品种。国内已经商品化的土壤熏蒸剂品种有4种,分别为氯化苦、威百亩、棉隆和硫酰氟,二甲基二硫正在登记当中。本文系统综述了上述熏蒸剂在应用、环境行为等方面的研究进展,在未来一段时间内,氯化苦、棉隆及威百亩将会占据着国内土壤熏蒸剂的主要市场。二甲基二硫的登记也将会改善国内熏蒸剂品种匮乏的局面。     

Management of strawberry anthracnose by choice of irrigation system,mulching material and host resistance

We studied, by means of field experiments, the combined effects of irrigation system, mulching material and genetic resistance on the incidence of strawberry anthracnose caused by Colletotrichum acutatum. All trials involved artificial inoculation with fruits colonized by the pathogen. One experiment examined the effects of drip irrigation, overhead sprinkler irrigation, and localized low-pressure tape irrigation, and the effects of grass (Brachiaria sp.) and plastic (polyethylene) mulches, in a split plot, randomized complete block design with four replicates. Lower disease incidence, indicating lower pathogen dispersal, was verified with low-pressure tape and drip irrigation. Flower blight and fruit rot incidence in drip-irrigated plots was minimal (ca. 2% of the disease levels in the plots otherwise irrigated). Grass mulch reduced flower blight in the sprinkler system (up to 80%), but had no significant effect when disease levels were already low due to use of other irrigation systems. A second experiment compared the effects of grass mulch, pine (Pinus elliotti) mulch, and plastic mulch with overhead sprinkler irrigation on strawberry cultivars partially resistant (‘Dover’) and susceptible (‘Campinas’) to the disease in a factorial completely randomized design (CRD). Both organic mulches reduced flower blight and diseased fruit incidence by up to 76% compared to the plastic mulch treatment, especially in the early stages of the epidemics. ‘Dover’ had 70% lower incidence of flower blight than ‘Campinas’, and the effects of organic mulches were more pronounced in ‘Campinas’. A third experiment, with all three irrigation systems combined with inoculated and non-inoculated plots, estimated yield effects due to disease and irrigation system. All plots were covered with plastic mulch in a CRD with six treatments. This experiment clearly confirmed the higher flower blight and fruit rot incidences when sprinkler irrigation was used. In inoculated treatments, fruit yield was significantly reduced in tape-irrigated plots, and more so in sprinkler-irrigated plots. In drip-irrigated plots yield was reduced by only 1%. Overall, our results confirm the importance of cultural and genetic factors as valuable means of strawberry anthracnose management. Adoption of localized irrigation systems, the use of organic mulches and choice of a partially resistant cultivar significantly reduced disease levels in field plots. The importance of water splash for C. acutatum dispersal and its dependency on the soil mulch characteristics are the likely causes for the results observed.     

Physical, chemical and environmental properties of selected chemical alternatives for the pre-plant use of methyl bromide as soil fumigant

Production and use of methyl bromide, a soil fumigant, are being restricted because of this chemical's deleterious effects on stratospheric ozone concentrations. Several products, some of which are currently used as soil fumigants, are being considered as possible replacements for methyl bromide, alone and in various combinations. Among these, 1,3-dichloropropene, methyl isothiocyanate generators such as metam-sodium, and chloropicrin are currently registered, while others such as methyl iodide and sodium azide are at different stages of the registration process. This review examines physicochemical properties, environmental fate, and metabolism of the various potential methyl bromide replacement products.     

棉隆熏蒸联合生物炭和沸石对土壤微生态及土传病原菌的影响

采用室内培养法研究棉隆熏蒸后添加常用剂量的生物炭和沸石对土壤微生态和土传病原菌的影响。结果表明：与对照相比,各处理土壤硝态氮的含量均显著增加。与仅棉隆熏蒸相比,熏蒸后添加沸石处理土壤硝态氮含量显著增加6.29%～11.74%。棉隆熏蒸后添加生物炭处理在培养期结束时土壤有效磷、速效钾、有机质含量以及电导率显著增加,土壤酸碱度降低,效果优于添加沸石处理。此外,与对照相比,棉隆熏蒸后添加生物炭还可提高土壤过氧化氢酶(5.68%～14.51%)和蔗糖酶(3.71%～12.08%)的活性。棉隆熏蒸后添加沸石的处理其土壤酶活性在培养期结束时和对照、仅棉隆熏蒸处理间无显著差异。对土壤微生物的分析结果表明,与仅棉隆熏蒸相比,棉隆熏蒸后添加生物炭和沸石处理其细菌数量显著增加3.49%～33.95%,真菌数量呈现先降低后增加的趋势。对病原菌数据分析表明,棉隆熏蒸后添加生物炭和沸石均可提高对镰刀菌和疫霉的防治效果,但沸石防治效果更好、更持久,培养期结束时对镰刀菌和疫霉的抑制率高达89.29%和72.58%。我们的研究结果表明棉隆熏蒸土壤后添加生物炭和沸石可提高土壤养分,改善土壤微生态环境,同时加强对病原菌的...     

A Species-Specific Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay for Rapid Detection of Phytophthora nicotianae in Irrigation Water

ABSTRACT Phytophthora nicotianae is a common and destructive pathogen of numerous ornamental, agronomic, and horticultural crops such as tobacco, tomato, and citrus. We have developed a species-specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay for rapid and accurate detection of this pathogen in irrigation water, a primary source of inoculum and an efficient means of propagule dissemination. This PCR assay consists of a pair of species-specific primers (PN), customization of a commercial soil DNA extraction kit for purification of DNA from propagules in irrigation water, and efficient PCR protocols for primer tests and sample detection. The PN primers proved adequately specific for P. nicotianae in evaluations with 131 isolates of P. nicotianae, 102 isolates from 15 other species of Phytophthora, and 64 isolates from a variety of other oomycetes, true fungi, and bacteria. These isolates originated from a wide range of host plants, three substrates (plant tissue, soil, and irrigation water), and numerous geographic locations. The detection sensitivity is between 80 and 800 fg DNA/mul. The assay detected the pathogen in naturally infested water samples from Virginia and South Carolina nurseries more rapidly and accurately than standard isolation methods. Use of this PCR assay can assist growers in making timely disease management decisions with confidence.     

棉隆熏蒸对烟草氮素吸收利用的影响

为探究棉隆熏蒸对烟草氮素吸收转化利用的影响,本试验选取云南酸性红壤、北京碱性潮土2种中国典型土壤,以本氏烟Nicotiana benthamiana为对象,研究了棉隆熏蒸对土传病原菌防效、土壤氮素转换、根系氮素供应、植株氮空间分布及氮代谢关键酶活性的影响。结果显示,棉隆熏蒸对2种供试土壤中土传病原菌镰孢属Fusarium spp.、疫霉属Phytophthora spp.真菌的抑制率均超过89%,棉隆熏蒸显著增加了土壤铵态氮含量,减少了硝态氮含量,抑制了土壤硝化速率及根系硝态氮供应速率,而促进了土壤反硝化速率及根系铵态氮供应速率。棉隆熏蒸显著降低了烟草组织总氮含量,但增加了根、茎、叶各部位铵态氮含量,减少了硝态氮含量,且在酸性红壤土中更明显。棉隆熏蒸后硝酸还原酶、亚硝酸还原酶、谷氨酰胺合成酶和谷氨酸合成酶活性有不同程度增加。试验结果表明,棉隆熏蒸通过改变根际氮素形态及含量,进而影响根际氮素供应速率及氮代谢关键酶活性,促进烟草根茎叶各部位硝态氮的代谢,促进烟草生长。研究结果为棉隆的科学应用提供了理论支撑。     

鲁北平原咸水滴灌对土壤水盐分布和棉花产量的影响

鲁北平原是山东省重要的粮棉油生产基地,合理利用微咸水和咸水资源是亟待解决的问题。通过田间小区试验,以淡水滴灌处理为对照,设置不同矿化度咸水滴灌处理,研究全地膜覆盖条件下,咸水滴灌对棉花农田土壤水盐分布和产量的影响。结果表明,灌出苗水可以明显降低棉田主要根层土壤EC值,降低率在26．8％～29．0％之间。咸水滴灌减少了棉花对土壤水分的吸收,主要影响土层在40～100 cm,灌溉水矿化度越高,影响越大。与淡水滴灌相比,滴灌补灌矿化度6g·L-1以下的咸水对棉花产量没有明显的影响,而滴灌8g·L-1的咸水在降水偏少的年份能明显降低棉花产量。从土壤盐分的积累来看,利用滴灌补灌一次6g·L-1以下的咸水,通过黄河水和夏季降水淋洗土壤盐分,不会造成棉花根系分布层土壤盐分的积累。该研究结果可为鲁北平原区咸水利用提供科学依据。     

膜下滴灌条件下不同矿化度水对土壤水盐动态及棉花产量的影响

塔里木盆地分布着相当大面积矿化度在3~5 g/L之间的浅层地下咸水,有很大的开发利用潜力。通过微区测坑试验,采用膜下滴灌技术,用不同矿化度的咸水灌溉棉花,探求其对土壤水盐动态和棉花产量的影响。研究表明:(1)土壤盐分和水分二者的动态变化是紧密相关的,其中,土壤盐分动态变化主要受大气和灌溉水的影响,土壤水分的动态变化主要受棉花生长阶段和灌溉水的影响;(2)咸水膜下滴灌与淡水膜下滴灌同样具有淋洗和压盐效果;(3)通过棉花产量分析发现:与采用淡水灌溉相比,咸水灌溉对产量,单株铃数和单铃重具有一定的影响,对衣分没有影响;(4)当灌溉水矿化度大于3.24 g/L时,不利于塔里木盆地进行农业生产。     

麦草覆盖免耕栽培马铃薯调亏灌溉技术试验研究

2008~2009年在甘肃民乐县洪水河灌区进行了麦草覆盖免耕栽培马铃薯调亏灌溉大田试验,结果表明:麦草覆盖马铃薯栽培苗期进行轻度水分胁迫,处理的产量较覆盖充分灌溉处理没有显著降低,而马铃薯的水分利用效率、干物质、淀粉以及维生素C含量都与其它处理间存在差异,其值均达到了最大,分别为7.41 kg/m3、22.41%、15.44%1、4.56 mg/100g鲜薯;同时麦草覆盖栽培充分灌溉处理产量等各项指标均优于常规土壤起垄种植充分灌溉处理,说明该技术能更有效地提高作物水分利用效率(WUE),改良块茎品质,提高产量,且幼苗期轻度水分亏缺是覆盖马铃薯调亏灌溉的最佳时期和调亏程度。