Effects of precipitation patterns and temperature trends on soil water available for vineyards in a Mediterranean climate area

The objective of this paper is to analyse the impact of temperature increases and irregular rainfall distribution, associated with climate change, on water availability for rainfed vineyards cultivated in a Mediterranean climate area. The study includes the analysis of the interrelations between precipitation distribution, temperature, evapotranspiration and runoff rates, and the resulting water storage in vineyards soils of the Penedès region (NE Spain). A hierarchical cluster analysis was applied to classify the years according to water availability. The influence of water stored into the soil on yield for some one of the main vine varieties cultivated in the area is analysed. A vineyard, representative of the land management practices in this area, was selected for soil moisture monitoring and runoff evaluations, as well as for grape yield, which was compared with yields recorded in other plots.According to rainfall distribution and water availability, the 12 analysed years represent five different situations: wet years with positive and negative water balance; dry years; years with average annual rainfall but irregularly distributed throughout the year leading to a negative water balance; and extreme situations. Significant water deficits were observed in years in which total rainfall amount was above the annual average in the area, being similar to those observed in dry years: in 8 of the 12 analysed years deficits higher than 100 mm (up to 309 mm) during the growing period (budbreak-harvest) were recorded. At annual scale, 42% of the analysed years recorded deficits ranging between 27.7 and 191.4 mm. In the driest years, and those with more irregular rainfall distribution, soil moisture contents below the wilting point were reached. The high intensity rainfalls, producing important runoff losses (in many cases out of the periods in which crop water needs are higher), together with the increasing temperature trends, which give rise to significant evapotranspiration increases (values up to 32% higher than the average were recorded during the study period), are the main responsible factors for the water deficits recorded during grape development. Winegrape yield was influenced by the water stored into the soil, bloom-veraison or during budbreak-bloom depending on the variety.     

盐水灌溉对不同暖季型草坪草蒸散量的影响

草坪蒸散量是指导草坪合理灌溉的重要指标。以7属11种共13份暖季型草坪草品种（种源）为材料,采用盆栽结合盐水（20 g· L^-1 NaCl）灌溉的方法,研究盐胁迫对其蒸散量的影响及与抗盐性的关系。结果表明：对照和盐胁迫条件下,草种间蒸散量均有显著差异。对照条件下,草种间的日均蒸散量变异系数为22.28%,日均蒸散量最高为‘Pan1’巴哈雀稗（Paspalum notatum）（5.71 mm·d^-1）,最低为‘南京’狗牙根（Cynodon dactylon）（2.77 mm·d^-1）。盐水灌溉条件下,草种间的日均蒸散量变异系数为36.05%,明显高于对照,不同草种的日均蒸散量排序为：‘Diamond’沟叶结缕草（Zoysia materlla）（3.87 mm·d^-1）>‘S004’钝叶草（Stenotaphrum secundatum）（2.90 mm·d^-1）>‘兰引3号’结缕草（Zoysia japonica）（2.34 mm·d^-1）>‘Z080’结缕草（2.25 mm·d^-1）>‘Adalayd’海雀稗（P.varginatum）（2.20 mm·d^-1）>‘P011’双穗雀稗（P.distichum）（2.17 mm·d^-1）>‘南京’狗牙根（2.10 mm·d^-1）>‘Tifway’杂交狗牙根（2.00 mm·d^-1）>‘Pan1’巴哈雀稗（1.90 mm·d^-1）>‘B003’野牛草（Buchloe dactyloides）（1.84 mm·d^-1）>‘H001’牛鞭草（Hemarthria sibirica）（1.61 mm·d^-1）>‘E126’假俭草（Eremochloa ophiuroides）（1.57 mm·d^-1）>‘TifBliar’假俭草（1.50 mm·d^-1）。除‘Diamond’沟叶结缕草外,盐水灌溉下参试草种的蒸散量均有一定程度的降低,降幅从15.29%（‘S004’钝叶草）到66.74%（‘Pan1’巴哈雀稗）。相关性分析表明,盐处理下草坪草的蒸散量与草种的抗盐性成正相关。     

Automated measurement of canopy stomatal conductance based on infrared temperature

Decreased water uptake closes stomates, which reduces transpiration and increases leaf temperature. The leaf or canopy temperature has long been used to make an empirical estimate of plant water stress. However, with a few supplemental measurements and application of biophysical principles, infrared measurement of canopy temperature can be used to calculate canopy stomatal conductance (g_C), a physiological variable derived from the energy balance for a plant canopy. Calculation of g_C requires an accurate measurement of canopy temperature and an estimate of plant height, but all of the other measurements are available on automated weather stations. Canopy stomatal conductance provides a field-scale measurement of daily and seasonal stomatal response to prevailing soil water and atmospheric conditions, and facilitates a comparison of models that scale conductance from single leaves (measured with porometers) to canopies. A sensitivity analysis of the input measurements/estimates showed g_C is highly sensitive to small changes in canopy and air temperature, and less sensitive to the other required measurements (relative humidity, net radiation, wind speed, and plant canopy height). The measurement of g_C becomes increasingly sensitive to all of the component factors as the conditions become cloudier, cooler, and more humid. We determined g_C for alfalfa and turfgrass by making the necessary environmental measurements and coupling them with a two-source (plant canopy layer and soil layer) energy balance model. We then compared these g_C values to maximum single leaf values scaled-up to the canopy level (g_CP, defined as potential canopy stomatal conductance herein) for the two crops. For both crops, g_C matched g_CP within approximately 10% after irrigation. The turfgrass g_C measurements were also compared to mean single leaf values measured with a porometer. At mid-day, g_C values were typically about double the single leaf values. Because this approach for determining g_C allows continuous, non-contact measurement, it has considerable potential for coupling with measurements of soil moisture to better understand plant–soil water relations. It also has potential for use in precision drought stress and irrigation scheduling.     

作物需水量计算方法研究

介绍了作物需水量的影响因素,并针对这些影响因素将作物需水量的计算方法分为3类,每类选取有代表性的几种方法进行探讨,指出它们的优缺点和适用条件,对今后的作物需水量研究有重要的参考价值。     

Evaluation and application of ORYZA2000 for irrigation scheduling of puddled transplanted rice in north west India

Water-saving technologies that increase water productivity of rice are urgently needed to help farmers to cope with irrigation water scarcity. This study tested the ability of the ORYZA2000 model to simulate the effects of water management on rice growth, yield, water productivity (WP), components of the water balance, and soil water dynamics in north-west India. The model performed well as indicated by good agreement between simulated and measured values of grain yield, biomass, LAI, water balance components and soil water tension, for irrigation thresholds ranging from continuous flooding (CF) to 70 kPa soil water tension.Using weather data for 40 different rice seasons (1970-2009) at Ludhiana in Punjab, India, the model predicted that there is always some yield penalty when moving from CF to alternate wetting and drying (AWD). With an irrigation threshold of 10 kPa, the average yield penalty was 0.8 t ha⁻¹ (9%) compared with CF, with 65% irrigation water saving, which increased to 79% at 70 kPa with a yield penalty of 25%. The irrigation water saving was primarily due to less drainage beyond the root zone with AWD compared to CF, with only a small reduction in evapotranspiration (ET) (mean 60 mm).There were tradeoffs between yield, irrigation amount and various measures of WP. While yield was maximum with CF, water productivity with respect to ET (WP_ET) was maximum (1.7 g kg⁻¹) for irrigation thresholds of 0 (CF) to 20 kPa, and irrigation water productivity (WP_I) increased to a maximum plateau (1.3 g kg⁻¹) at thresholds ≥30 kPa.Because of the possibility of plant stress at critical stages known to be sensitive to water deficit (panicle initiation (PI) and flowering (FL)), treatments with additional irrigations were superimposed for 2 weeks at one or both of these stages within the 10, 20 and 30 kPa AWD treatments. Ponding for two weeks at FL was more effective in reducing the yield penalty with AWD than ponding at PI, but the biggest improvement was with ponding at both stages. This reduced the average yield loss from 9% (0.8 t ha⁻¹) to 5% (0.5 t ha⁻¹) for AWD with thresholds of 10 and 20 kPa. However, maximum WP_I (1.1 g kg⁻¹) was achieved with an irrigation threshold of 20 kPa combined with more frequent irrigation at FL only, but with a greater yield penalty (8%). Thus the optimum irrigation schedule depends on whether the objective is to maximise yield, WP_ET or WP_I, which depends on whether land or water are most limiting. Furthermore, the optimum irrigation schedule to meet the short term needs of individual farmers may differ from that needed for sustainable water resource management.     

Effect of water management on dry seeded and puddled transplanted rice: Part 2: Water balance and water productivity

Labour and water scarcity in north west India are driving researchers and farmers to find alternative management strategies that will increase water productivity and reduce labour requirement while maintaining or increasing land productivity. A field experiment was done in Punjab, India, in 2008 and 2009 to compare water balance components and water productivity of dry seeded rice (DSR) and puddled transplanted rice (PTR). There were four irrigation schedules based on soil water tension (SWT) ranging from saturation (daily irrigation) to alternate wetting drying (AWD) with irrigation thresholds of 20, 40 and 70 kPa at 18–20 cm soil depth. There were large and significant declines in irrigation water input with AWD compared to daily irrigation in both establishment methods. The irrigation water savings were mainly due to reduced deep drainage, seepage and runoff, and to reduced ET in DSR. Within each irrigation treatment, deep drainage was much higher in DSR than in PTR, and more so in the second year (i.e. after 2 years without puddling). The irrigation input to daily irrigated DSR was similar to or higher than to daily irrigated PTR. However, within each AWD treatment, the irrigation input to DSR was less than to PTR, due to reduced seepage and runoff, mainly because all PTR treatments were continuously flooded for 2 weeks after transplanting. There was 30–50% irrigation water saving in DSR-20 kPa compared with PTR-20 kPa due to reduced seepage and runoff, which more than compensated for the increased deep drainage in DSR. Yields of PTR and DSR with daily irrigation and a 20 kPa irrigation threshold were similar each year. Thus irrigation and input water productivities (WP_I and WP_I+R) were highest with the 20 kPa irrigation threshold, and WP_I of DSR-20 kPa was 30–50% higher than of PTR-20 kPa. There was a consistent trend for declining ET with decreasing frequency of irrigation, but there was no effect of establishment method on ET apart from higher ET in DSR than PTR with daily irrigation. Water productivity with respect to ET (WP_ET) was highest with a 20 kPa irrigation threshold, with similar values for DSR and PTR. An irrigation threshold of 20 kPa was the optimum in terms of maximising grain yield, WP_I and WP_I+R for both PTR and DSR. Dry seeded rice with the 20 kPa threshold outperformed PTR-20 kPa in terms of WP_I through maintaining yield while reducing irrigation input by 30–50%.     

三江源区退化高寒草甸蒸散的变化特征

为揭示三江源区退化高寒草甸水分收支变化特征,利用涡度相关和微气象方法对青海省果洛州大武镇退化高寒草甸生态系统的年蒸散变化进行了定量研究,并探讨了环境和生物因子对其影响。结果表明:年总蒸散量为481.9mm,年蒸散量约占年降水量的97%。生长季中日均蒸散量为2.3mm·d-1,而非生长季日均蒸散量仅为0.6mm·d-1。温度与蒸散量呈明显的指数关系;该区接收的太阳辐射较强,但净辐射占太阳辐射的比例相对较低(46%),在非冻土时期,蒸散量与净辐射呈线性关系;研究区降水量相对丰沛,与温度和净辐射相比,土壤含水量对蒸散的影响相对较小。本研究说明高寒草甸的退化加剧了生态系统的蒸散量,从而降低了生态系统涵养水分的能力,净辐射和温度是驱动三江源区退化高寒草甸生态系统蒸散最主要的环境因子。     

An Evaluation of the Performance and the Contribution of Different Modified Water Demand Estimates in Drought Modeling Over Water‐stressed Regions

The lack of reliable estimation of water demand in drought study has been an important obstacle in efforts for characterizing the variability of water consumption and its effects on drought monitoring and prediction, particularly over water‐stressed regions. This study evaluated the performance and the contribution of three modified water demand estimates in drought modeling, including Penman–Monteith (PM) method, dual‐source potential evapotranspiration model (2S PET model), and climatically appropriate for existing conditions precipitation ( ). The results show that Standardized Moisture Anomaly Index based on shows the highest correlations with different types of drought evidence, demonstrating that the as a water demand metric performs the best in drought modeling over water‐stressed regions. Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index based on 2S PET model performs better than that based on PM equation. Although the 2S PET model is physically superior to PM equation over agricultural or water‐stress regions where the plant canopy is not “closed,” the limitations of using PET as water demand estimates in drought study still exist. Theoretically speaking, the actual water demand in non‐humid regions should be highly associated with the climatically averaged water supply capability (precipitation, P ), and the contributions of water demand and supply to drought indices are generally balanced in any region, which is realistically reflected by the relationships between P and . On the contrary, the magnitude and contribution of PET _2S and PET _PM were always higher than P over water‐stressed regions, which could result in a water imbalance and generate more systemic errors in drought identification. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Modelling the nitrogen-driven trade-off between nitrogen utilisation efficiency and water use efficiency of wheat in eastern Australia

The nitrogen-driven trade-off between nitrogen utilisation efficiency (yield per unit nitrogen uptake) and water use efficiency (yield per unit evapotranspiration) is widespread and results from well established, multiple effects of nitrogen availability on the water, carbon and nitrogen economy of crops. Here we used a crop model (APSIM) to simulate the yield, evapotranspiration, soil evaporation and nitrogen uptake of wheat, and analysed yield responses to water, nitrogen and climate using a framework analogous to the rate-duration model of determinate growth. The relationship between modelled grain yield (Y) and evapotranspiration (ET) was fitted to a linear-plateau function to derive three parameters: maximum yield (Y_max), the ET break-point when yield reaches its maximum (ET^#), and the rate of yield response in the linear phase (ΔY/ΔET). Against this framework, we tested the hypothesis that nitrogen deficit reduces maximum yield by reducing both the rate (ΔY/ΔET) and the range of yield response to evapotranspiration, i.e. ET^# − E_s, where E_s is modelled median soil evaporation.     

不同补充灌溉量对番茄幼苗生长的影响

采用营养钵称质量的方法,研究补充80%、100%、120%蒸发量的不同灌溉量对番茄幼苗形态、干物质积累、水分生理等的影响。结果表明,按植株蒸腾蒸发量的100%补充灌溉,番茄幼苗的株高、茎粗、叶片数达最大值,且植株干物质积累增大,壮苗指数显著提高。因此认为番茄苗期最佳补充灌溉量为植株蒸腾蒸发量的100%。