Alternate Furrow Irrigation with Different Irrigation Intervals for Maize (<i>Zea mays</i> L.)

Sepaskhah, Ali Reza; Khajehabdollahi, Mohammad Hasan

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“…The method of soil sampling was as reported by Sepaskhah and Parand (2006). The actual crop evapotranspiration during each irrigation interval was estimated by soil water balance equation as described in detail by Sepaskhah and Khajehabdollahi (2005). In the present investigation, the water table depth in the Kooshkak area was about 2.0 m, therefore, the groundwater contribution to the crop water use was negligible .…”

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“…This increase might be due to cracking of vertisols. Sepaskhah and Khajehabdollahi (2005) showed that the yield of maize in AFI with irrigation at 4-day intervals was similar to yield with ordinary furrow irrigation at 7-day intervals.…”

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“…Alternate furrow irrigation (AFI) is an appropriate procedure for management of deficit irrigation in these regions. In this irrigation, deep percolation and soil surface evaporation are reduced and less water is used (Benjamin et al, 1997;Sepaskhah and KamgarHaghighi, 1997;Sepaskhah and Khajehabdollahi, 2005). Mintesinot et al (2004) reported that the wateruse efficiency and yield of maize (Zea mays L.) were higher in AFI than in the ordinary furrow irrigation (OFI) in vertisols.…”

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“…AFI at regular irrigation intervals resulted in decreased crop yield in summer crops, i.e., dry beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) (Samadi and Sepaskhah, 1984), Maize (Zea mays L.) (Sepaskhah and Khajehabdollahi, 2005;Sepaskhah and Parand, 2006), sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.) and sugarbeet (Beta vulgaris L.) (Sepaskhah and KamgarHaghighi, 1997). However, in winter crops, AFI may result in effective use of rainfall and reduce the nitrogen loss with least yield reduction.…”

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Effects of Alternate Furrow Irrigation and Nitrogen Application Rates on Yield and Water-and Nitrogen-Use Efficiency of Winter Wheat (Triticum aestivumL.)

Sepaskhah

Hosseini

2008

Plant Production Science

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Sepaskhah

Hosseini

2008

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“…The AFI method is a way to save irrigation water, improve irrigation efficiency, and increase corn yield (Shayannejad and Moharreri, 2009;Nasri et al, 2010;Rafiee and Shakarami, 2010;Kashiani et al, 2011). Sepaskhah and Khajehabdollahi (2005) found that corn grain yield in a fine-textured soil with a deep water table and AFI at 7-d intervals was statistically lower than everyfurrow irrigation (EFI) at 10-d intervals. Shorter irrigation intervals (4-d) in AFI can ease water stress and not reduce yield as compared with EFI at 7-d intervals even though water application was reduced.…”

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Impact of alternate furrow irrigation with different irrigation intervals on yield, water use efficiency, and economic return of corn

El‐Halim

2013

Chilean J. Agric. Res.

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Alternate furrow irrigation with proper irrigation intervals could save irrigation water and result in high grain yield with low irrigation costs in arid areas. Two field experiments were conducted in the Middle Nile Delta area of Egypt during the 2010 and 2011 seasons to investigate the impact of alternate furrow irrigation with 7-d (AFI7) and 14-d intervals (AFI14) on yield, crop water use efficiency, irrigation water productivity, and economic return of corn (Zea mays L.) as compared with every-furrow irrigation (EFI, conventional method with 14-d interval). Results indicated that grain yield increased under the AFI7 treatment, whereas it tended to decrease under AFI14 as compared with EFI. Irrigation water saving in the AFI7 and AFI14 treatments was approximately 7% and 17%, respectively, as compared to the EFI treatment. The AFI14 and AFI7 treatments improved both crop water use efficiency and irrigation water productivity as compared with EFI. Results also indicated that the AFI7 treatment did not only increase grain yield, but also increased the benefit-cost ratio, net return, and irrigation water saving. Therefore, if low cost water is available and excess water delivery to the field does not require any additional expense, then the AFI7 treatment will essentially be the best choice under the study area conditions.

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Furrow irrigation spacing effects on corn production in vertisols of the Mississippi Delta

Freeland,

Gholson,

et al. 2024

Crop Forage & Turfgrass Mgmt

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The majority of soils in the Mississippi Delta are vertisols, whose shrink–swell behavior makes them prone to waterlogging when subjected to excessive infiltration amounts from conventional management of furrow irrigation. The goal of this investigation was to examine if corn (Zea mays L.) grain yield and quality (test weight, kernel composition, and kernel weight) can be improved in vertisols of this region by widening furrow irrigation spacing while increasing furrow inflow rate proportionally to reduce waterlogging. A research station study at the National Center for Alluvial Aquifer Research and an on‐farm study near Glen Allan, Mississippi, were conducted from 2021 to 2023. Furrow irrigation spacing treatments in the research station study included 3.3 ft, 6.7 ft, 13.3 ft, and 26.7 ft. The on‐farm study included 10 ft, 20 ft, and “tractor track” (alternating between 10 and 30 ft furrow irrigation spacing) treatments. The three years of the research station study showed that the 26.7‐ft treatment yielded 8.5% higher than the narrower treatments at the top position of the field (50–100 ft from the topographically higher end of 500 ft furrows). Higher grain protein and kernel weight were observed halfway between two irrigated furrows of the 13.3‐ft and 26.7‐ft treatments than adjacent to irrigated furrows of any treatment. Corn grain yield in the on‐farm study was not significantly different among furrow irrigation spacing treatments. This research demonstrates that furrow irrigation spacing can be widened to at least 26.7 ft in vertisols of the Mississippi Delta without decreasing corn grain yield and quality.

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Alternate Furrow Irrigation with Different Irrigation Intervals for Maize (Zea mays L.)

Cited by 38 publications

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Effects of Alternate Furrow Irrigation and Nitrogen Application Rates on Yield and Water-and Nitrogen-Use Efficiency of Winter Wheat (Triticum aestivumL.)

Effects of Alternate Furrow Irrigation and Nitrogen Application Rates on Yield and Water-and Nitrogen-Use Efficiency of Winter Wheat (Triticum aestivumL.)

Impact of alternate furrow irrigation with different irrigation intervals on yield, water use efficiency, and economic return of corn

Furrow irrigation spacing effects on corn production in vertisols of the Mississippi Delta

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