Irrigation Management Using Different Irrigation Scheduling Techniques in Blocked-end Furrows

Abstract

Surface irrigation under different irrigation techniques is evaluated in this research, based on water applying method, water infiltration depth, and irrigation water use efficiency. For that purpose, field experiments were conducted using cotton grown in silt loam soil at Wuqiao Eco-Agricultural Experimental Station in 2015 season. To evaluate the infiltration and distribution under conventional continuous inflow in comparison to increased discharge and decreased discharge irrigation in blockedend furrows, nine irrigation treatments were applied. They are known as continuous flow irrigation (CFI), decreased discharge irrigation (DDI) and increased discharge irrigation (IDI). In DDI and IDI irrigation treatments, the inflow should be varied before the completion of the advance phase and cut off time in all treatments when the advance wave reaches the end of the field. The infiltration depth in cm was functioned to opportunity time () in minute for the double ring infiltrometer as: 381. 0 51. 0   Z .The average application efficiency of DDI irrigation is higher than that of CFI and IDI irrigation treatments. Decreased discharge in DDI irrigation treatment when the position of the advancing wave front reaches 0.75 of the furrow's length can potentially save water and irrigation time compared with other irrigation treatments.