Ridge-furrow planting promotes wheat grain yield and water productivity in the irrigated sub-humid region of China

Liu, Yang; Zhang, Xueling; Xi, Luoyan; Liao, Yuncheng; Han, Jie

doi:10.1016/j.agwat.2019.105935

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“…Winter wheat is a widely cultivated crop in the Huang-Huai-Hai Plain of China (HPC), a very important area of wheat production in China (He et al 2017). The identification of methods to increase wheat grain yield in HPC is increasingly crucial for grain productivity and food security in China (Liu et al 2020a). Water is an important factor for wheat development and grain yield.…”

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Split nitrogen fertilizer application improved grain yield in winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) via modulating antioxidant capacity and 13C photosynthate mobilization under water-saving irrigation conditions

Zhang

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A water-saving cultivation technique of supplementary irrigation based on soil moisture levels has been adopted for winter wheat production in the Huang-Huai-Hai Plain of China, due to the enhanced water-use efficiency. However, appropriate split nitrogen management may further improve crop growth and grain yield. Here, we conducted a 2-year field experiment to determine if split nitrogen management might improve wheat productivity by enhancing 13C photosynthate mobilization and the antioxidant defense system under water-saving conditions. Split nitrogen management involved a constant total nitrogen rate (240 kg ha−1) split in four different proportions between sowing and jointing stage, i.e., 10:0 (N1), 7:3 (N2), 5:5 (N3), and 3:7 (N4). The N3 treatment significantly enhanced “soil-plant analysis development” values, superoxide dismutase antioxidant activity, soluble protein content, sucrose content, and sucrose phosphate synthetase activity, although it reduced the accumulation of malondialdehyde (MDA). The N3 treatment ultimately increased the amount of dry matter assimilation after anthesis significantly. In addition, the 13C isotope tracer experiment revealed that the N3 treatment promoted the assimilation of carbohydrates after anthesis and their partitioning to the developing grains. Compared to the unequal ratio treatments (N1, N2, and N4), the equal ratio treatment (N3) increased grain yield by 5.70–16.72% via increasing 1000-grain weight and number of grains per spike in both growing seasons. Therefore, we recommend the use of a 5:5 basal-topdressing split nitrogen fertilizer application under water-saving irrigation conditions to promote antioxidant enzyme activity and the remobilization of photosynthate after anthesis for improving wheat grain yield.

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Split nitrogen fertilizer application improved grain yield in winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) via modulating antioxidant capacity and 13C photosynthate mobilization under water-saving irrigation conditions

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“…tillers number, plant height, leaf area index) but also affect radiation and water use (Xu et al., 2018). Under irrigation water shortages, the furrow‐ridge planting pattern is advantageous for winter wheat production which have widely used in many plants such as wheat (Liu et al., 2020), maize (Liu et al., 2018) and canola (Wang et al., 2015). Compared with traditional uniform planting pattern, double–double row and furrow‐ridge planting patterns at deficit irrigation can establish a better population structure and obtain higher water and radiation use efficiencies, lower evapotranspiration, and then achieve higher yield components and grain yield (Liu et al., 2020).…”

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“…Under irrigation water shortages, the furrow‐ridge planting pattern is advantageous for winter wheat production which have widely used in many plants such as wheat (Liu et al., 2020), maize (Liu et al., 2018) and canola (Wang et al., 2015). Compared with traditional uniform planting pattern, double–double row and furrow‐ridge planting patterns at deficit irrigation can establish a better population structure and obtain higher water and radiation use efficiencies, lower evapotranspiration, and then achieve higher yield components and grain yield (Liu et al., 2020). Under deficit irrigation, ‘20 + 40’ furrow‐ridge planting pattern combined with 135 mm irrigation (Wang et al., 2016) and double–double row planting pattern combined with 90 mm irrigation (Zhou et al., 2019) are found to be the best choice to obtain high yield and WUE in the water‐deficit area of NCP.…”

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Effect of deficit irrigation scheduling and planting pattern on leaf water status and radiation use efficiency of winter wheat

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J Agronomy Crop Science

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Drought and water shortages have always been great challenges for agricultural production in the North China Plain. To explore appropriate irrigation regimes and planting patterns in this area, a field experiment was conducted for winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) from 2014 to 2016. Three irrigation treatments of 50 mm irrigation at growth stage of jointing (GS34) and heading (GS48, W1), 100 mm irrigation at GS34 (W2) and 100 mm irrigation at GS34 and GS48 (W3) combined with uniform (U), double-double (DD) and furrow-ridge (F) planting patterns were designed. The tillers number, leaf water status, spike characteristics and radiation use efficiency (RUE) were measured. Results showed that compared with W2, W3 significantly reduced leaf abscisic acid (ABA) content and increased tillers number, spikelets spike −1 , yield components and RUE, while W1 produced more tillers number, leaf relative water content (LRWC) and water potential (Lψ) only in the late growth stage, yield components and RUE. The DD significantly increased tillers number, LRWC, Lψ, leaf osmotic potential, spike length, spikes m −2 , grains spike −1 and RUE, and reduced the ABA content compared with U. Considering the serious water shortage in the North China Plain, 50 mm irrigation at jointing and heading stages combined with DD is a worthy cultivation measure for sustainable agriculture at water-deficit condition.

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“…Additionally, this issue is becoming increasingly severe with the acceleration of industrialization and urbanization 24 . Although the RP has been recommended in dry semi-humid areas, it was mainly performed in the mono–cropped production of wheat 25 , maize 16 , 26 , and foxtail millet 18 . It is unknown that whether RP is suitable for the intensive winter wheat-summer maize system with high energy use efficiency and economic benefits to promote the sustained agricultural production in this region.…”

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Energy budget and carbon footprint in a wheat and maize system under ridge furrow strategy in dry semi humid areas

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The well-irrigated planting strategy (WI) consumes a large amount of energy and exacerbates greenhouse gas emissions, endangering the sustainable agricultural production. This 2-year work aims to estimate the economic benefit, energy budget and carbon footprint of a wheat–maize double cropping system under conventional rain-fed flat planting (irrigation once a year, control), ridge–furrows with plastic film mulching on the ridge (irrigation once a year, RP), and the WI in dry semi-humid areas of China. Significantly higher wheat and maize yields and net returns were achieved under RP than those under the control, while a visible reduction was found for wheat yields when compared with the WI. The ratio of benefit: cost under RP was also higher by 10.5% than that under the control in the first rotation cycle, but did not differ with those under WI. The net energy output and carbon output followed the same trends with net returns, but the RP had the largest energy use efficiency, energy productivity carbon efficiency and carbon sustainability among treatments. Therefore, the RP was an effective substitution for well–irrigated planting strategy for achieving sustained agricultural development in dry semi-humid areas.

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Ridge-furrow planting promotes wheat grain yield and water productivity in the irrigated sub-humid region of China

Cited by 29 publications

References 33 publications

Split nitrogen fertilizer application improved grain yield in winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) via modulating antioxidant capacity and 13C photosynthate mobilization under water-saving irrigation conditions

Split nitrogen fertilizer application improved grain yield in winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) via modulating antioxidant capacity and 13C photosynthate mobilization under water-saving irrigation conditions

Effect of deficit irrigation scheduling and planting pattern on leaf water status and radiation use efficiency of winter wheat

Energy budget and carbon footprint in a wheat and maize system under ridge furrow strategy in dry semi humid areas

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