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Liu M, Liang F, Li Q, Wang G, Tian Y, Jia H. Enhancement growth, water use efficiency and economic benefit for maize by drip irrigation in Northwest China. Sci Rep 2023; 13:8392. [PMID: 37225857 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-35611-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2023] [Accepted: 05/21/2023] [Indexed: 05/26/2023] Open
Abstract
The application of drip irrigation has been paid more and more attention, but there was lack of systematic comparative analysis between drip irrigation and conventional border irrigation method for maize, currently. A 7-year field study from 2015 to 2021 evaluated the effects of drip irrigation (DI, 540 mm) or conventional border irrigation method (BI, 720 mm) on maize growth, water use efficiency (WUE) as well as profitability. The results showed the plant height, leaf area index, yield, WUE and economic benefit of maize with DI had significantly higher than BI. The dry matter translocation, the dry matter transfer efficiency and contribution of dry matter translocation to grain with DI showed significant increase of 27.44%, 13.97% and 7.85% compared to BI, respectively. In comparison to conventional border irrigation, the yield of drip irrigation increased by 14.39%, as well as WUE and irrigation water use efficiency (IWUE) increased by 53.77% and 57.89%. The net return and economic benefit of drip irrigation was 1998.87 and 756.58 USD$ hm-1 higher than that of BI. Drip irrigation increased net return and benefit/cost ratio by 60.90% and 22.88% compared with BI. These results demonstrate that the drip irrigation can effectively improve the growth, yield, WUE and economic benefit of maize in northwest China. Therefore, drip irrigation can be used for maize cultivation to increase crop yield and WUE in northwest China, which has cut down on irrigation water about 180 mm.
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Affiliation(s)
- Mengjie Liu
- College of Resources and Environment, Yi Li Normal University, Yi Li, Xinjiang, 835000, China
- College of Resources and Environment, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi, 830052, China
- Institute of Farmland Water Conservancy and Soil-Fertilizer, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Reclamation Science, Shihezi, 832000, China
- School of Water Conservancy and Construction Engineering, Shihezi University, Shihezi, 832000, China
| | - Fei Liang
- College of Resources and Environment, Yi Li Normal University, Yi Li, Xinjiang, 835000, China.
- Institute of Farmland Water Conservancy and Soil-Fertilizer, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Reclamation Science, Shihezi, 832000, China.
| | - Quansheng Li
- Institute of Farmland Water Conservancy and Soil-Fertilizer, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Reclamation Science, Shihezi, 832000, China
| | - Guodong Wang
- Institute of Farmland Water Conservancy and Soil-Fertilizer, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Reclamation Science, Shihezi, 832000, China
| | - Yuxin Tian
- Institute of Farmland Water Conservancy and Soil-Fertilizer, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Reclamation Science, Shihezi, 832000, China
- College of Grassland, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi, 830052, China
| | - Hongtao Jia
- College of Resources and Environment, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi, 830052, China.
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