scholarly journals Integrated Evaluation of the Water Deficit Irrigation Scheme of Indigowoad Root under Mulched Drip Irrigation in Arid Regions of Northwest China Based on the Improved TOPSIS Method

Water ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 1532
Author(s):  
Zeyi Wang ◽  
Hengjia Zhang ◽  
Yucai Wang ◽  
Chenli Zhou

Limited water resources and low water productivity limit the sustainable development of agriculture in northwest China. In this study, drip irrigation under plastic film was used to achieve an optimal water deficit irrigation (WDI) scheme for the cultivation of indigowoad root (Isatis tinctoria L.). Field water control experiments were conducted in 2016 and 2017. Evaluation of WDI schemes was carried out by considering five indices: water consumption, yield, water use efficiency (WUE), indigo, and (R,S)-goitrin. To enhance the reliability of results, the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and entropy weight method (EWM) were adopted to calculate the combined weight of the evaluation index. Finally, an improved technique for order of preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS) that integrated AHP–EWM weights was used to construct a unified, comprehensive evaluation model of indigowoad root under mulched drip irrigation that would produce high yield while saving water. The evaluation results indicated that mild WD (specifically, the V1G1 treatment) was continuously exerted during the vegetative and fleshy root growth periods, which enhanced the WUE and improved the quality of indigowoad root to a certain extent without significantly reducing the yield. These results provide a scientific basis for irrigation of indigowoad in northwest China and other areas with a similar environment.

2013 ◽  
Vol 726-731 ◽  
pp. 3077-3083 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xue Wang ◽  
Yu Min Yan

In order to find the optimum mulch drip irrigation scheme in tobacco fields of southern China plain, the flue-cured tobaccos were treated with different water and nitrogen levels, the yield, WPc, and the economic benefits (EIRR, ENPV, EBCR) were calculated, then the PCA model and the entropy weight coefficient method were introduced in order to select the preferable pattern of mulch drip irrigation. Results showed that: the application of mulch drip irrigation obtained the predicted effects, which improved the yield of flue-cured tobaccos and achieved satisfactory economic benefits; the entropy weight method was appropriate for the comprehensive evaluation of the mulch drip irrigation scheme in tobacco fields of southern China, which could combine the objective weight with the subjective weight, reducing the arbitrariness of using only objective weight or only the subjective weight; the optimum mulch drip irrigation treatment was T5, with the entropy weight value of 0.921; followed by T9; T2 was the poorest. Therefore, drip irrigation with 12mm, 16mm, and 12mm each time during root-extending stage, vigorous stage and maturity stage, and N fertilizer amount with 83.3kg/hm2could be applied as the water-nitrogen scheme, serving for the production of tobaccos with good quality and high yield under mulch drip irrigation construction in southern China plain.


2015 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tahany Noreldin ◽  
Samiha Ouda ◽  
Oussama Mounzer ◽  
Magdi T. Abdelhamid

AbstractCropSyst (Cropping Systems Simulation) is used as an analytic tool for studying irrigation water management to increase wheat productivity. Therefore, two field experiments were conducted to 1) calibrate CropSyst model for wheat grown under sprinkler and drip irrigation systems, 2) to use the simulation results to analyse the relationship between applied irrigation amount and the resulted yield and 3) to simulate the effect of saving irrigation water on wheat yield. Drip irrigation system in three treatments (100%, 75% and 50% of crop evapotranspiration – ETc) and under sprinkler irrigation system in five treatments (100%, 80%, 60%, 40%, and 20% of ETc) were imposed on these experiments. Results using CropSyst calibration revealed-that results of using CropSyst calibration revealed that the model was able to predict wheat grain and biological yield, with high degree of accuracy. Using 100% ETc under drip system resulted in very low water stress index (WSI = 0.008), whereas using 100% ETc sprinkler system resulted in WSI = 0.1, which proved that application of 100% ETc enough to ensure high yield. The rest of deficit irrigation treatments resulted in high yield losses. Simulation of application of 90% ETc not only reduced yield losses to either irrigation system, but also increased land and water productivity. Thus, it can be recommended to apply irrigation water to wheat equal to 90% ETc to save on the applied water and increase water productivity.


2022 ◽  
Vol 259 ◽  
pp. 107227
Author(s):  
Yuxin Cao ◽  
Huanjie Cai ◽  
Shikun Sun ◽  
Xiaobo Gu ◽  
Qing Mu ◽  
...  

2014 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 719-732 ◽  
Author(s):  
PK Sarkar ◽  
MSU Talukder ◽  
SK Biswas ◽  
A Khatun

Timing and the extent of water deficit were studied in a field experiment on wheat (cv. Shatabdi) for three consecutive years from 2003-04 through 2005-06 at Jamalpur area. The effects of number and timing of irrigation application on yields were investigated under variable soil moisture condition in the root zone of different treatments. Eight deficit irrigations, including one no stress and one rainfed treatments were selected to subject the crop to various degrees of soil water deficit at different stages of crop growth. Measured amount of irrigation water was applied as per schedule prescribed for a particular treatment. Grain yield (GY), biomass, harvest index (HI), and water productivity (WP) were reasonably affected by deficit irrigation. Other yield contributing parameters like 1000-grain weight, grains/spike and spike, length were also affected by different levels of deficit irrigation. During grain formation stage, water deficit did not affect the grain yield but saved water significantly. Such water deficit treatments also shortened the grain maturation period. Differences in grain and straw yield among the stressed and no stress treatments are comparatively small, and statistically insignificant in some cases. The highest water productivity (2.02 kg/m3) was observed in treatment which was irrigated only once at crown root initiation stage (T2) although the yield was comparatively low. The CRI (crown root initiation) stage was found the most sensitive to water stress. Water stress at vegetative stage also reduced the yield considerably. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjar.v38i4.19663 Bangladesh J. Agril. Res. 38(4): 719-732, December 2013


2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 1246 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenjie Xu ◽  
Xiaoping Zhang ◽  
Qian Xu ◽  
Huiling Gong ◽  
Qing Li ◽  
...  

In order to achieve the sustainable utilization of water resources and the sustainable development of the economy, an evaluation index system for water-use efficiency and economic development systems was constructed. The entropy weight and the comprehensive evaluation methods were adopted to determine the index weights and conduct a comprehensive evaluation for the two systems. A coupling coordination model was used to calculate the coupling degree, coordination degree, and coupling coordination degree of the two systems. The annual coupling stage and coupling coordination intensity of the two systems were analyzed and determined. The results showed that the comprehensive evaluation values of both the water-use efficiency system and the economic development system in Jinan increased greatly from 2008 to 2017, and showed a changing trend of ups and downs. The two systems were in the antagonistic stage, and were gradually approaching the running-in stage, indicating that they were in the state of common development. The coupling coordination degree of the two systems gradually increased in waves, progressing from moderately to highly coordinated coupling. In the future, if the water control path appropriate to Jinan can be explored actively, the water-saving kinetic energy of economic development can be increased constantly, and the linkage effect between economic development and water resource utilization can be given full play. The two systems will then be in sync, enjoying a benign interaction and a healthy harmonious development.


2013 ◽  
Vol 405-408 ◽  
pp. 2273-2276
Author(s):  
Heng Jia Zhang ◽  
Jing Li

An experiment was conducted to determine the effect of mulched drip irrigation under water deficit on soil water content (SWC), stored soil water (SSW), daily water consumption (DWC) and ratio of water consumption in total water use (RWC) of potato in an arid area. Five water deficit treatments designed to subject potato to various levels of soil water deficit at different crop growth stages and a full irrigation control were established. The result indicated that the maximum SWC was at 20 cm depth in soil profile and that in 10 to 40 cm increment varied sharply during potato growing season. The SWC, SSW, DWC and RWC were significantly affected by mulched drip irrigation at water deficit regulation stages except at starch accumulation. Therefore, proper levels of soil water deficit regulated with mulched drip irrigation at proper plant growth stages could be used to regulate soil water status, stored soil water and crop water consumption effectively.


2014 ◽  
Vol 496-500 ◽  
pp. 3026-3030 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heng Jia Zhang ◽  
Ai Cun Wen ◽  
Ji Dong Zhang

An experiment was conducted to determine the water sensitivity index (WSI) and water production function (WPF) of processing tomato under regulated deficit irrigation (RDI) in an arid environment. The WSI at different growth periods of processing tomato was maintained and a periodical WPF was established based on Jensen model. The maximum WSI was maintained at flowering with 0.8122 while the minimum was marked at seedling with 0.0589. In addition, WSI at full fruiting was much lower than at flowering but higher than at late fruiting. Therefore, processing tomato was extremely sensitive to water deficit at flowering and enough water should be applied to crops to maintain a high yield, while processing tomato was not sensitive to water deficit at seedling and a high level of water deficit could be reasonably controlled at this period through RDI without causing yield reduction.


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