Can ridge-furrow plastic mulching replace irrigation in dryland wheat and maize cropping systems?

Daryanto, Stefani; Wang, Lixin; Jacinthe, Pierre-André

doi:10.1016/j.agwat.2017.05.005

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“…For example, in 2012, more than 60,000 ha of greenhouses used plastic film mulching in Spain which was annually increased by 5.7% (Transparency Market Research, 2016). China is the topmost user of plastic mulching estimated 0.7 million ton which accounts 40% of the world use (Daryanto et al 2017). In recent years, China, Japan, and South Korea are the greatest users of plastic film mulch, which accounts for 80% of worldwide use (Ihuoma and Madramootoo 2017).…”

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Mulching as water-saving technique in dryland agriculture: review article

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Agricultural water resources have been limited over the years due to global warming and irregular rainfall in the arid and semi-arid regions. To mitigate the water stress in agriculture, mulching has a crucial impact as a water-saving technique in rain-fed crop cultivation. It is important mainly for preserving soil moisture, relegating soil temperature, and limiting soil evaporation, which affects the crop yield. Mulching has many strategic effects on soil ecosystem, crop growth, and climate. Mulch insulates the soil, helping to provide a buffer from cold and hot temperatures that have a crucial activity in creating beautiful and protected landscapes. This study has accumulated a series of information about both organic and plastic mulch materials and its applicability on crop cultivation. Moreover, future research potentials of mulching with modeling were discussed to quantify water loss in agriculture.

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Mulching as water-saving technique in dryland agriculture: review article

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“…The largest user of the plastic film in the world is China (Daryanto et al, 2017), where the amount of the plastic film applied on crops has increased to 14.7 × 10 5 t, and the plastic mulching area has reached 184 × 10 5 ha (Gao et al, 2019). However, recycling of plastic film residues is a high-cost and challenging process, which causes the accumulation of plastic film residues in the soil at a rate of about 71.9-259.1 kg ha −1 (Liu et al, 2014;Yan et al, 2014).…”

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The effects of biodegradable and plastic film mulching on nitrogen uptake, distribution, and leaching in a drip-irrigated sandy field

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Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment

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Drip irrigation under plastic film mulching with applications of the N-fertilizer is an excellent agricultural strategy, resulting in saving irrigation water, improving N use efficiency, and increasing crop yield. However, the film residue and nitrate-nitrogen (NO 3-N) losses are the leading cause of non-point pollution in agricultural fields. To promote the development of sustainable agriculture, the HYDRUS (2D/3D) model was first calibrated and then validated using experimental data from 2016 and 2017, respectively, collected in the drip-irrigated sandy field with plastic film mulching (PFM), biodegradable film mulching (BFM), and no film mulching (NFM). Additionally, the NO 3-N spatial and temporal distributions, uptake, leaching, and use efficiency (NUE) under PFM, BFM, and NFM with 280 kg ha −1 of the N-fertilizer (the local recommendation) were evaluated using both observed and simulated data. These factors were also assessed under BFM with 210 (75 % of the recommended value) and 140 kg ha-1 (50 % of the recommended value) of the N-fertilizer. The results of numerical simulations were in good agreement with observations, with the RMSE, R 2 , and NSE during verification being 0.01-0.08 mg cm-3 , 0.62-0.87, and 0.68-0.94, respectively. When the same amount of the N-fertilizer (280 kg ha −1) was applied in each treatment, there were no apparent differences in NO 3-N concentrations in the soil profile, cumulative NO 3-N uptake by corn (CNU), and cumulative NO 3-N leaching (CNL) in the 100-cm soil depth between the BFM 280 and PFM 280 scenarios (the subscript indicates the amount of the N-fertilizer) during the early growing season (Day After Sowing [DAS] of 0-78 in 2016 and DAS of 0-92 in 2017). However, CNU and CNL were higher, and the NO 3-N concentrations in the upper soil layer (0−40 cm soil layer) lower in these two scenarios than in the NFM 280 scenario. The NO 3-N concentrations in the topsoil layer (the 0−20 cm soil layer) in the BFM 280 scenario were 3.9 % higher than in the PFM 280 scenario during DAS 93-154 in 2017 due to the disintegration of the biodegradable film and 26.3 % lower during DAS 79-155 in 2016 because of intensive rainfall. Additionally, the highest NUE (50.9 kg kg-1 , the average value for two years) was found when 75 % of the recommended N-fertilizer (210 kg ha −1) was applied. Therefore, an application of 210 kg ha −1 of the Nfertilizer in the BFM scenario can be recommended for sandy farmland to avoid plastic pollution, increase NUE, and effectively promote the development of sustainable agriculture.

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“…Soybean as a native of China and one of the most important crops in the country, has been known to man for over 5000 years [48], and 56% of China's total soybean production was provided in northeastern China [49]. The agriculture in northeastern China is critically dependent on rainfall and water use efficiency [16,18,50], and rainfed crop production is subject to frequent fluctuations in precipitation [51]. Thus, in northeast China, a quantitative analysis of the relationship between WUE and water supply is extraordinarily important during the growth process of the crop.…”

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Water Use Efficiency of Soybean under Water Stress in Different Eroded Soils

Xie

Liu

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Water

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Soil erosion could change the effective storage of soil moisture and affected crop water use efficiency (WUE). To quantitative study differences in the WUE of soybean and the crop’s response to water stress for soils with different degrees of erosion in northeastern China, three erosion degrees—(1) lightly, (2) moderately and (3) severely—eroded black undisturbed soils and four years (from 2013 to 2016) of soybean pot experiments were used to control soil water content (100%, 80%, 60%, and 40% field capacity (FC)) and observe the crop growth processes. To study the relationships between erosion–water use–productivity, the following results were achieved: (1) the optimal water content was 80% FC for lightly eroded soil (L) and 100% FC for both moderately (M) and severely (S) eroded soil. Yield (Y) was best in M with the value of 3.12 t ha−1, which was 4.6% and 85.5% higher than L and S, respectively. Under the conditions of adequate water supply, there was no significant change in Land M, but the values were significantly different for the S ( p < 0.05). (2) Y and biomass (B) were sensitive to water stress except in the branching stage. (3) The values of WUEY and WUEB for the three eroded soils were the best at 80% FC. The stress coefficient (SF) values of the three eroded soils were not significantly different. In the flowering and pod formation stage, the SF reached the maximum under waterlogging stress. While the water shortage stress reached the maximum in the seed filling stage, the soil water content decreased by 10%, and the WUEB decreased by 15%, which was 2.5 times more powerful than the waterlogging stress. This study indicated the change in soybean growth with respect to the water response caused by soil erosion, and provided a scientific basis and data for the reasonable utilization of black soil with different erosion intensities. The results also provided important parameters for the growth of simulated crops.

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Can ridge-furrow plastic mulching replace irrigation in dryland wheat and maize cropping systems?

Cited by 99 publications

References 36 publications

Mulching as water-saving technique in dryland agriculture: review article

Mulching as water-saving technique in dryland agriculture: review article

The effects of biodegradable and plastic film mulching on nitrogen uptake, distribution, and leaching in a drip-irrigated sandy field

Water Use Efficiency of Soybean under Water Stress in Different Eroded Soils

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