Proximity to subsurface drip irrigation emitters altered soil microbial communities in two commercial processing tomato fields

Quach, Michelle; Mele, Pauline M.; Hayden, Helen L.; Marshall, Alexis J.; Mann, L; Hu, Hang‐Wei

doi:10.1016/j.apsoil.2021.104315

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“…The effect of sub-surface drip irrigation generates significant hydric resource savings by lowering the water evaporation extending the life cycle of the used materials of the entire system [78]. The advantage of subsurface drip irrigation is less employment of hydric resources, provides more consistence of soil water and the nutrient environment which leads to crop growth optimization [76].…”

Section: Sub-surface Drip Irrigationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In general, extensive agricultural production activities, especially in rural areas putting regional water resources in danger causing a degradation of water quality and a decline of underground freshwater levels [98]. In addition, climate change and the scarcity of water in many countries endorse farmers to improve the water efficiency of their irrigation systems [78] to generate a positive hydric footprint, depending on the efficiency in comparison to the yield of every production systems, but every mentioned systems has the same problem, the single employment of water income for food production to produce only one food product outcome, which is equally to a traditional aquaculture food production system.…”

Section: Sprinkler Irrigationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Horticulture Irrigation Systems and Aquaculture Water Usage: A Perspective for the Use of Aquaponics to Generate a Sustainable Water Footprint

Schoor,

Arenas-Salazar,

Parra-Pacheco

et al. 2024

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The expansion of food production is getting more important due to a rising world population, which is relying on food security on a regional and local scale. Intensive food production systems create a negative impact on the regional ecosystem because of agrochemical pollution and nutrient rich water discharges into nearby rivers. Furthermore, these systems are highly depending on regional water resources causing water scarcity and soil erosion due to the overexploitation of natural resources in general. The objective of this article is to review the water usage in the two most water intensive food production systems, agriculture and aquaculture showing lacking areas, like system management and climate change, which must be considered in the implementation of sustainable water footprint. In addition, the review includes an analysis if the combination of both production system into aquaponic food production and the possibilities of water saving. There are a variety of water footprint analyses for crop and aquatic animal production, but there is also a lack of information about the system management including irrigation systems, system cleaning processes, water substitution, pond removal, evaporation due to climate change and especially in aquaculture, the water footprint of industrial elaborated fish feed.

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Section: Sub-surface Drip Irrigationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Sprinkler Irrigationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Horticulture Irrigation Systems and Aquaculture Water Usage: A Perspective for the Use of Aquaponics to Generate a Sustainable Water Footprint

Schoor,

Arenas-Salazar,

Parra-Pacheco

et al. 2024

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“…The effect of sub-surface drip irrigation generates significant hydric resource savings by lowering water evaporation and extending the life cycle of the materials used in the entire system [78]. The advantage of subsurface drip irrigation is less employment of hydric resources, providing more consistency in soil water and the nutrient environment, which leads to crop growth optimization [76].…”

Section: Sub-surface Drip Irrigationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In general, extensive agricultural production activities, especially in rural areas, put regional water resources in danger, causing the degradation of water quality and a decline in underground freshwater levels [98]. In addition, climate change and the scarcity of water in many countries induce farmers to improve the water efficiency of their irrigation systems [78] in order to generate a positive hydric footprint, depending on the efficiency in comparison to the yield of every production systems, but every mentioned system faces the same problem: the single employment of water income for food production to produce only one food product outcome, which is equal to a traditional aquacultural food production system.…”

Section: Sprinkler Irrigationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Horticultural Irrigation Systems and Aquacultural Water Usage: A Perspective for the Use of Aquaponics to Generate a Sustainable Water Footprint

Schoor,

Arenas-Salazar,

Parra-Pacheco

et al. 2024

Agriculture

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The expansion of food production is becoming more important due to a rising world population, which is relying on food security on regional and local scales. Intensive food production systems exert a negative impact on the regional ecosystem because of agrochemical pollution and nutrient-rich water discharging into nearby rivers. Furthermore, these systems highly depend on regional water resources, causing water scarcity and soil erosion due to the overexploitation of natural resources in general. The objective of this article is to review the water usage in the two most water-intensive food production systems, agriculture and aquaculture, showing lacking areas like system management and climate change, which must be considered in the implementation of a sustainable water footprint. In addition, the review includes an analysis of the combination of both production systems in aquaponic food production and the possibilities of water saving. There are a variety of analyses related to water usage for crop and aquatic animal production, but in these analyses, there is a lack of information about system management in general, which includes cleaning processes, water substitution, pond removal, water evaporation, and, especially in aquaculture, the water usage required for industrially elaborated fish feed.

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“…Acevedo et al: Healthy soils impact the sustainable use of water in irrigated agriculture declining aggregation in the drip irrigated system could affect infiltration and percolation during the rainy season and thus potentially green water storage and blue water recharge (Schmidt et al, 2018). Different soil wetting patterns with subsurface drip irrigation also affect soil bacterial and fungal community composition, though functional implications are not clear (Quach et al, 2022). While limited research exists currently, these studies suggest that different wetting patterns of subsurface drip or microsprinklers may impact soil health.…”

Section: Trade-offs and Contradictions With Irrigation Efficiency Tec...mentioning

confidence: 99%

How does building healthy soils impact sustainable use of water resources in irrigated agriculture?

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Barrios-Masias

et al. 2022

Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene

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As blue water resources become increasingly scarce with more frequent droughts and overuse, irrigated agriculture faces significant challenges to reduce its water footprint while maintaining high levels of crop production. Building soil health has been touted as an important means of enhancing the resilience of agroecosystems to drought, mainly with a focus in rainfed systems reliant on green water through increases in infiltration and soil water storage. Yet, green water often contributes only a small fraction of the total crop water budget in irrigated agricultural regions. To scope the potential for how soil health management could impact water resources in irrigated systems, we review how soil health affects soil water flows, plant–soil–microbe interactions, and plant water capture and productive use. We assess how these effects could interact with irrigation management to help make green and blue water use more sustainable. We show how soil health management could (1) optimize green water availability (e.g., by increasing infiltration and soil water storage), (2) maximize productive water flows (e.g., by reducing evaporation and supporting crop growth), and (3) reduce blue water withdrawals (e.g., by minimizing the impacts of water stress on crop productivity). Quantifying the potential of soil health to improve water resource management will require research that focuses on outcomes for green and blue water provisioning and crop production under different irrigation and crop management strategies. Such information could be used to improve and parameterize finer scale crop, soil, and hydraulic models, which in turn must be linked with larger scale hydrologic models to address critical water-resources management questions at watershed or regional scales. While integrated soil health-water management strategies have considerable potential to conserve water—especially compared to irrigation technologies that enhance field-level water use efficiency but often increase regional water use—transitions to these strategies will depend on more than technical understanding and must include addressing interrelated structural and institutional barriers. By scoping a range of ways enhancing soil health could improve resilience to water limitations and identifying key research directions, we inform research and policy priorities aimed at adapting irrigated agriculture to an increasingly challenging future.

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Proximity to subsurface drip irrigation emitters altered soil microbial communities in two commercial processing tomato fields

Cited by 5 publications

References 60 publications

Horticulture Irrigation Systems and Aquaculture Water Usage: A Perspective for the Use of Aquaponics to Generate a Sustainable Water Footprint

Horticulture Irrigation Systems and Aquaculture Water Usage: A Perspective for the Use of Aquaponics to Generate a Sustainable Water Footprint

Horticultural Irrigation Systems and Aquacultural Water Usage: A Perspective for the Use of Aquaponics to Generate a Sustainable Water Footprint

How does building healthy soils impact sustainable use of water resources in irrigated agriculture?

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