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Summary The relative salt tolerance of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. cv. California Buckeye No. 5) at different stages of growth was determined in a greenhouse. Plants were grown in sand cultures that were irrigated four times daily with modified half-strength Hoagland's solution. Salination with NaCl and CaCl2 (2:1 molar ratio) provided seven treatment solutions with osmotic potentials (s) ranging from –0.05 to –1.05 MPa (electrical conductivities of 1.4 to 28 dS/m). Salt stress was imposed for 20 days beginning at either 7, 27, or 52 days after planting. The three 20-day stages are referred to here as vegetative, flowering, and pod filling stages. Pod and seed yields from plants stressed during either the vegetative, flowering, or pod-filling stages indicated that cowpea was the most sensitive to salinity during the vegetative stage and became less sensitive the later plants were stressed. Seed yield was reduced 50% at s =–0.45, –0.76, and –0.88 MPa for plants salinized during the vegetative, flowering, and pod-filling stages, respectively. Salinity reduced seed yield by reducing seed number; it had little, if any, effect on the weight of individual seeds. Vegetative growth was significantly reduced by salt stress during all three stages but the effect was much less when stress was imposed during the last two stages than during the first stage.  相似文献   

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Summary In order to study the drought sensitivity of pea (Pisum sativum L. cv. Bodil) during different growth phases, a field experiment was conducted in 1985 and 1986 on coarse textured sandy soil with low water-holding capacity. Drought occurred naturally or was imposed by shelters during the vegetative, the flowering and the pod filling growth phase, respectively. Drought sensitivities were assessed as the ratio between relative yield decrease (1 – Ya/Ym) and relative evapotranspiration deficit (1 – ETa/ETm) of the individual growth phases, where Ya and ETa are the actual yield and evapotranspiration, respectively, of a drought stressed plot and Ym and ETm are the maximum yield and evapotranspiration of the fully irrigated treatment. Root growth was followed by measuring root density (L v ) in 10 cm soil layers to a depth of 50 cm. The leaf osmotic potential at full hydration ( s 100 ) was measured in the last fully developed leaf during the growing season.The available water capacity was estimated to be 42–50 mm on the basis of a plot of ETa/ETm versus soil water deficit measured by the neutron moderation method or direct measurement of the root depth. The root zone with L v >0.1 cm–2 only reached a depth of 35 cm at the end of the flowering phase and a depth of 45–50 cm at maturity. Root growth continued during the drought periods. The drought sensitivity of pea was high during the flowering phase, especially in 1986 when water stress developed rapidly, and considerably lower during the pod filling phase. The yield reduction caused by drought in the flowering phase was mainly the result of a lower number of pods per stalk. Severe drought did not occur during the vegetative phase. The leaf osmotic potential ( s 100 ) declined from c. -0.75 MPa to c. -1.30 MPa during the growing season. Osmotic adjustment was largest during drought in the early growth phases; in 1985 s 100 decreased 0.5 MPa under relatively slow drought development during the flowering phase while in 1986, when drought stress developed rapidly, s 100 only decreased 0.2 MPa. Osmotic adjustment may have caused the lower drought sensitivity in 1985 than in 1986 and mediated the continued root growth during drought.  相似文献   

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Summary Water deficit (water stress — WS) and excess salt (salt stress — SS) evoke similar plant responses, yet clear differences have been observed. The effect of the two forms of stress applied consecutively to cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) and pepper (Capsicum annuum) was studied in a growth chamber (29/20°C day/night temperature, 50% RH, 12-h photoperiod) in 2.5-liter containers packed with a silt loam soil.Leaf water potential () under increasing WS [soil water potential decrease from –0.16 to –1.10 MPa] of transpiring cotton and pepper plants declined to lower levels than under equivalent SS. The decline of leaf solute potential 0 on the other hand, was less under WS than under SS, resulting in reduced turgor potential ( p ), in contrast with turgor maintenance under SS. Predawn turgor potential of WS plants was maintained at all levels of soil water potential. Transpiration, CO2 assimilation and light period leaf extension rate were higher under low soil water potential produced by salinity than an equivalent value produced by water deficit.The more severe effect of WS was attributed to incomplete osmotic adjustment — the reduction in solute potential did not keep pace with the reduction in leaf water potential, and to increased root interface resistance in the dry soil.The leaf sap of cotton under WS had a higher proportion of sugars (65%) than electrolytes, compared to SS. When WS was converted to SS and plant solute potential decreased, electrolytes were taken up at the expense of a reduction in the sugar concentration. Water stress and salt stress may have an additive effect in depressing growth. But at equivalent levels, the relative magnitude of the effect of low soil matric potential (WS) on plant growth was twice as great as that of low soil solute potential (SS).  相似文献   

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Summary A factorial experiment which examined the effects of sowing date, cultivar and irrigation frequency on the growth and grain yield of irrigated wheat was conducted at Narrabri, New South Wales. Irrigation scheduling was based on morning values of leaf water potentials (l): plots were watered when l, had fallen to either –0.8 MPa or –0.4 MPa or were not irrigated during the season.Maximum leaf areas, tiller numbers and total dry matter production were increased by more frequent irrigation, but subsequent tiller death and leaf senescence were generally not reduced by increasing watering. A delay in sowing from 23 June to 23 July reduced yields by 20%, on average. More frequent irrigation increased yields at both sowing dates, but a high protein, locally bred wheat (Songlen) responded less than a cultivar derived from the CIMMYT program (WW 15). The highest yield for Songlen was 570 g m–2 which was lower than the highest yield for WW 15 (730 g m–2); both were obtained from the –0.4 MPa treatment sown on 23 June. Compared with irrigated wheat grown in Mexico or southern New South Wales, dry matter production after anthesis at Narrabri was low. It was suggested that high temperatures after anthesis may limit post-anthesis productivity and subsequently, grain yields. The results of this experiment suggested that yields of irrigated wheat in the lower Namoi Valley can be improved through better irrigation management and varietal improvement, but the magnitude of this response may be limited by high spring temperatures.  相似文献   

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The ability of cotton roots to grow downwards through a partially-wetted soil (Calcic Haploxeralf) profile toward a water source located beneath them was investigated. Plants were grown in 60-cm-high soil columms (diameter 10 cm), the bottom 15 cm of which was kept wet by frequent drip irrigation, while the upper 45 cm was wetted three times per week up to 20, 40, 60, 80 or 100% of pot capacity. Pot capacity was defined as the water content which gave uniform distribution within the pot and was at a soil matric potential ( m ) of –0.01 MPa. Plants were harvested 42 and 70 days after emergence (DAE). Root length density was reduced by decreased soil moisture content. At 42 DAE, density was reduced in the soil profile down to 36 cm. The density in the middle segment of the cylinder (24–36 cm) increased at the second harvest, from 0.1 to 0.35 cm · cm–3 at 40% and from 0.2 to 0.5 cm · cm–1 at 60% of pot capacity, respectively. A significant rise in root length density was found at all moisture contents above 20% in the two deepest soil segments. It was most marked at 40% where the rise was from 0.2 to 0.8 cm · cm–3, due to the development of secondary roots at the wetted bottom of the column. When only 20% of pot capacity was maintained in the top 45 cm of the profile, almost no roots reached the wetted soil volume, and root length density was very low. Hydrotropism, namely root growth through dry soil layers toward a wet soil layer was thus not apparent. Root dry weight per unit length decreased with increasing depth in the column at all moisture levels. However, the only significant decrease was, found between the top and the second soil segments and was due to thicker primary roots in the top segment. There was no clear relationship between length and dry weight of roots. Total plant dry weight and transpiration were reduced significantly only at 20% of pot capacity. Dry matter production by roots was less severely inhibited than that by shoots, under decreased moisture content in the soil profile. Leaf water potential decreased when the soil moisture content of the top 45 cm of the profile was reduced below 60% of pot capacity. It was concluded that even at soil moisture content equivalent to a m of 0.1 MPa, the rate of root growth was sufficient to reach a wetted soil layer at the bottom of the soil column, where the plant roots then proliferated. This implies that as long as the soil above the subsurface dripper is not very dry there is no real need for early surface irrigation.  相似文献   

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Summary A coupled soil-vegetation energy balance model which treats the canopy foliage as one layer and the soil surface as another layer was validated againt a set of field data and compared with a single-layer model of a vegetation canopy. The two-layer model was used to predict the effect of increases in soil surface temperature (T s ) due to the drying of the soil surface, on the vegetation temperature (T v ). In the absence of any change in stomatal resistance the impact of soil surface drying on the Crop Water Stress Index (CSWI) calculated from T v was predicted. Field data came from a wheat crop growing on a frequently irrigated plot (W) and a plot left un watered (D) until the soil water depletion reached 100 mm. Vegetation and soil surface temperatures were measured by infrared thermometers from tillering to physiological maturity, with meteorological variables recorded simultaneously. Stomatal resistances were measured with a diffusion porometer intensively over five days when the leaf area index was between 5 and 8. The T v predicted by the single-layer and the two-layer models accounted for 87% and 88% of the variance of measured values respectively, and both regression lines were close to the 11 relationship. Study of the effect of T s on the CWSI with the two-layer model indicated that the CWSI was sensitive to changes in T s . The overestimation of crop water stress calculated from the CWSI was predicted to be greater at low leaf area indices and high levels of stomatal resistance. The implications for this bias when using the CWSI for irrigation scheduling are discussed.List of Symbols C Sensible heat flux from the soil-vegetation system (W m–2) - c l shade Mean stomatal conductance of the shaded leaf area (m s–1) - c l sun Mean stomatal conductance of the sunlit leaf area (m s–1) - c max Maximum stomatal conductance (m s–1) - c 0 Minimum stomatal conductance (m s–1) - C p Specific heat at constant pressure (J kg–1 °C–1) - C s Sensible heat flux from the soil (W m–2) - C v Sensible heat flux from the vegetation (W m–2) - c v Bulk stomatal conductance of the vegetation (m s–1) - CWSI Crop Water Stress Index (dimensionless) - e a Vapor pressure at the reference height (kPa) - e b Vapor pressure at the virtual source/sink height of heat exchange (kPa) - e 0 * Saturated vapor pressure at T 0 (kPa) - e s Vapor pressure at the soil surface (kPa) - e v * Saturated vapor pressure at T v (kPa) - G Soil heat flux (Wm–2) - GLAI Green leaf area index (dimensionless) - GLAIshade Green shaded leaf area index (dimensionless) - GLAIsun Green sunlit leaf area index (dimensionless) - k Extinction coefficient for photosynthetically active radiation (dimensionless) - k 1 Damping exponent for Eq. A 5 (m2 W–1) - LAI Leaf area index (dimensionless) - LE Latent heat flux from the soil-vegetation system (W m–2) - LE s Latent heat flux from the soil (W m–2) - LE v Latent heat flux from the vegetation (W m–2) - p a Density of air (kg m–3) - PARa Photosynthetically active radiation above the canopy (W m–2) - PARu Photosynthetically active radiation under the canopy (W m–2) - r a Aerodynamic resistance (s m–1) - r b Heat exchange resistance between the vegetation and the adjacent air boundary layer (s m–1) - r c Bulk stomatal resistance of the vegetation (s m–1) - R n Net radiation above the canopy (W m–2) - R s Net radiation flux at the soil surface (W m–2) - r st Mean stomatal resistance of leaves in the canopy (s m–1) - R v Net radiation absorbed by the vegetation (W m–2) - r w Heat exchange resistance between the soil surface and the boundary layer (s m–1) - S Photosynthetically active radiation on the shaded leaves (W m–2) - S d Diffuse photosynthetically active radiation (W m –2) - S 0 Photosynthetically active radiation on a surface perpendicular to the beams (W m–2) - T a Air temperature at the reference height (°C) - T b Temperature at the virtual source/sink height of heat exchange (°C) - T 0 Aerodynamic temperature (°C) - T s Soil surface temperature (°C) - T v Vegetation temperature (°C) - w 0 Single scattering albedo (dimensionless) - Psychrometric constant (kPa °C) - 0 Cosine of solar zenith angle (dimensionless)  相似文献   

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Salinity sensitivity of sorghum at three growth stages   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  
Summary The relative salt tolerance of two sorghum cultivars [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench., cvs. Northrup King 265 and Asgrow Double TX] at three different stages of growth was determined in a greenhouse experiment. Plants were grown in sand cultures irrigated four times daily with modified Hoagland's solution. A nonsaline solution and six solutions salinized with NaCl and CaCl2 (2: 1 molar ratio) provided treatments with osmotic potentials (s) ranging from –0.05 to –1.05 MPa. The saline treatments were imposed for 30 days beginning at either Stage 1, 4, or 7 as defined by Vanderlip and Reeves (Agron J. 64:13, 1972). The 30-day stages are referred to here as the vegetative, reproductive and maturation stages although the first stage may have included initial panicle differentiation. Both cultivars were most sensitive to salinity during the vegetative stage and least sensitive during maturation. Based on a nonlinear least-squares analysis, grain yield reductions of 50% were predicted at s=–0.68, –1.02, and –1.14 MPa for NK265 and at –0.62, –1.00, and –1.10 MPa for Double TX when salinized during the vegetative, reproductive, and maturation stages, respectively. Although salinity had no significant effect on mean kernel weights, significant growth stage effects and interaction indicated that kernels were heaviest for plants salinized during the vegetative stage. Stover yields were significantly reduced by salination during the vegetative stage but were unaffected when plants were salinized during the maturation stage. Salination during the reproductive stage also decreased stover yield of Double TX but the effect was smaller than that during the first stage. Stover yield of NK265 was unaffected by salinity at this stage.Mineral analysis of the first leaf below the flag leaf at harvest indicated that both cultivars tended to exclude Na from the upper leaves. Ca and Cl concentrations increased with increased salinity in plants salinized during the maturation stage but salination in earlier stages decreased Ca concentration of this upper leaf at harvest and had no effect on the final Cl concentration. Phosphate and K concentrations decreased when plants were salinized during the third stage but increased when plants were salinized during the vegetative and reproductive stages. Mg was unaffected by salinization during the first and last stage but decreased when plants were salinized,during the reproductive stage. An extensive data base now exists which describes the salt tolerances of many different crops (Maas and Hoffman 1977; Maas 1986). These data express yield responses as a function of the average salt concentration in the rootzone. Generally, these data apply only if salinity is fairly uniform from the seedling stage to maturity. Except for germination, little information exists on the tolerances of crops at different stages of growth. Such information could be invaluable to optimize the use of limited water resources. Knowledge that crops are more tolerant during some stages of growth will improve new strategies for utilizing saline drainage waters (Rhoades 1984).Several studies indicate that tolerances do change as the crop develops and matures, but none of these studies completely separated the effects of duration of treatment from the stage of growth that the crop was treated (Ayers et al. 1952; Kaddah and Ghowail 1964; Kovalskaia 1958; Lunin et al. 1961 a, 1961 b; Maas et al. 1983; Ogo and Sasai 1955; Piruzyan 1959; Verma and Bains 1974). Comparisons of sensitivity during specific phenological stages are confounded when treatment periods are of unequal duration.This study was initiated to determine the sensitivity of grain sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] to salinity during three 30-day periods of growth. Francois et al. (1984) recently reported that sorghum is a moderately salt-tolerant crop. In field plot tests, grain yields of two cultivars decreased 16% per unit increase in salinity (electrical conductivity of saturated soil extracts from the rootzone) above 6.8 dS/m. They further reported that both cultivars were significantly more tolerant at germination than at later stages of growth. Soil water salinities above 8.2 dS/m delayed germination but full germination occurred within 10 days at salinities up to 22 dS/m. Treatments in the present study were designed to assess plant growth and yield responses to 30-day exposures to salinity beginning at either the 2-leaf stage, at the beginning of rapid culm elongation, or after anthesis.  相似文献   

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Summary Barley plants (Hordeum distichum, L., cv. Zita) grown in a sandy soil in pots were adjusted during a pretreatment period of 5 days to three levels of soil water osmotic potential by percolating 61 of a nutrient solution with additional 0, 22.3 and 44.6 mM KCl. A drying cycle was then started and the plants were harvested when the soil water matric potential had decreased to –1.4 MPa, respectively 6, 7 and 8 days later.No significant differences in dry matter yields, transpiration coefficients and wilting percentages were found between treatments.During the drying cycle leaf water potential ( l ) decreased concomitantly with decrease in soil water potential ( s ) with almost constant and similar differences ( l – s ) for all treatments despite differences in levels of potentials. The concomitant decrease in leaf osmotic potential () was due partly to dehydration (58%) and partly to increase in leaf solute content (42%) independent of treatment. The part of total osmotic solutes due to K decreased relatively during the drying cycle.Close relationships were found between and l as functions of relative water content (RWC). Identical curves for the two levels of salt treatment agree with similar concentrations of K, Cl, and ash found for salt treated plants indicating that maximum uptake of macro nutrients may have been reached.During the main part of the drying cycle the turgor potential as function of RWC was higher and decreased less steeply with decreasing RWC in the salt treated than in the non-salt treated plants.In the beginning of the drying cycle additions of KCI lowered the transpiration rates of the salt treated plants resulting in a slower desiccation of the soil and hence an increased growth period. A delay in uptake from a limited soil water supply may be advantageous during intermittent periods of drought.  相似文献   

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A study was conducted to determine the relationship between midday measurements of vine water status and daily water use of grapevines measured with a weighing lysimeter. Water applications to the vines were terminated on August 24th for 9 days and again on September 14th for 22 days. Daily water use of the vines in the lysimeter (ETLYS) was approximately 40 L vine−1 (5.3 mm) prior to turning the pump off, and it decreased to 22.3 L vine−1 by September 2nd. Pre-dawn leaf water potential (ΨPD) and midday Ψl on August 24th were −0.075 and −0.76 MPa, respectively, with midday Ψl decreasing to −1.28 MPa on September 2nd. Leaf g s decreased from ~500 to ~200 mmol m−2 s−1 during the two dry-down periods. Midday measurements of g s and Ψl were significantly correlated with one another (r = 0.96) and both with ETLYS/ETo (r = ~0.9). The decreases in Ψl, g s, and ETLYS/ETo in this study were also a linear function of the decrease in volumetric soil water content. The results indicate that even modest water stress can greatly reduce grapevine water use and that short-term measures of vine water status taken at midday are a reflection of daily grapevine water use.  相似文献   

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Summary The salt tolerance of mature Santa Rosa plum trees was assessed on 20-year-old trees grown in the San Joaquin Valley of California. The experimental design consisted of six levels of irrigation water salinity (electrical conductivities of 0.3 to 8 dS/m) replicated five times with each replication consisting of ten trees. Salinity treatments imposed in March 1984 did not influence tree yields harvested in June 1984. In 1985, the second year of treatments, yield from the highest salt treatment (electrical conductivity of irrigation water, EC i , of 8 dS/m) was reduced by half; the number of fruit harvested was reduced 40%, and fruit size was reduced significantly. Foliar damage was so severe by the end of 1985 that nonsaline water was applied to the two highest salt treatments (EC i = 6 and 8 dS/m) in an attempt to restore tree vigor. In 1986 salt effects had become progressively worse on the continuing saline treatments. A linear piece-wise salt tolerance curve is presented for soil salinity values, expressed as the electrical conductivity of saturated extracts (EC e ) integrated to a soil depth of 1.2 m over a 2-year period. The salt tolerance threshold for relative yield (Y r ) based on 3 years of data was 2.6 dS/m and yield reduction at salinity levels beyond the threshold was 31% per dS/m (Y ir=100 – 31 [EC e – 2.6]j). Significant foliar damage occurred when leaf chloride concentrations surpassed 200 mmol/kg of leaf dry weight (0.7%). Sodium concentrations in the leaves remained below 10 mmol/kg (0.02%) until foliar damage became severe. This suggests that chloride was the dominant ion causing foliar damage.  相似文献   

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Summary The effect of N and K nutrition on the salt tolerance of lettuce (Lactuca saliva L. cv. Saunas) and Chinese cabbage (Brassica campestris L., Pekinensis cv. Kazumi) was evaluated in three greenhouse experiments under a controlled aero-hydroponic system of cultivation. Three levels of KNO3 (1, 5 and 10 mM) were tested in all the experiments with rapidly circulated saline and nonsaline nutrient solutions. Two experiments, carried out between January and March 1989, with lettuce (Exp. I) and Chinese cabbage plants (Exp. III), consisted of two salinity levels, EC = 1.75 and 6.0 dS m–1, the former representing a nonsaline nutrient solution. In the third experiment with lettuce (Exp. II., conducted between March and May 1989), three saline nutrient solutions having EC levels of 4.7, 7.75 and 10.75 dS m–1 were compared to the nonsaline solution. The nutrient solutions were salinized with NaCl and CaCl2, in a 4:1 molar ratio. The highest yields of fresh weight of both crops were obtained from the 5 mM KNO3 under both saline and non-saline conditions. The 10 mM treatment caused yield reduction in Chinese cabbage, probably due to a severe tipburn disorder. The relatively high fresh weight yield obtained at the lowest (1 mM) KNO3 level can be explained by the positive effect of circulation velocity on nutrient uptake. The threshold salinity damage value for the vegetative yield of lettuce plants fed by 5 or 10 mM KNO3 was approximately 5 dSm–1 and the yield decreased by 6.5% per unit dS m–1 above the threshold. No yield improvement due to the addition of KNO3 occurred under highly saline conditions (Exp. II). The fresh weight of Chinese cabbage obtained from the saline 1 and 5 mM KNO3 treatments was approximately 15% lower than the non-saline-treatment (Exp. III). Salinity increased tipburn and the effect was not altered by the addition of KNO3. No significant interaction between nutrition (KNO3 level) and salinity was found. The application of salts increased the concentration of Na and Cl in plant tissue and reduced the levels of N and K; the opposite occurred in plants fed by the medium and high levels of KNO3.Contribution from Institute of Soils and Water, ARO, Volcani Center, PO Box 6, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel. No. 3092-E 1990 series  相似文献   

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Summary The growth response of kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus L.) to four irrigation schedules based on leaf water potential l was evaluated in a semi-arid tropical environment. Total dry matter production was unaffected by regimes in which the mean value of leaf water potential l (mean of solar noon and dawn value) did not fall below –1.26 MPa. Stem elongation was more sensitive than dry matter accumulation to plant water stress. — The economic yield for paper pulp production (i. e. total plant dry matter production minus that of the foliage and upper 60 cm of stem) increased with the frequency of irrigation. — Growth recovery by kenaf following a period of water stress was examined. Alleviation of water stress 10 weeks after irrigation, when l was –1.60 MPa, produced stem elongation rates that were greater than those of plants previously receiving irrigation. This ability to withstand water stress and partially compensate in growth following alleviation of the stress indicates that the kenaf crop has stress response features suitable for rainfall only production under semi-arid tropical conditions. — Irrigation schedules based on l resulted in water applications tailored to crop requirements in that water use increased, and the time interval between irrigation decreased, with increasing canopy development as well as with increasing evaporative demand. However, erratic fluctuations in l between irrigations make scheduling by this method difficult and the use of daily mean, dawn or noon values of l for scheduling irrigation of kenaf cannot be recommended in environments of high evaporative demand. The factors contributing to these fluctuations in (l) are discussed.  相似文献   

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Summary The effects of frequent and shallow soil wetting by surface drip irrigation on root growth, morphology, and location, and their impact on plant sensitivity to irrigation management were studied in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.). Daily drip irrigation, which wetted the 0 to 40-cm soil depth, encouraged root development mainly around the drippers. Water extraction took place mostly from 0 to 20 cm below the drippers, where the roots were concentrated. Shallowness of root growth was not altered by the expansion and deepening of the wetted soil zone which resulted from an increase in amount of irrigation water. The shallow and restricted root system was characterized by a high fraction of thin roots (less than 1 mm dia.) which comprised almost 90% of the root dry matter. Root proximity to the drippers and the limited amount of water in the rooted soil led to a sensitive and quick response of the plants to small amounts of irrigation. A supply of 1.0 mm H2O given at midday to 70 day-old plants resulted in a leaf water potential (L w) increase from –1.64 to –1.32 MPa over a 20-min period. This amount of irrigation comprised 15% of the average daily quantity. A 24 h delay in irrigation to 80 dayold plants was enough to decrease L w from –1.41 to –2.42 MPa. This decrease was caused by a soil water deficit of less than 6 mm H2O. Extending the irrigation delay to 72 h affected yield and earliness, although the deficient amount of water was supplied over the several days after the treatment. A strong response to minor, but continuous, differences in the daily irrigation amount was detected. Differences in irrigation of less than 1 mm H2O per day applied during the whole growth season substantially affected L w, yield and earliness. It was concluded that the establishment of a shallow and restricted root system resulted in strong dependence of the plants on frequent and sufficient supply of water, and temporary minor changes in irrigation affected plant water status and productivity.  相似文献   

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In Marlborough, New Zealand, olives are becoming an important crop alongside grapes. However, despite olives being drought resistant, they are generally planted on the poorer free-draining soils. Also, with the strong increase in cropping area, the demand for irrigation water has increased dramatically. In this research, we investigate the impact of short-term water stress on plant physiological processes, crop yield and oil quality in Marlborough, New Zealand. For that purpose, during the dry summer of 2000–2001, two trees were kept without irrigation for 64 days while two neighbouring trees were irrigated following standard practice. The trees were measured for transpiration (E), leaf and stem water potential (ΨL and ΨS), every other day, from dawn to dusk for three weeks from just before irrigation was started up again. All four trees were wired up for measuring stem sap flow (T) which was recorded hourly and a basic meteorological station provided weather data. Fruit and shoot development was measured weekly. It was found that under the short period of dry conditions with soil moisture (() dropping to <5%, olive trees kept functioning at a very low level with ΨL and ΨS reduced from −1 to <−4.0 MPa (T) reduced from 20 to 5 mm/h and (E) reduced from 1.5 to 1.0 mmol m−2 s−1. Within 10 days of restarting irrigation all these parameters were back to pre-drought levels. Both fruit and shoot growth came to a standstill within a week after drought was induced. During the first few days after re-watering, a high variability in ΨL was found between leaves from the same trees. This variability disappeared after six days. Shoot growth did not recover after re-watering but fruit growth rate, became the same as for continuously irrigated trees within days, but fruit size did not manage to recover before harvest. Yield from the dry trees was low because berry and pit weight were reduced by almost 50% at harvest, had a lower oil and percentage and were lower in phenolics. Stem sap flow was found to give a very good continuous measurement for the hydration status of the olive trees.  相似文献   

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Summary Irrigated cultivation of pecans (Carya illinoensis K.) has increased dramatically in the Southwestern USA, yet their tolerance to salinity remains largely unknown. The first part of this study was conducted to assess if stunted tree growth reported in clayey soils is related to salinity, and the second part was to evaluate changes in soil salinity and the performance of 11 year old Western trees irrigated with water of 1.1 dSm–1 and 4.3 dSm–1 for 4 years. The first study, conducted at a commercial orchard (49 ha) in the El Paso valley (TX), showed a highly significant correlation between tree trunk size and salinity of the saturation extract (ECe) with r=–0.89. Soil salinity above which trunk size decreased in excess of the standard error was 2.0 dSm–1 in ECe from 0–30 cm depth, and 3.0 dSm–1 in 0 to 60 cm depth with corresponding Na concentrations of 14 and 21 mmol l–1. Excessive accumulation of salts and Na was found only in silty clay and silty clay loam soils. The second study, conducted at a small experimental field (1 ha), indicated that irrigation with waters of 1.1 and 4.3 dSm–1 increased ECe of the top 60 cm profile from 1.5 to 2.2 and 4.2 dSm–1 and Na concentration in the saturation extract to 17 and 33 mmol l–1, respectively. The leaching fractions were estimated at 13 and 37% when irrigated with waters of 1.1 and 4.3 dSm–1, respectively. Tree growth progressively slowed in the saline plots irrigated with water of 4.3 dSm–1, and became minimal during the 4th year. The cumulative shoot length over the 4 year period was reduced by 24% and trunk diameter by 18% in the saline plots relative to nonsaline plots. Irrigation with the saline water also reduced nut yields by 32%, nut size by 15% and leaflet area by 26% on the 4 year average, indicating that pecans are only moderately tolerant to salinity. The concentration of Na, Cl and Zn in the middle leaflet pair did not differ significantly between the two treatments. Soil salinity provided a more reliable measure for assessing salinity hazard than leaf analysis. However, soil salinity was found to be highly spatially variable following a normal distribution within a soil type. This high variability needs to be recognized in soil sampling as well as managing irrigation.Contribution from Texas Agricultural Experimental Station, Texas A & M University System. This program was supported in part by a grant from the Binational Agricultural Research and Development (BARD) fund  相似文献   

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The performance of different indicators of plant water status as a tool for irrigation management was evaluated in mature field grown ‘Golden Delicious’ apple trees during the late summer of 1998. Control (C) and stress (S) treatments were studied. In the C treatment trees were irrigated daily at 100% ETc whereas in the S treatment water was withheld during 31 days (DOY’s 236–266). Predawn water potential (Ψpd) and midday stem water potential (Ψstem) were measured several times a week during the experimental period. Three daily measurements of stomatal conductance (gs) and stem water potential were made during five consecutive days in mid-September. Trunk diameter changes (TDC) were recorded by LVDT sensors, and from these measurements, maximum daily shrinkage (MDS), daily growth (DG), and cumulative growth (CG) were calculated. Midday Ψstem showed the best ratio between the response to moderate water stress and tree variability (“signal/noise” ratio) among the indicators studied here, followed closely by Ψpd. On the other hand, the poorest water status indicator was gs. Due to the low trunk growth rate of the trees, and its high variability, DG and CG were not adequate indicators. MDS showed a lower sensitivity to water stress and a higher variability (CV = 0.19) than midday Ψstem (CV = 0.08) and Ψpd (CV = 0.10). However, MDS correlated well with ET0 and with midday Ψstem (R 2 = 0.79) thus, making this parameter an interesting and promising tool for irrigation management in apple orchards. More research needs to be done in order to define reference values for MDS and plant water potential indicators, in relation to evaporative conditions and in different phenological periods, and to quantify the relationship between water status indicators values and apple tree yield and fruit quality.  相似文献   

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Summary The mean velocity at which water flowed through large undisturbed cores of soil was determined from the breakthrough of surface-applied Cl–, using a transfer function based on the normal distribution of the logarithm of cumulative drainage. For soils ranging in texture from sandy loam to silty clay loam, mean pore water velocities varied from 7 to 30 cm h–1 for an input rate of 2 cm h–1. Antibiotic-resistant Escherichia coli applied to the soil surface appeared to be transported through large pores only (> 10–15 m diameter), and the relative concentration in the effluent (C/C0) did not change significantly with effluent volume. Mean C/C0 values for E. coli in these soils, which ranged from 0.003 to 0.94, could be predicted from the mean pore water velocity derived from Cl– transport.  相似文献   

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Knowledge of crop production in suboptimal environmental conditions not only helps to sustain crop production but also aids in the design of low-input systems. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of water stress imposed at low-sensitive growth stages (vegetative, reproductive, and both vegetative and reproductive) and level of nitrogen (N) supply (100 and 200 kg ha−1) on the physiological and agronomic characteristics of two hybrids of maize (Zea mays L.). A two-site field experiment was carried out using a randomized complete block design with three replications and a split-factorial arrangement. A water deficit (WD) was induced by withholding irrigation at different stages of crop development. The results showed that proline content increased and the relative water content, leaf greenness, 100-kernel weight and grain yield decreased under conditions of WD. The highest IWUE was obtained when maize endured WD at vegetative stage at two sites. The limited irrigation imposed on maize during reproductive stage resulted in more yield reduction than that during vegetative stage, compared with fully irrigated treatment. The 100-kernel weight was the most sensitive yield component to determine the yield variation in maize plant when the WD treatments were imposed in low-sensitive growth stages. The results of the statistical regression analysis showed liner relationships between RGR during a period bracketing the V8 or R3 stages and 100-kernel weight in all the WD treatments. The increase of N supply improved yield and IWUE when maize plant endured once irrigation shortage at vegetative stage. But, the performance of high N fertilizer reduced and eliminated when water deficit imposed once at reproductive stage and twice at vegetative and reproductive stages, respectively. Furthermore, the response of T.C647 hybrid to increase of N supply was stronger than S.C647 hybrid.  相似文献   

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The Penman-Monteith model with a variable surface canopy resistance (rcv) was evaluated to estimate hourly and daily crop evapotranspiration (ETc) over a soybean canopy for different soil water status and atmospheric conditions. The hourly values of rcv were computed as a function of environmental variables (air temperature, vapor pressure deficit, net radiation) and a normalized soil water factor (F), which varies between 0 (wilting point, WP) and 1 (field capacity, FC). The performance of the Penman-Monteith model (ETPM) was evaluated using hourly and daily values of ETc obtained from the combined aerodynamic method (ETR). On an hourly basis, the overall standard error of estimate (SEE) and the absolute relative error (ARE) were 0.06 mm h–1 (41 W m–2) and 4.2%, respectively. On a daily basis, the SEE was 0.47 mm day–1 and the ARE was 2.5%. The largest disagreements between ETPM and ETR were observed, on the hourly scale, under the combined influence of windy and dry atmospheric conditions. However, this did not affect daily estimates, since nighttime underestimations cancelled out daytime overestimations. Thus, daily performances of the Penman-Monteith model were good under soil water contents ranging from 0.31 to 0.2 (FC and WP being 0.33 and 0.17, respectively) and LAI ranging from 0.3 to 4.0. For this validation period, calculated values of rcv and F ranged between 44 s m–1 and 551 s m–1 and between 0.19 and 0.88, respectively.Communicated by R. Evans  相似文献   

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