EFFECT OF IRRIGATION FREQUENCY UNDER HAND MOVE LATERAL AND SOLID SET SPRINKLER IRRIGATION ON WATER USE EFFICIENCY AND YIELD OF WHEAT

Eid, A. R.; Abuarab, M. E.

doi:10.21608/mjae.2013.102135

EFFECT OF IRRIGATION FREQUENCY UNDER HAND MOVE LATERAL AND SOLID SET SPRINKLER IRRIGATION ON WATER USE EFFICIENCY AND YIELD OF WHEAT

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

A. R. Eid ¹
M. E. Abuarab ²

¹ Assistant Professor, Water relations and field irrigation department, NRC, Giza, Egypt.

² Assistant Professor of Irrigation and Drainage Eng.- Faculty of Agric.- Cairo Univ., Egypt.

10.21608/mjae.2013.102135

Abstract

The water-use characteristics of wheat were studied in the field under sprinkler irrigation system. Treatments consisted of two sprinkler irrigation systems, solid set sprinklers (S₁) and hand move laterals (S₂), and three irrigation frequencies (IF₁: once per week; IF₂: twice per week, IF₃: three times per week). Total irrigation amount values varied from 4558.160 to 5094.992 m³.ha^-1 in 2009-2010 and 4792.457 to 5471.243 m³.ha^-1 in 2010-2011. The highest seasonal ET was obtained from the S₂IF₃ treatment in 2010-2011 (5417.073 m³.ha^-1); the lowest value was observed in the S₁IF₁ treatment in 2009-2010 (4513.029 m³.ha^-1). On average, the S₁IF₃ treatment gave the highest grain yield (6000 kg.ha^-1), whereas S₂IF₁ treatment gave the lowest grain yield (3332.500 kg.ha^-1). The highest irrigation water use efficiency (IWUE) values were obtained from S₁IF₃ 1.179 kg.m^-3 and 1.151 kg.m^-3 in 2009-2010 and 2010-2011, respectively, while the lowest values were obtained from S₂IF₁ 0.710 kg.m^-3 and 0.699 kg.m^-3 in 2009-2010 and 2010-2011, respectively. The highest water use efficiency (WUE) values were obtained from S₁IF₃ 1.191 kg.m^-3 and 1.163 kg.m^-3 in 2009-2010 and 2010-2011, respectively, while the lowest values were obtained from S₂IF₁ 0.717 kg.m^-3 and 0.706 kg.m^-3 in 2009-2010 and 2010-2011, respectively. The highest nitrogen use efficiency (NUE), phosphor use efficiency (PUE) and potassium use efficiency (KUE) were obtained under S₁IF₃ and the lowest value was obtained under S₂IF₁.Soil water content varied apparently in the 0–40-cm soil layer. For winter wheat in the El-Nubaria, the recommended sprinkler system and irrigation frequency for each event is solid set sprinkler (S₁) and irrigation three times per week (IF₃).

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Main Subjects

Agricultural Irrigation and Drainage Engineering

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