Effect of irrigation frequency on root water uptake in sugar beet

被引:29
作者
Camposeo, S [1 ]
Rubino, P [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Bari, Dipartimento Sci Prod Vegetali, I-70126 Bari, Italy
关键词
irrigation frequency; root length density; root water uptake; sugar beet; TDR;
D O I
10.1023/A:1024801312711
中图分类号
S3 [农学(农艺学)];
学科分类号
0901 ;
摘要
A 2-year trial was performed on autumn-sown sugar beet grown in pots in order to study the influence of irrigation frequency on the water used by plants along the soil profile. The outdoor pots, containing one plant each, were 1.3 m high and had circular openings, through which Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR) apparatus wave guides could be inserted. Three irrigation intervals were compared and plants were watered whenever the soil layer explored by roots had lost 30% (SWD(1)), 50% (SWD(2)) and 70% (SWD(3)) of the total available water (TAW). During the irrigation season, the water extracted by the plants from each layer along the soil profile (RWU) was determined by monitoring volumetric soil moisture content (theta), by TDR. At harvest time, root length density (RLD) along the soil profile was assessed using the Tennant method. The applied irrigation frequencies significantly affected the RWU. With the SWD(3) protocol, irrigation was at longer irrigation intervals (9 days) and watering volumes were as high as 84 mm. In this treatment, the plants lost almost 60% of total water from the lower soil layer (0.6-1.0 m). In treatment SWD(1), the irrigation interval was very short (3 days), and water extraction from 0.0-0.6 m soil depth was 92.0%. In the intermediate treatment, the irrigation interval was 5.5 days and a more uniform water depletion was observed along the root zone, approximately equal between the 0-0.6 and 0.6-1.0 m soil layer. Water extraction of sugar beet plants at the deeper soil layers in response to long irrigation intervals was related to an increase in water uptake efficiency of the deeper younger roots and not to an increase in root length density, which, on the contrary, decreased. This morpho-physiological acclimatization to progressive soil water deficit was coupled with an increase of the root/shoot ratio.
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页码:301 / 309
页数:9
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