《Effects of Irrigation Water Quality and Drip Tape Arrangement on Soil Salinity Soil Moisture Distribution and Cotton Yield Gossypium hirsutum L Under Mulched Drip Irrigation in Xinjiang China》.pdfVIP

Journal of Integrative Agriculture 2012, 11(3): 502-511 March 2012 RESEARCH ARTICLE Effects of Irrigation Water Quality and Drip Tape Arrangement on Soil Salinity, Soil Moisture Distribution, and Cotton Yield (Gossypium hirsutum L.) Under Mulched Drip Irrigation in Xinjiang, China 1 1 1 2 3 LIU Mei-xian , YANG Jing-song , LI Xiao-ming , YU Mei and WANG Jin 1 Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, P.R.China 2 Water Conservancy Bureau of Yuhuatai, Nanjing 210012, P.R.China 3 Wulanwusu Agro-Meteorological Experiment Station, Shihezi 832021, P.R.China Abstract More and more attention is being focused on saline water utilization in irrigation due to the shortage of fresh water to agriculture in many regions. For purpose of reducing the risks of using of saline water for irrigation, the mechanism of soil moisture and salinity distribution and transport should be well understood for developing optimum management strategies. In this paper, field experiments were carried out at Junggar Basin, China, to study the effects of drip irrigation water quality and drip tape arrangement on distribution of soil salinity and soil moisture. Six treatments were designed, including two drip tape arrangement modes and three irrigation water concentration levels (0.24, 4.68, and 7.42 dS m-1). Results showed that, soil moisture content (SMC) directly beneath the drip tape in all treatments kept a relatively high value about 18% before boll opening stage; the SMC in the narrow strip in single tape arrangement (Ms) plot was obviously lower than that in the double tapes arrangement (Md) plot, indicating that less sufficient water was supplied under the same condition of irrigation