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Planting pattern and irrigation effects on water status of winter wheat

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 January 2016

G. Y. WANG ,
X. B. ZHOU  and
Y. H. CHEN
G. Y. WANG
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Agricultural College of Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, People's Republic of China College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an 271018, People's Republic of China
X. B. ZHOU*
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Agricultural College of Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, People's Republic of China
Y. H. CHEN
Affiliation:
College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an 271018, People's Republic of China
*
*To whom all correspondence should be addressed. Email: whyzxb@gmail.com
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Summary

The effects of planting pattern and irrigation on the soil water content, stomatal conductance, leaf relative water content, leaf water potential and leaf water use efficiency of winter wheat were investigated in North China during the 2008/09 and 2009/10 growing seasons. A field experiment was conducted using a randomized complete block design that consisted of three planting patterns: (i) a uniform row spacing of 25 cm, and alternating wide–narrow row spacing of 40 and 20 cm tested as (ii) flat and (iii) furrow–ridge seedbeds. In addition, irrigation treatments of 90, 135 and 180 mm were used. The planting pattern, irrigation treatments and interactions between them significantly affected soil water content, stomatal conductance, leaf relative water content, leaf water potential and leaf water use efficiency. The soil water content, stomatal conductance, leaf relative water content, leaf water potential, grains/spike, thousand grain weight, leaf water use efficiency and yield were highest in the furrow–ridge seedbed planting pattern and increased with increasing irrigation (except for the leaf water use efficiency). The leaf water use efficiency in the 135 mm irrigation treatment was significantly greater than in the other treatments. In addition, soil water content, stomatal conductance, leaf relative water content, leaf water potential, grains/spike and thousand grain weight were positively correlated with leaf water use efficiency and yield of winter wheat. The interaction between the furrow–ridge seedbed planting pattern and 135 mm irrigation increased soil water content, leaf water indices, grains/spike, thousand grain weight, leaf water use efficiency and yield. These results indicated that a beneficial response occurred for wheat yield. The furrow–ridge seedbed planting pattern combined with 135 mm of irrigation improved the soil and leaf water status and could increase wheat yield while using less water.

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Crops and Soils Research Papers
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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 154 , Issue 8 , November 2016 , pp. 1362 - 1377
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