Deficit irrigation and the reuse of reclaimed water as strategies to cope with water scarcity in perennial crops. A summary of long-term trials within the H2020 SHUI project

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diego Intrigliolo ◽  
Emilio Nicolas ◽  
Francisco Pedrero ◽  
Pedro Nortes ◽  
Juan José Alarcón
Keyword(s):  
Deficit Irrigation ◽  
Reclaimed Water ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Growth Yield ◽  
Irrigation Canal ◽  
Full Irrigation ◽  
Trial Duration ◽  
Citrus Grove ◽  
Irrigation Treatments

<p>In arid and semi-arid regions, restriction on water for agriculture is fostering the search of alternative water resources, such as the reuse of reclaimed water (RW), and water-saving techniques, such as regulated deficit irrigation (RDI) strategies to cope with forecasted food production requirements. Two long-term experiments carried out by the CEBAS-CSIC team offer two scenarios: 1) Intensive cultivation of citrus in coastal areas and 2) extensive grape production for wine making in inland areas of Spain. Experiments in the Murcia Region (Spain) studied the physiological and agronomic effects of irrigating a young commercial grapefruit orchard with two water sources (saline RW versus conventional water). Water transferred from an irrigation canal (TW; electrical conductivity, EC≈1.3 dS m<sup>−1</sup>) and RW from a wastewater treatment plant (EC≈3.0 dS m<sup>−1</sup>) were compared, with control irrigation supplying 100% of the crop evapotranspiration (ETc) while the RDI treatment was irrigated at 50% of ETc during the 2<sup>nd</sup> stage of fruit growth Although the RDI treatment decreased annual irrigation volume by 13.2%, soil salinity substantially increased in summer in the RDI treatment While these treatments did not negatively affect vegetative growth, yield and fruit quality, trial duration (2008-2010) was short in relation to the commercial life of a citrus grove, requiring further research over a longer term. This highlights the need for a longer-term socio-economic analysis that is possible within projects of SHui’s duration (2018-2021). In grapevines research initiated in 2012 continues within SHui, to explore the effects of applying two different strategies: a) RDI in comparison with rainfed conditions and a full irrigation control. During the first three seasons (2012-2014), SDI was the preferred strategy to substantially improve yield (by 49%) compared to the rainfed regime, thereby significantly increasing water use efficiency (calculated considering both precipitation and irrigation). However, yield increments at 100% ETc were offset by detrimental effects that full irrigation had on grape composition. In this case, 8 years of these irrigation treatments produced similar results to the first three seasons of water application, suggesting cost benefit analyses of different deficit irrigation treatments over 3 may provide useful results to inform farmer choice</p>

scholarly journals Yield Responses of a Mature Olive Orchard to Water Deficits

2003 ◽  
Vol 128 (3) ◽  
pp. 425-431 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alfonso Moriana ◽  
Francisco Orgaz ◽  
Miguel Pastor ◽  
Elias Fereres
Keyword(s):  
Deficit Irrigation ◽  
Irrigation Treatment ◽  
Oil Production ◽  
Yield Response ◽  
Stem Water Potential ◽  
Full Irrigation ◽  
Yield Data ◽  
Water Deficits ◽  
Irrigation Treatments ◽  
Yield Responses

Irrigation is one of the most important means of increasing olive oil production but little information exists on the responses of olive to variable water supply. Five different irrigation strategies, full irrigation, rain fed, and three deficit irrigation treatments were compared from 1996 to 1999, in Cordoba, southern Spain, to characterize the response of a mature olive (Olea europaea L. `Picual') orchard to irrigation. Crop evapotranspiration (ETc) varied from less than 500 mm in the rain fed to ≈900 mm under full irrigation. The deficit irrigation treatments had ETc values that ranged from 60% to 80% of full ETc depending on the year and treatment. Water relations, and oil content and trunk growth measurements allowed for the interpretation of yield responses to water deficits. In a deficit irrigation treatment that concentrated all its ETc deficit in the summer, stem water potential (Ψx) decreased to -7 MPa but recovered quickly in the fall, while in the treatment that applied the same ET deficit progressively, Ψx was never below -3.8 MPa. Minimum Ψx in the rain fed treatment reached -8 MPa. Yield (Y) responses as a function of ETc were calculated for biennial yield data, given the alternate bearing habit of the olive; the equation are: Y = -16.84 + 0.063 ET -0.035 × 10-3 ET2, and Y = -2.78 + 0.011 ET - 0.006 × 10-3 ET2, for fruit and oil production respectively, with responses to ET deficits being similar for sustained and regulated deficit irrigation. The yield response to a deficit treatment that was fully irrigated during the bearing year and rain fed in the nonbearing year, was less favorable than that observed in the other two deficit treatments.

Saline water irrigation of quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa) under Mediterranean conditions

2015 ◽  
Vol 66 (10) ◽  
pp. 993 ◽  
Author(s):  
Attila Yazar ◽  
Çigdem Incekaya ◽  
S. Metin Sezen ◽  
Sven-Erik Jacobsen
Keyword(s):  
Fresh Water ◽  
Deficit Irrigation ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Root Zone ◽  
Saline Water ◽  
Chenopodium Quinoa ◽  
Yield Response ◽  
Full Irrigation ◽  
Irrigation Treatments ◽  
Set Up

Field experiments were set up in order to evaluate the yield response of quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd. cv. Titicaca) to irrigation with saline and fresh water under Mediterranean climate from 2010 to 2012 in Adana, Turkey. Irrigation treatments in 2010 and 2011 comprised full irrigation with fresh water, full irrigation with saline water of different salt concentrations (40, 30, 20, 10 dS m–1), deficit irrigations with fresh water (50%, 75% of full irrigation), partial root-zone drying, and deficit irrigation with saline water of 40 dS m–1 (50%). In 2012, in addition to the full irrigation treatments, two deficit irrigation levels of 67% and 33% of full irrigation with fresh or saline (30, 20, 10 dS m–1) water were considered. The results indicated that grain yields were slightly reduced by irrigation water salinity up to 30 dS m–1 compared with fresh water irrigation. Salinity and drought stress together interfered considerably with crop grain and biomass yields. However, salinity stress alone did not interfere with grain and biomass yield significantly; therefore, quinoa may be defined as a crop tolerant to salinity. Yield parameters such as aboveground biomass, seed yield and harvest index suggested a good adaptation of quinoa cv. Titicaca to Mediterranean environments.

scholarly journals Modeling the Relationship of Tomato Yield Parameters with Deficit Irrigation at Different Growth Stages

HortScience ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 54 (9) ◽  
pp. 1492-1500 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xuelian Jiang ◽  
Yueling Zhao ◽  
Rui Wang ◽  
Sheng Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Water Deficit ◽  
Fruit Development ◽  
Deficit Irrigation ◽  
Water Yield ◽  
Growth Stages ◽  
Full Irrigation ◽  
Tomato Yield ◽  
Yield Parameters ◽  
Irrigation Treatments ◽  
Different Growth Stages

Greenhouse experiments were conducted in 2017 and 2018 to investigate quantitative relationships between tomato yield parameters and deficit irrigation at different growth stages. Tomato plants received one of three irrigation treatments (full irrigation, 2/3, and 1/3 full irrigation) at flowering and fruit development (stage 2) and at fruit maturation (stage 3); no deficit irrigation treatments were applied at stage 1 during either season. We used linear regression to investigate how well the yield parameters such as whole-plant yield (Y), single-fruit weight (y), fruit diameter (D), and length (L) were correlated with seasonal evapotranspiration (ET) under different deficit irrigation treatments. Six water–yield models (Blank, Jensen, Singh, Stewart, Minhas, and Rao models) were used to predict the tomato yield parameters with deficit irrigation at different growth stages. The results showed that deficit irrigation at each growth stage significantly decreased ET, Y, y, L, and D, but not T1 (2/3 full irrigation at flowering and fruit development). T1 produced higher water use efficiency (WUE) with no significant decrease in yield parameters, indicating that an acceptable balance between high WUE and yield can be obtained with an appropriate water deficit at stage 2. Relative Y, y, D, and L increased linearly as relative seasonal ET increased. Water deficit sensitivity indexes calculated by the six different water–yield models showed that Y, y, D, and L were more sensitive to water deficit at stage 2 than at stage 3. The values of Y calculated by the Minhas and Singh models were similar to the observed values. The Minhas model provided good estimates of L and D, and the Blank model is recommended for calculating y when there is a water deficit at different growth stages. The water–yield models can be used to optimize irrigation water management and provide a sound basis for efficient tomato production.

Lucerne yield, water productivity and persistence under variable and restricted irrigation strategies

2016 ◽  
Vol 67 (5) ◽  
pp. 563 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. E. Rogers ◽  
A. R. Lawson ◽  
K. B. Kelly
Keyword(s):  
Water Supply ◽  
Deficit Irrigation ◽  
Plant Density ◽  
Water Productivity ◽  
Irrigation Management ◽  
Full Irrigation ◽  
Irrigation Regime ◽  
Total Water ◽  
Forage Species ◽  
Irrigation Treatments

Lucerne (Medicago sativa L.) has the potential to be grown widely under water-limiting conditions in the dairy region of northern Victoria and southern New South Wales, Australia, possibly because of its greater water productivity and because irrigation management of lucerne can be more flexible compared with other forage species. A large-scale field experiment was conducted at Tatura in northern Victoria, over 5 years to determine the effects of limiting (deficit) and non-limiting irrigation management on the dry matter (DM) production, water productivity (irrigation and total water productivity) and stand density (or persistence) of lucerne. Nine irrigation treatments were imposed that included full irrigation, partial irrigation and no irrigation in either a single, or over consecutive, irrigation seasons. In the fifth year of the experiment, all plots received the full irrigation treatment to examine plant recovery from the previous irrigation treatments. In any one year, there was a linear relationship between DM production and total water supply (irrigation plus rainfall plus changes in soil water) such that DM production decreased as the total water supply – due to deficit irrigation – decreased. Over the 5 years, annual DM production ranged from 1.4 to 17.7 t DM ha–1 with the highest production occurring in plots that received full irrigation. Irrigation water productivity was inversely related to the amount of water used and was higher in the treatments that had only been partially irrigated for that year compared with the treatments that had been fully watered for that year. Total water productivity values were significantly lower only in the treatments that had not been irrigated for that year, and there was little difference between the treatments that were only partially watered during the year and the fully watered treatments (range 9.1–12.2 kg DM ha–1 mm–1 for Year 4). There was no significant reduction in plant density or plant persistence in those plots where deficit irrigation had been imposed. However, the high irrigation regime and poor drainage in the fully irrigated border-check plots significantly reduced plant density and allowed weed infestation in the fifth year of the experiment. These results suggest that, although lucerne DM production is directly related to total water use and may be significantly reduced in the irrigation regions of south-eastern Australia in seasons when water is restricted, the lucerne stand is able to fully recover once a full irrigation regime is resumed. This makes lucerne an ideal forage species for situations when water is limiting.

Medium‐long term effects of saline reclaimed water and regulated deficit irrigation on fruit quality of citrus

2019 ◽  
Vol 100 (3) ◽  
pp. 1350-1357
Author(s):  
Cristina Romero‐Trigueros ◽  
Juan JA Cabañero ◽  
Pedro AN Tortosa ◽  
José MB Gambín ◽  
José F Maestre‐Valero ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fruit Quality ◽  
Deficit Irrigation ◽  
Reclaimed Water ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Regulated Deficit Irrigation

scholarly journals `Umatilla Russet' and `Russet Legend' Potato Yield and Quality Response to Irrigation

HortScience ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 38 (6) ◽  
pp. 1117-1121 ◽  
Author(s):  
C.C. Shock ◽  
E.B.G. Feibert ◽  
L.D. Saunders ◽  
S.R. James
Keyword(s):  
Deficit Irrigation ◽  
Irrigation Treatment ◽  
Sprinkler Irrigation ◽  
Russet Burbank ◽  
Yield Potential ◽  
Full Irrigation ◽  
Applied Water ◽  
Ranger Russet ◽  
Irrigation Treatments ◽  
Umatilla Russet

`Umatilla Russet' and `Russet Legend', two newly released potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) cultivars were compared with four established cultivars (`Russet Burbank', `Shepody', `Frontier Russet', and `Ranger Russet'). Potatoes were grown under four, season-long, sprinkler irrigation treatments in three successive years (1992-94) on silt loam soil in eastern Oregon. At each irrigation, the full irrigation treatment received up to the accumulated evapotranspiration (ETc) since the last irrigation. Three deficit irrigation treatments had progressively less water. The new cultivars `Umatilla Russet' and `Russet Legend' performed as well as or better than the other cultivars in the full irrigation treatment, with `Umatilla Russet' showing a higher yield potential at the higher water application rates than `Russet Legend'. All cultivars produced more U.S. No. 1 tubers than `Russet Burbank', except in 1993, an unusually cool and wet year. `Russet Legend' was the only cultivar showing a tolerance to deficit irrigation. In two out of the three years, `Russet Legend' was as productive of U.S. No. 1 yield over most of the range of applied water as `Shepody', `Frontier Russet', and `Ranger Russet' were at the higher end of the applied water range. Chemical names used: 0,0-diethyl S-[(ethylthio) methyl] phosphorodithioate (phorate); N-(1-ethylpropyl)-3,4-dimethyl-2,6-dinitrobenzenamine (pendimethalin); and 2-chloro-N-(2-ethyl-6-methylphenyl)-N-(2-methoxy-1methyl-ethyl) acetamide (metolachlor).

scholarly journals DECLINE AND RECOVERY OF HEDGEROW WALNUTS FROM SUSTAINED DEFICIT IRRIGATION

HortScience ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 573b-573
Author(s):  
David A. Goldhamer ◽  
Robert Beede ◽  
Steve Sibbett ◽  
Dave Ramos
Keyword(s):  
Deficit Irrigation ◽  
Shoot Growth ◽  
Juglans Regia ◽  
Growth Yield ◽  
Full Irrigation ◽  
Secondary Effects ◽  
Applied Water ◽  
Subsequent Increase ◽  
Full Production ◽  
Production Losses

Mature hedgerow walnut trees (Juglans regia L. cv. Chico) were irrigated at rates of 33, 67, and 100% of potential orchard ETc (about 350, 700, and 1050 mm/season, respectively) for three years. All trees were then returned to 100% ETc for the subsequent three year period. Deficit irrigation reduced vegetative growth as measured by shaded area of the orchard floor and trunk growth. Yield reductions, which were minimal after one season, were significantly greater in years two and three. However, the relationships between crop yield and applied water were linear for all deficit irrigation seasons. Upon a return to full irrigation, trunk (and presumably shoot) growth of the previously stressed trees accelerated to levels greater than the control. The subsequent increase in fruiting positions resulted in a return to full production after two years. This suggests that hedgerow walnuts have the potential to recover rapidly from drought-induced production losses if no secondary effects of tree water stress, such as disease or pests, occur.

scholarly journals Modeling water and salinity risks to viticulture under prolonged sustained deficit and saline water irrigation

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 901-915 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Phogat ◽  
J. W. Cox ◽  
J. Šimůnek ◽  
P. Hayman
Keyword(s):  
Deficit Irrigation ◽  
Root Zone ◽  
Saline Water ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Full Irrigation ◽  
Drought Period ◽  
Saline Water Irrigation ◽  
Reduced Water ◽  
Hydrus 1D

Abstract A numerical model (HYDRUS-1D) was used to evaluate the impacts of the long-term (2004–2015) use of sustained deficit irrigation (10% (D10%) and 20% (D20%) less than full), irrigations with increased water salinity (ECiw of 0.5 and 0.8 dS/m), 50% deficit irrigation during a drought period (DD50%), and DD50% coupled with an increased salinity of water (ECiw of 0.5 and 0.8 dS/m) on the water balance and salinity dynamics under grapevine in two soils at two locations with different climatic conditions. The results showed that D20% and DD50% significantly reduced water uptake and seasonal drainage (Dr) by the vines as compared to full irrigation. Vineyards established in light-textured soils showed two to five times larger drainage losses as compared to heavy-textured soils. The results revealed that the slight increase in the electrical conductivity of irrigation water (ECiw = 0.5 and 0.8 dS/m) increased the risks in terms of the amount of salts deposited in the soil and transport of large quantities of irrigation-induced salts beyond the root zone. Hence, it is imperative to monitor all of the important water, soil, and salinity drivers of agro-hydro-geological systems to understand the hydro-salinity dynamics and to ensure the long-term sustainability of irrigated viticulture.

Packed-Cage RBC with Combined Cultivation of Suspended and Fixed-Film Biomass

1990 ◽  
Vol 22 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 101-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Wanner ◽  
M. Sýkora ◽  
M. Kos ◽  
J. Miklenda ◽  
P. Grau
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Wastewater Treatment Plant ◽  
Random Medium ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Mixing Effect ◽  
Scale Unit ◽  
Fixed Film ◽  
Rotating Biological Contactors ◽  
Bod Removal

The situation in the treatment of wastewaters from small sources in Czechoslovakia has been discussed and two types of manufactured rotating biological contactors have been described. The evaluation of RBCs' operation showed the main disadvantages of the contactors with conventional discs, viz. the low 0C and low mixing effect. In a newly designed RBC, the discs or packets of discs were replaced by a cage packed with a random medium. The cage was equipped with tubular aeration and mixing elements. The long-term tests with a pilot-plant and a full-scale unit using synthetic as well as municipal wastewaters proved the ability of the packed-cage RBC to achieve a low effluent BOD with such organic loadings when the effluent from the conventional RBCs already deteriorated. Besides the BOD removal the 0C of the packed-cage RBCs was tested to verify the possibility of the combined cultivation of suspended and fixed-film biomass. On the basis of results presented here, a new package wastewater treatment plant for about 500 PE will be designed.

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