Effect of irrigation method and N-fertilizer management on rice yield, water productivity and nutrient-use efficiencies in typical lowland rice conditions in China

Issue Title: Special issue: International Year of Rice 2004 Alternate wetting and drying irrigation (AWD) has been reported to save water compared with continuous flooding (CF) in rice cultivation. However, the reported effects on yield varied greatly and detailed agro-hydrological characterization...

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Published in:Paddy and water environment 2004-12, Vol.2 (4), p.195-206
Main Authors: Cabangon, Romeo J., Tuong, To Phuc, Castillo, Ernesto G., Bao, Lang Xing, Lu, Guoan, Wang, Guangho, Cui, Yuanlai, Bouman, Bas A. M., Li, Yuanhua, Chen, Chongde, Wang, Jianzhang
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Language:English
Subjects:
Crop yield
Cultivation
Drying
Evaporation
Farmers
Fertilizers
Flooding
Grain
Grain cultivation
Irrigation effects
Irrigation water
Nitrogen
Nutrient uptake
Productivity
Rice
Root zone
Soils
Water table
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Summary:Issue Title: Special issue: International Year of Rice 2004 Alternate wetting and drying irrigation (AWD) has been reported to save water compared with continuous flooding (CF) in rice cultivation. However, the reported effects on yield varied greatly and detailed agro-hydrological characterization is often lacking so that generalizations are difficult to make. Furthermore, it is not known how AWD modifies nutrient use efficiencies and if it requires different N-fertilizer management compared with CF. This study quantified the agro-hydrological conditions of the commonly practiced AWD and compared the impact of AWD and CF irrigations at different N-fertilizer management regimes on rice growth and yield, water productivity, and fertilizer-use efficiencies in five crop seasons in 1999 and 2000 at two typical lowland rice sites in China (Jinhua, Zheijang Province and Tuanlin, Hubei Province), with shallow groundwater tables. Grain yields varied from 3.2 to 4.5 t ha^sup -1^with 0 kg N ha^sup -1^to 5.3-8.9 t ha^sup -1^ with farmers' N-rates (150 kg N ha^sup -1^in Jinhua and 180 in Tuanlin). In both sites, no significant water by nitrogen interaction on grain yields, biomass, water productivity, nutrient uptakes and N-use efficiency were observed. Yield and biomass did not significantly differ (P >0.05) between AWD and CF and among N timings. The productivity of irrigation water in AWD was about 5-35% higher than in CF, but differences were significant (P
ISSN:1611-2490
1611-2504
DOI:10.1007/s10333-004-0062-3