SAVING WATER USED FOR VEGETABLE PRODUCTION BY APPLYING REGULATED DEFICIT IRRIGATION PRACTICES
Yu-Sen Chang
Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, TaiwanKuan-Hung Lin
Department of Horticulture and Biotechnology, Chinese Culture University, Taipei 111, TaiwanYing-Jung Chen
Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, TaiwanChun-Wei Wu
Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, TaiwanYu-Jie Chang
Department of Earth and Life Science, University of Taipei, Taipei, TaiwanAbstract
Water deficit during the growing season is a major factor limiting vegetable production. Therefore, saving water used for vegetable production by applying regulated deficit irrigation (RDI) can be a strategy to reduce water supply. The effects of different RDI levels from irrigation systems on vegetable yields, yield components, water use, and water use efficiency (WUE) of maize, lettuce, and garland chrysanthemum were investigated in a pot experiment. Plants were subjected to four irrigation levels, as follows: full irrigation as a control (RDI-100), 70% of full irrigation (RDI-70), 50% of full irrigation (RDI-50), and 30% of full irrigation (RDI-30). The WUE values of maize and lettuce were significantly higher with RDI-30 than other treatments, yet a significant reduction of WUE in garland chrysanthemum was detected compared to other treatments. There were significant correlations of WUEi with WUEyield and WUEbiomass in maize plants, indicating that WUEi can be a useful nondestructive estimator of yields and biomass contents in maize. Moreover, a significant correlation between WUEi and WUEyield in lettuce plants was observed. This index was correlated with economic production, and can be used to assess fresh weights and as an index of the irrigated water content. These results for evaluating water deficits in plants used nondestructive measurements that are applicable to large-scale water management of vegetable plants, thereby enabling scarce water resources to be conserved.
Keywords:
garland chrysanthemum (Glebionis coronaria), irrigation management, lettuce (Lactuca sativa), maize (Zea mays), water use efficiencyReferences
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Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan
Department of Horticulture and Biotechnology, Chinese Culture University, Taipei 111, Taiwan
Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan
Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan
Department of Earth and Life Science, University of Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan
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