期刊
AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT
卷 266, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2022.107570
关键词
Rainfed maize; Plastic film mulching; Meta-analysis; Boundary line analysis; Field water balance components; Grain yield; Water productivity
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51879224, 41807328]
- National Key R&D Program of China [2021YFD1900700]
- 111 Project [B12007]
This study examines the effects of plastic film mulching on field water balance and productivity of rainfed maize. The results show that plastic film mulching increases soil water storage and has positive effects on grain yield and water productivity. It also highlights the importance of effective water use in achieving higher yields and productivity.
Plastic film mulching (PM) has been widely practiced for rainfed maize (Zea mays L.) in the Loess Plateau, China. However, controversy remains regarding its impacts on field water balance components. There is also scant quantitative information on water-limited potential grain yield (GYw) and water productivity (WPw). A meta analysis and boundary line analysis were conducted using 1421 paired observations extracted from 83 peer reviewed publications to (1) assess PM-induced changes in soil water storage at planting (SWSP), evapotranspiration (ET), and soil water storage at harvest (SWSH), and (2) quantify GYw and WPw in PM fields. PM significantly increased SWSP by 4.0% on average due to an 83.2% average increase in precipitation storage during the fallow season. Overall, ET showed a significant positive response to PM (+2.9%), resulting in 56.4% more soil water depletion than no-mulching (NM) fields over the growing season. However, SWSH significantly increased by an average 1.8% after applying PM, indicating that increased storage of fallow season precipitation replenished increased depletion of growing season soil water. Averaged across all samples, PM had significant positive effects on GY (+56.1%) and WP (+47.5%), which were attributed to higher transpiration, ratio of transpiration to ET, and harvest index from the perspective of effective crop water use. Based on GY and WP boundary lines, GYw and WPw under NM were estimated to be 10,728 kg ha(-1) and 26.8 kg ha(-1) mm-1 on average, respectively, and the respective averages under PM were 13,702 kg ha(-1) and 34.8 kg ha(-1) mm(-1). The GY and WP gaps (i.e., differences between actual and potential values) averaged around 3300 kg ha(-1) and 7.0 kg ha(-1) mm(-1), respectively, in NM and PM fields. In the GY versus ET and WP versus ET scatter plots, the vertical distances between the measured data points on a specific field and the corresponding boundary line indicated field-specific gaps for GY and WP. This study increases our understanding of the effect sizes of PM on field water balance components and the benchmarks of GY and WP for rainfed maize in the Chinese Loess Plateau and other regions with similar conditions worldwide.
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