Evapotranspiration Partition and Dual Crop Coefficients in Apple Orchard with Dwarf Stocks and Dense Planting in Arid Region, Aksu Oasis, Southern Xinjiang

Crop coefficients are critical to developing irrigation scheduling and improving agricultural water management in farmland ecosystems. Interest in dwarf cultivation with high density (DCHD) for apple production increases in Aksu oasis, southern Xinjiang. The lack of micro-irrigation scheduling limit...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:485ff380b54d49a5802e6c60b88a6f8d2021-11-25T16:01:44ZEvapotranspiration Partition and Dual Crop Coefficients in Apple Orchard with Dwarf Stocks and Dense Planting in Arid Region, Aksu Oasis, Southern Xinjiang10.3390/agriculture111111672077-0472https://doaj.org/article/485ff380b54d49a5802e6c60b88a6f8d2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/11/11/1167https://doaj.org/toc/2077-0472Crop coefficients are critical to developing irrigation scheduling and improving agricultural water management in farmland ecosystems. Interest in dwarf cultivation with high density (DCHD) for apple production increases in Aksu oasis, southern Xinjiang. The lack of micro-irrigation scheduling limits apple yield and water productivity of the DCHD-cultivated orchard. A two-year experiment with the DCHD-cultivated apple (Malus × domestica ‘Royal Gala’) orchard was conducted to determine crop coefficients and evapotranspiration (ET<sub>a</sub>) with the SIMDualKc model, and to investigate apple yield and water productivity (WP) in response to different irrigation scheduling. The five levels of irrigation rate were designed as W1 of 13.5 mm, W2 of 18.0 mm, W3 of 22.5 mm, W4 of 27.0 mm, and W5 of 31.5 mm. The mean value of basal crop coefficient (K<sub>cb</sub>) at the initial-, mid-, and late-season was 1.00, 1.30, and 0.89, respectively. The Kc-local (ET<sub>a</sub>/ET<sub>0</sub>) range for apple orchard with DCHD was 1.11–1.20, 1.33–1.43, and 1.09–1.22 at the initial, middle, and late season, respectively. ET<sub>a</sub> of apple orchard in this study ranged between 415.55–989.71 mm, and soil evaporation accounted for 13.85–29.97% of ET<sub>a</sub>. Relationships between total irrigation amount and apple yield and WP were developed, and W3 was suggested as an optimum irrigation schedule with an average apple yield of 30,540.8 kg/ha and WP of 4.45 kg/m<sup>3</sup> in 2019–2020. The results have implications in developing irrigation schedules and improving water management for apple production in arid regions.Hui CaoHongbo WangYong LiAbdoul Kader Mounkaila HamaniNan ZhangXingpeng WangYang GaoMDPI AGarticlecrop coefficientsSIMDualKcevapotranspirationdwarf cultivation with high densityRoyal Galawater productivityAgriculture (General)S1-972ENAgriculture, Vol 11, Iss 1167, p 1167 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic crop coefficients
SIMDualKc
evapotranspiration
dwarf cultivation with high density
Royal Gala
water productivity
Agriculture (General)
S1-972
spellingShingle crop coefficients
SIMDualKc
evapotranspiration
dwarf cultivation with high density
Royal Gala
water productivity
Agriculture (General)
S1-972
Hui Cao
Hongbo Wang
Yong Li
Abdoul Kader Mounkaila Hamani
Nan Zhang
Xingpeng Wang
Yang Gao
Evapotranspiration Partition and Dual Crop Coefficients in Apple Orchard with Dwarf Stocks and Dense Planting in Arid Region, Aksu Oasis, Southern Xinjiang
description Crop coefficients are critical to developing irrigation scheduling and improving agricultural water management in farmland ecosystems. Interest in dwarf cultivation with high density (DCHD) for apple production increases in Aksu oasis, southern Xinjiang. The lack of micro-irrigation scheduling limits apple yield and water productivity of the DCHD-cultivated orchard. A two-year experiment with the DCHD-cultivated apple (Malus × domestica ‘Royal Gala’) orchard was conducted to determine crop coefficients and evapotranspiration (ET<sub>a</sub>) with the SIMDualKc model, and to investigate apple yield and water productivity (WP) in response to different irrigation scheduling. The five levels of irrigation rate were designed as W1 of 13.5 mm, W2 of 18.0 mm, W3 of 22.5 mm, W4 of 27.0 mm, and W5 of 31.5 mm. The mean value of basal crop coefficient (K<sub>cb</sub>) at the initial-, mid-, and late-season was 1.00, 1.30, and 0.89, respectively. The Kc-local (ET<sub>a</sub>/ET<sub>0</sub>) range for apple orchard with DCHD was 1.11–1.20, 1.33–1.43, and 1.09–1.22 at the initial, middle, and late season, respectively. ET<sub>a</sub> of apple orchard in this study ranged between 415.55–989.71 mm, and soil evaporation accounted for 13.85–29.97% of ET<sub>a</sub>. Relationships between total irrigation amount and apple yield and WP were developed, and W3 was suggested as an optimum irrigation schedule with an average apple yield of 30,540.8 kg/ha and WP of 4.45 kg/m<sup>3</sup> in 2019–2020. The results have implications in developing irrigation schedules and improving water management for apple production in arid regions.
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author Hui Cao
Hongbo Wang
Yong Li
Abdoul Kader Mounkaila Hamani
Nan Zhang
Xingpeng Wang
Yang Gao
author_facet Hui Cao
Hongbo Wang
Yong Li
Abdoul Kader Mounkaila Hamani
Nan Zhang
Xingpeng Wang
Yang Gao
author_sort Hui Cao
title Evapotranspiration Partition and Dual Crop Coefficients in Apple Orchard with Dwarf Stocks and Dense Planting in Arid Region, Aksu Oasis, Southern Xinjiang
title_short Evapotranspiration Partition and Dual Crop Coefficients in Apple Orchard with Dwarf Stocks and Dense Planting in Arid Region, Aksu Oasis, Southern Xinjiang
title_full Evapotranspiration Partition and Dual Crop Coefficients in Apple Orchard with Dwarf Stocks and Dense Planting in Arid Region, Aksu Oasis, Southern Xinjiang
title_fullStr Evapotranspiration Partition and Dual Crop Coefficients in Apple Orchard with Dwarf Stocks and Dense Planting in Arid Region, Aksu Oasis, Southern Xinjiang
title_full_unstemmed Evapotranspiration Partition and Dual Crop Coefficients in Apple Orchard with Dwarf Stocks and Dense Planting in Arid Region, Aksu Oasis, Southern Xinjiang
title_sort evapotranspiration partition and dual crop coefficients in apple orchard with dwarf stocks and dense planting in arid region, aksu oasis, southern xinjiang
publisher MDPI AG
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/485ff380b54d49a5802e6c60b88a6f8d
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