Effects of Ridge-Mulching with Plastic Sheets for Rainwater-Harvesting Cultivation on WUE and Yield of Winter Wheat

A field experiment was conducted in a manural loesial soil in middle of Shaanxi Province ofChina, a sub-humid area prone to drought, to study the effects of rainwater-harvestingcultivation on water use efficiency (WUE) and yield of winter wheat. Ridge-furrow tillage wasused, the ridge being mulched by plastic sheets for rainwater harvesting while seeding in thefurrows. Results showed that from sowing to reviving stage of winter wheat, water stored in 0-100 cm layer was significantly decreased whereas that in 100-200 cm layer did not change.Compared to the non-mulching, plastic mulch retained 6.5 mm more water as an average of the twoN rate treatments, having a certain effect on conservation of soil moisture. In contrast, atharvest, water was remarkably reduced in both the 0-100 cm and the 100-200 cm layers, andmulched plots consumed 34.8 mm more water as an average of the two treatments: low N rate (75kg N ha-1) with low plant density (2 300 000 plants ha-1) and high N rate (225 kg N ha-1)with highplant density (2 800 000 plants ha-1), in 0-200 cm layer than those without mulching, the formerbeing beneficial to plants in utilization of deep layer water. Mulching was significant inharvesting water and in increase of yield. Mulched with plastic sheets, biological and grainyields were 22.5 and 22.6% higher for the average of the high N rate than for the low N rate,and the high N rate with low plant density was 29.8 and 29.1% higher in both biological andgrain yields than that of the low N rate with low plant density. With high N rate and high plantdensity, the mulched biological and grain yields were 39.5 and 28.9% higher than the correspondingtreatments without mulching. Of the treatments, that with high N rate and low plant density wasthe highest in both biological and grain yields, and the water use efficiency reached 43.7 kgmm-1 ha-1 for biological yield and 22 kg mm-1 ha-1 for grain yield, being the highest WUE reportedin the world up to now.

沟垄覆膜集雨栽培对冬小麦水分利用效率及产量的影响

在半湿润易旱地区的关中红油土上, 研究了垄上覆膜集雨保墒和沟内种植栽培方法对冬小麦(Triticumaestivum )水分利用效率及产量影响。结果表明,冬小麦返青时各处理100～200 cm深土层的水分与播前相比无变化。0～100 cm土层覆膜较未覆膜多保蓄水6.5 mm,有一定集水保水作用。收获时各土层的水分都明显减少。在低氮(75 kg·ha-1)、低密(230万株·ha-1)和高氮(225 kg·ha-1)、高密(280万株·ha-1)2种条件下,覆膜较未覆膜处理平均多耗水34.8 mm,表明小麦明显增强了对深层水分的利用。覆膜集水和施用氮肥有显著增产效果。覆膜后,高氮处理的生物产量与籽粒产量比低氮处理平均高22.5%和22.6%,高氮低密处理比低氮低密处理的生物产量及籽粒产量分别高29.8% 和29.1%。在高氮高密条件下,覆膜处理的生物产量与籽粒产量比未覆膜高39.5%和28.9%。以高氮低密(高氮宽垄覆膜)处理的生物产量和籽粒产量最高,水分利用效率分别达43.7和22 kg·mm-1·ha-1。