The irrigation method used in winter wheat fields affects micro-environment factors, such as relative humidity（RH） within canopy, soil temperature, topsoil bulk density, soil matric potential, and soil nutrients, an...The irrigation method used in winter wheat fields affects micro-environment factors, such as relative humidity（RH） within canopy, soil temperature, topsoil bulk density, soil matric potential, and soil nutrients, and these changes may affect plant root growth.An experiment was carried out to explore the effects of irrigation method on micro-environments and root distribution in a winter wheat field in the 2007–2008 and 2008–2009 growing seasons.The results showed that border irrigation（BI）, sprinkler irrigation（SI）, and surface drip irrigation（SDI） had no significant effects on soil temperature.Topsoil bulk density, RH within the canopy, soil available N distribution, and soil matric potential were significantly affected by the three treatments.The change in soil matric potential was the key reason for the altered root profile distribution patterns.Additionally, more fine roots were produced in the BI treatment when soil water content was low and topsoil bulk density was high.Root growth was most stimulated in the top soil layers and inhibited in the deep layers in the SDI treatment, followed by SI and BI, which was due to the different water application frequencies.As a result, the root profile distribution differed, depending on the irrigation method used.The root distribution pattern changes could be described by the power level variation in the exponential function.A good knowledge of root distribution patterns is important when attempting to model water and nutrient movements and when studying soil-plant interactions.展开更多
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(51109214,31101074 and 51309211)the National Key Technology Research and Development Program of China(2011BAD32B)the Basic Scientific Research Foundation of National Non-Profit Scientific Institute of China(BSRF201303)
文摘The irrigation method used in winter wheat fields affects micro-environment factors, such as relative humidity（RH） within canopy, soil temperature, topsoil bulk density, soil matric potential, and soil nutrients, and these changes may affect plant root growth.An experiment was carried out to explore the effects of irrigation method on micro-environments and root distribution in a winter wheat field in the 2007–2008 and 2008–2009 growing seasons.The results showed that border irrigation（BI）, sprinkler irrigation（SI）, and surface drip irrigation（SDI） had no significant effects on soil temperature.Topsoil bulk density, RH within the canopy, soil available N distribution, and soil matric potential were significantly affected by the three treatments.The change in soil matric potential was the key reason for the altered root profile distribution patterns.Additionally, more fine roots were produced in the BI treatment when soil water content was low and topsoil bulk density was high.Root growth was most stimulated in the top soil layers and inhibited in the deep layers in the SDI treatment, followed by SI and BI, which was due to the different water application frequencies.As a result, the root profile distribution differed, depending on the irrigation method used.The root distribution pattern changes could be described by the power level variation in the exponential function.A good knowledge of root distribution patterns is important when attempting to model water and nutrient movements and when studying soil-plant interactions.
文摘为了明确滴灌苜蓿土壤水、盐运移,细根分布及细根生物量动态,该文对苜蓿进行滴灌和漫灌试验,结果表明,漫灌水分集中在15 cm浅层土壤内且分布均匀,含水率在19.5%~20.5%之间。滴灌水分高值区集中在水平方向距滴头15 cm,深度为40 cm的土层中,含水率达到18.0%~20.0%。漫灌对0~25 cm深度土层盐分淋洗作用明显,土水比1：5土壤水提液的电导率由灌前的0.4~0.5 m S/cm下降到0.3 m S/cm以下;滴灌可使根区盐分下降至0.2 m S/cm,显著低于灌溉初始的盐分含量（P〈0.05）。与漫灌比较,滴灌苜蓿细根集中分布在水平方向距滴头0~30 cm,垂直深度0~50 cm范围内。生长季各时间节点滴灌细根总量高于漫灌,其平均值分别为211.6和198.3 g/m2。滴灌和漫灌各时间节点细根量表现出明显的波动,其范围分别在193.2~243.6和182.7~219.1 g/m2之间。在整个生长期内,滴灌活根量高于漫灌,且生长前期滴灌死根量变化较漫灌平稳。活细根和死细根之间的周转使得两者呈现出此消彼涨的状态,表明细根具有生长-凋亡-再生长的周期性。该研究可为滴灌技术在苜蓿栽培上的应用提供参考。
