Sap flow characteristics and water demand prediction of cash crop in hyper-arid areas

Yunfei Liu, Dongwei Gui, Xiaoping Chen, Qi Liu and Fanjiang Zeng

Agricultural Water Management, 2024, vol. 295, issue C

Abstract: Crop sap flow is a critical indicator of crop water demand, and predicting its variation trend is essential for adjusting agricultural planting structure and managing water resource in hyper-arid areas. Presently, research on crop sap flow in hyper-arid areas faces limitations due to inadequate meteorological data and restricted monitoring duration, leading to imprecise assessments of environmental impacts on future crop sap flow. Consequently, this hinders effective irrigation scheduling and oasis sustainable development policy. This study analyzed the sap flow changes characteristics of two economic crops (red jujube and walnut) at different time scales in the oasis in the south of Tarim Basin from 2017 to 2021 and the relationship between four environmental factors (solar radiation, temperature, relative humidity and vapor pressure deficit) and the sap flow of red jujube and walnut. By using the Random Forest (RF) model and the future climate data, the sap flow of the two economic crops from 2020 to 2100 was predicted. The results showed that: (1) walnut had a longer daily peak sap flow duration compared to red jujube, whereas red jujube showed a longer monthly peak sap flow duration; (2) in hyper-arid areas, the moisture and temperature directly influenced crop sap flow, while other environmental factor affected these two factors; (3) with the temperature increases, the water demand of red jujube and walnut in Cele Oasis will exceed local water resources carrying capacity. To achieve sustainable development of oasis, it is vital to consider future climatic changes in planning the expansion and crop structure.

Keywords: Hyper-arid areas; Sap flow; Cash crop; Environmental factor; Global warming (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2024.108767

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