Determination of threshold crop water stress index for sub-surface drip irrigated maize-wheat cropping sequence in semi-arid region of Punjab

Susanta Das, Samanpreet Kaur and Vivek Sharma

Agricultural Water Management, 2024, vol. 301, issue C

Abstract: A thorough understanding of how crops respond to water stress is essential for effective irrigation management under changing climate conditions and declining water resources. Amongst the various methods of irrigation, crop water stress index (CWSI)-based irrigation is popular due to its non-invasive techniques that require less data and can precisely indicate the severity of crop water deficiency. The present study focuses on establishing the upper- and lower-baselines of canopy-air temperature difference (Tc-Ta) for the estimation of the CWSI and to determine the CWSI threshold for maize and wheat crops. The upper- and lower-baseline of (Tc-Ta) was established using the relationship between (Tc-Ta) and vapor pressure deficit (VPD) for different irrigation treatments such as 60 %ETc, 70 %ETc, 80 %ETc, 90 %ETc, and 100 %ETc with irrigation interval of 1-day, 2-days, and 3-days. The study showed that the baselines varied with the growth stages of the crop and with irrigation treatments and reached the maximum in Anthesis and Silking growth stage for wheat and maize, respectively. The threshold of CWSI was estimated by developing a relationship between the normalized values of grain yield (GY) and irrigation water productivity (WPI). For the Rabi wheat, a quadratic correlation was identified between CWSI and WPI (r2 = 0.89), and GY (r2 = 0.93). Similarly, for Kharif maize, a quadratic relationship was noted between CWSI and both WPI (r2 = 0.75) and GY (r2 = 0.85). From the study, it was found that the CWSI thresholds of Rabi wheat and Kharif maize are 0.29 and 0.31, respectively. Based on the study, it can be concluded that by utilizing the thresholds for a winter wheat-summer maize cropping system, high GY and WPI can be achieved.

Keywords: Canopy temperature; Upper- and lower-baseline; Vapor pressure deficit; Water productivity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2024.108957

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