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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2013, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (8): 123-128.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.2012-2279

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Preliminary Studies on Gravity Irrigation by Pipeline in Border Irrigation of the Ningxia Qingtongxia Irrigation Area

  

  • Received:2012-06-25 Revised:2012-09-10 Online:2013-03-15 Published:2013-03-15

Abstract: For investigating the application prospect of gravity irrigation by pipeline in border irrigation, by taking a spring wheat field in Ningxia Qingtongxia irrigation area as the reach object, in gravity irrigation by pipeline condition, this paper investigated the influences of border dimensions (2 m×50 m, 3 m×50 m, 3 m×30 m, 5 m×30 m) on irrigation quality and crop water use efficiency, and analyzed laws of evapotranspiration of the local spring wheat. The results showed that, during spring wheat growing period, in gravity irrigation by pipeline condition the fields were irrigated in the middle period from tillering to jointing stage, the middle period from jointing to booting stage and the late period from heading to flowering stage, and irrigation amount were 667 m3/hm2, 1500 m3/hm2 and 900 m3/hm2 respectively, that were able to meet the needs of local spring wheat production. And in this irrigation condition, the inflow rate was only above 160 L/min, but using smaller area of borders (3 m×30 m, 2 m×50 m) we could get higher irrigation efficiency (88.1%, 85.5%) and irrigation uniformity (90.5%, 86.8%), and hence get higher crop yield (5149.3 kg/hm2, 5085.5 kg/hm2) and water use efficiency [1.07 kg/(mm·hm2), 1.05 kg/(mm·hm2)]. Gravity irrigation by pipeline in border irrigation could be used in some suitable area was demonstrated from the field test aspect.