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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2024, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (31): 83-90.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb2023-0811

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Water Consumption Law of Chinese Cabbage Under Microspray Irrigation in Kunming Regions

CAO Yan1,2(), LI Youliang1,2, ZHOU Xiaoyan1,2, JIANG Xiujuan3(), ZHANG Lei1,2, WANG Jie1,2   

  1. 1 Yunnan Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, Kunming 650228
    2 Crop Water Requirement Under Three-dimensional Plateau Climate Yunnan Field Scientific Observation Station, Kunming 650228
    3 Yunnan Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering Investigation, Design and Research, Kunming 650228
  • Received:2023-12-04 Revised:2024-08-06 Online:2024-11-05 Published:2024-11-04

Abstract:

To explore the water consumption law of Chinese cabbage under microspray irrigation in Kunming regions, using cloud intelligent soil water meter in Yunnan Irrigation Experiment Center Station, the water consumption law of Chinese cabbage during summer and autumn of 2019 year under microspray irrigation was studied by using local planting experience, and the water saving potential in this regions was revealed under microspray irrigation. The results showed that the evapotranspiration of Chinese cabbage were 119.23 and 102.57 mm during the whole growth period, and the average daily evapotranspiration intensity was 1.66 and 1.27 mm/d, in which the average evapotranspiration was the highest in rosette stage, reaching 47.54 mm, and the average evapotranspiration was the smallest in seedling stage, only 2.36 mm. The evapotranspiration of Chinese cabbage in different growth stages showed heading stage> rosette stage> harvesting stage> group tree stage> seedling stage. The curve of evapotranspiration of typical Chinese cabbage showed a single peak change, and the high value of evapotranspiration mainly concentrated in 11:00-14:00, and there was an obviously ‘lunch break’ phenomenon. The evapotranspiration of Chinese cabbage decreased with the increase of soil depth. The evapotranspiration of Chinese cabbage was the highest at 0-10 cm, the average proportion reached 45.25%, and the lowest at 30-40 cm, the average proportion was 7.74%. According to the suitable range of soil water content in different growth stages of Chinese cabbage, there were two times and three times of over-irrigation respectively in the two crops of Chinese cabbage. Under the condition of avoiding over-irrigation, the two crops of Chinese cabbage could save water by 160.0 m3/hm2 and 180.0 m3/hm2 respectively.

Key words: evapotranspiration, Chinese cabbage, microspray irrigation, water saving potential