Response of spring wheat (Triticum aestivum) to deficit irrigation management under the semi-arid environment of Egypt: field and modeling study

Ouda, Samiha; Noreldin, Tahany; Alarcón, Juan José; Ragab, Ragab ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2887-7616; Caruso, Gianluca; Sekara, Agnieszka; Abdelhamid, Magdi T.. 2021 Response of spring wheat (Triticum aestivum) to deficit irrigation management under the semi-arid environment of Egypt: field and modeling study [in special issue: Impact of climate change on agriculture] Agriculture, 11 (2), 90. 13, pp. 10.3390/agriculture11020090

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Abstract/Summary

In many areas of the world, water shortages prevail and threaten food production. Deficit irrigation was commonly investigated in dry areas as a precious and sustainable production approach. Using the CropSyst model to simulate the effects of different deficit irrigation treatments could help draw conclusions and save time, effort, and money. Therefore, the aims of this research were (i) to calibrate and validate the CropSyst model for wheat under different sustained and phenological stage-based deficit irrigation treatments, (ii) to simulate the impacts of the latter treatments on limiting wheat yield reduction. Two field experiments were conducted in Nubaria (Egypt), representing an arid environment. They included seven irrigation treatments: (1) 100%, (2) 75%, or (3) 50% of crop evapotranspiration (ETc) during the whole crop cycle; (4) 50% ETc at tillering only, or (5) at booting only, or (6) at grain filling only, or (7) at both tillering and grain filling, with the replenishment of 100% ETc to the treatments (4) to (7) in the remaining phenological stages. The results revealed that phenological stage-based deficit irrigation of wheat resulted in lower yield reduction compared to sustained deficit irrigation treatments, with a 6% yield reduction when 50% ETc was applied at the booting stage. Wheat yield loss was reduced to 4 or 6% when 95 or 90% of ETc were applied, respectively. The CropSyst model accurately simulated wheat grain and total dry matter under deficit irrigation with low RMSE value. In conclusion, the CropSyst model can be reliably used for evaluating the strategy of planned deficit irrigation management in terms of wheat production under the arid environment

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	10.3390/agriculture11020090
UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:	UKCEH Fellows
ISSN:	2077-0472
Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:	Open Access paper - full text available via Official URL link.
Additional Keywords:	CropSyst model, deficit irrigation, arid environment, wheat irrigation
NORA Subject Terms:	Agriculture and Soil Science
Date made live:	25 Jan 2021 12:01 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/529475

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

10.3390/agriculture11020090

UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:

UKCEH Fellows

ISSN:

2077-0472

Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:

Open Access paper - full text available via Official URL link.

Additional Keywords:

CropSyst model, deficit irrigation, arid environment, wheat irrigation