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A Comparative Study of Water Use Efficiency of Different Crops in the Middle Reaches of Heihe River and Its Implications for Planting Structure Adjustment
Received date: 2015-07-09
Request revised date: 2015-10-01
Online published: 2016-07-15
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The Heihe River Basin is located in the northwest arid region of China. Water shortage is the primary restrictive factor for oasis agriculture development and ecological environment protection in this region. Since the water consumed by the oasis agriculture in the middle reaches occupies about 80% of the total water resources in this basin, how to efficiently use the agricultural water resources is the key factor affecting the regional development. In the exploration of agricultural water saving measures in the arid region, most scholars advocate to improve the water use efficiency (WUE) through water-saving techniques. However, there are few quantitative studies focusing on the water saving effect of planting structure adjustment. This study takes the adjustment of agricultural planting structure as a breakthrough point to achieve the goal of agricultural water saving, considering that different crops have different water demands. We aim to explore the characteristics of the water demands of the main crops in the middle reaches of Heihe River and examine the different levels of WUE for those crops. In this paper, with the help of ArcGIS technique and based on the evapotranspiration (ET) data of Heihe River Basin and crop spatial distribution data, we extracted the ET information of the main crops during their growing seasons in 2012, which was represented as the water requirement of crop. Then, the crop ET data and crop yield data were used to calculate the WUE of four main crops. The results show that: (1) maize has the largest ET during its growing seasons, followed by wheat, rapeseed and barley; (2) considering the case of precipitation recharge, the water demands of barley and rapeseed may largely depend on rainfall, while maize and wheat require irrigation instead, and maize needs more water than wheat; (3) the WUE of crops ranking from high to low is barley, rapeseed, wheat and maize. This study argues that the appropriate increase in the size of wheat planting is helpful to improve the efficiency of agricultural water in the middle reaches of Heihe River.
ZHENG Luqian , TAN Minghong . A Comparative Study of Water Use Efficiency of Different Crops in the Middle Reaches of Heihe River and Its Implications for Planting Structure Adjustment[J]. Journal of Geo-information Science, 2016 , 18(7) : 977 -986 . DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1047.2016.00977
Fig. 1 The location of the study area图1 研究区示意图 |
Fig. 2 Evapotranspiration data of 2012图2 2012年蒸散量图 |
Fig. 3 The distribution of crop samples图3 作物采点及样本分布图 |
Fig. 4 Some field samples of crops图4 实地样本 |
Tab. 1 Yields and prices of different crops表1 不同作物产量及价格 |
指标 | 作物 | |||
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大麦 | 小麦 | 玉米 | 油菜 | |
产量/(kg/hm2) | 6349.50 | 6189.75 | 7656.75 | 3051.60 |
价格/(元/kg) | 2.30 | 2.04 | 2.42 | 5.00 |
Fig. 5 The technical flowchart of crop evapotranspiration extraction图5 作物蒸散量提取技术流程(以小麦为例) |
Fig. 6 The distribution of main crops in the study area图6 研究区主要作物分布图 |
Fig. 7 Evapotranspiration, precipitation and their relationship of crops during the growing seasons图7 作物生长期蒸散量、降水量及其关系 |
Tab. 2 Water use efficiencies of different crops表2 不同作物用水效率 |
作物 | 指标 | |||
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产量(Y)/(kg/hm2) | 生长期需水(ET)/mm | 价格(P)/(元/kg) | 用水效率(WUEe)/(元/m3) | |
大麦 | 6349.50 | 192.92 | 2.30 | 7.57 |
油菜 | 3051.60 | 260.34 | 5.00 | 5.86 |
小麦 | 6189.75 | 314.29 | 2.04 | 4.02 |
玉米 | 7656.75 | 514.03 | 2.42 | 3.60 |
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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