The relationship between cotton canopy temperature and yield, fibre quality and water-use efficiency
The relationship between cotton canopy temperature and yield, fibre quality and water-use efficiency
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DOI:
10.1016/j.fcr.2015.08.010
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发表时间:
2015-11-01
影响因子:
5.8
通讯作者:
Sutton, Bruce G.
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作者:
Conaty, Warren C.;Mahan, James R.;Sutton, Bruce G.
Crop canopy temperature (T-c) is associated with transpiration and T-c has been used in crop water stress detection. This study investigates the effect of surface drip and furrow irrigation regimes on cotton T-c. It outlines the relationship between T-c and lint yield, fibre quality and both agronomic (WUEa, kg ha(-1) mm(-1) total applied water) and leaf level water-use efficiency (WUEl, mu mol[CO2] mmol[H2O](-1)) in a high input, high yielding (>1800 kg ha(-1)) cotton system. Canopy temperature between flowering and crop maturity was monitored. Yield reductions occurred when T-c, exceeded 28 degrees C. Reductions in fibre length outside the ideal range (>28.6 mm) occurred when T-c exceeded 31 degrees C, while desirable micronaire (3.8-4.5) was observed at T-c between 25 and 32 degrees C. Desirable fibre quality and peak lint yield can be realised if an irrigation scheduling protocol maintains average canopy temperatures below 28 degrees C. However, maximum WUEa was observed at a higher average T-c, (30 degrees C) than peak lint yield (28 degrees C), which would correspond to a predicted 23% reduction in lint yield from the peak (3030 kg ha(-1)). Therefore, the trade-off between peak yield and WUEa needs to be considered in conjunction with irrigation water costs and availability when scheduling irrigations based on canopy temperature. Crown Copyright (C) 2015 Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.