Optimizing Lateral Depth and Spacing for Subsurface Drip Irrigated Rice-Wheat Cropping System under Conservation Agriculture Through Simulation of Water and Nitrate Movement
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2021
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Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana
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The research study was conducted at Borlaug Institute for South Asia, Ludhiana and Punjab
Agricultural University Ludhiana, Punjab to optimize lateral depth and spacing for subsurface
drip irrigated rice-wheat cropping system under conservation agriculture through simulation of
water and nitrate movement during 2017-20. Experiments were laid out in randomized block
design with eight treatments, (six drip irrigated (T1-T6), which were combination of lateral
spacing X emitter spacing X dripline buried depth) and two control treatments (T7-T8) with
three replication i.e. T1 (67.5 X 30 X 0 cm), T2 (45 X 40 X 0 cm), T3 (67.5 X 30 X 15 cm), T4
(45 X 40 X 15 cm), T5 (67.5 X 30 X 20 cm), T6 (45 X 40 X 20 cm), T7 (conventional flood
irrigation method) and T8 (flood irrigation method with conservation agriculture). Grain yield
and water productivity were maximum in treatment T4 (Wheat, 6.513 t/ha, 3.832 kg/m3
and
Rice, 8.178 t/ha, 1.203 kg/m3
) and minimum in T7 (Wheat, 5.620 t/ha, 1.406 kg/m3
and Rice,
7.410 t/ha, 0.492 kg/m3
). Statistically T4 treatment was significantly at par with T6 treatment
and higher than all other treatments for both rice and wheat crops. Most uniform soil moisture
and nitrate movement were observed under T4. HYDRUS-2D model showed successful
performance with Nash-sutcliffe model efficiency coefficient of 0.885 and coefficient of
determination as 0.906. Economic analysis showed that treatment T4 (B:C-3.286) was
economically viable and significantly higher than treatment T7 (B:C-3.157) only with 95% of
drip irrigation subsidy.
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Bajpai, Arpna (2021). Optimizing Lateral Depth and Spacing for Subsurface Drip Irrigated Rice-Wheat Cropping System under Conservation Agriculture Through Simulation of Water and Nitrate Movement (Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation). Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India.