Acta Agriculturae Boreali-Sinica ›› 2022, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (S1): 161-171. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.20193047

Special Issue: Potato crops

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Effects of Different Field Water Capacity on Root System Characteristics and Yield of Potato under Drip Irrigation with Plastic Mulch

LI Zhitao1, MA Wenjing1, ZHU Jinyong1, SHI Tianbin1, LI Hongyang1, CHEN Limin1, ZHANG Junlian2, LIU Yuhui1, LIU Zhen1   

  1. 1 Agronomy College,Gansu Agricultural University,State Key Laboratory of Aridland Crop Science, Gansu Provincial Key Laboratory of Aridland Crop Science,Gansu Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Improvement and Germplasm Enhancement,Lanzhou 730070,China
    2 College of Horticulture, Gansu Agricultural University,Lanzhou 730070,China
  • Received:2022-02-16 Published:2022-12-28

Abstract:

To investigate the effect of different field water capacity on potato root growth and improve potato yield in the Northwest. The potato variety Hermes was grown in the field under a rain shelter and film mulching with drip irrigation under six field water capacity gradient treatments(85%-95%,75%-85%,65%-75%,55%-65%,45%-55% and non-irrigation)in 2018 to investigate the effects of different field water capacity on root system characteristics,tuber yield and relevance. The results showed that the root distribution gradually deepened as the field water holding capacity decreased,and when the field water holding capacity was greater than 45%,the roots were mainly distributed at 0-10 cm of the monopoly surface;when the field water holding capacity was less than 45%,the roots were mainly distributed at 20-40 cm of the monopoly side. Tuber yield and large potato rate were higher under the field water capacity of 65%-95% than that under other treatment,and the compensation effect was significant(P<0.05). Among them,the field water capacity of 75%-85% treatment had the highest yield,with an average yield of 884.06 g/plant,which was 257.61% higher than the T6 treatment. Correlation analysis revealed that field water capacity was significantly(P<0.05)positively correlated with top root length,root surface area,large potato rate and tuber yield,and top root length and surface area were significantly(P<0.05)positively correlated with potato tuber yield. In summary,field water capacity greater than 65% significantly increased root length,root surface area and yield on the monopoly surface,with the highest yields achieved under the 75%-85% water capacity treatment.

Key words: Potato, Drip irrigation with plastic mulch, Root system characteristics, Yield

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LI Zhitao, MA Wenjing, ZHU Jinyong, SHI Tianbin, LI Hongyang, CHEN Limin, ZHANG Junlian, LIU Yuhui, LIU Zhen. Effects of Different Field Water Capacity on Root System Characteristics and Yield of Potato under Drip Irrigation with Plastic Mulch[J]. Acta Agriculturae Boreali-Sinica, 2022, 37(S1): 161-171. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.20193047.

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