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Variation and attribution of water use efficiency in sunflower and maize fields in an irrigated semi-arid area
Authors:Weishu Wang  Xingwang Wang  Zailin Huo  Yao Rong  Quanzhong Huang  Guanhua Huang
Institution:1. Center for Agricultural Water Research in China, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China;2. Center for Agricultural Water Research in China, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China

Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China;3. Center for Agricultural Water Research in China, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China

Chinese-Israeli International Center for Research and Training in Agriculture, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China

Abstract:Water use efficiency (WUE) links carbon and water exchanges between farmlands and the atmosphere. Understanding the variation and attribution of WUE is essential to reveal the physiological and ecological adaptation mechanisms of crops to the changing environment, and to better allocate, regulate and conserve water resources. However, few studies on the variation and attribution of WUE have been conducted in irrigated arid or semi-arid farmlands. Therefore, in this study, water and carbon fluxes were measured using eddy covariance systems in two farmlands (one sunflower field and one maize field) in a semi-arid irrigation district in China. It was found that the average WUE of sunflower during its full growth period was 1.72 g C kg?1 H2O, much lower than that of maize (4.07 g C kg?1 H2O). At each growth stage, the WUE of both crops were negatively correlated with vapour pressure deficit (VPD), net radiation (Rn) and soil water content (SWC). The negative correlations could be attributed to the arid meteorological condition and the relatively abundant soil moisture due to irrigation and shallow groundwater levels. VPD was the main factor affecting WUE, followed by Rn and SWC. It was also found that the response of WUE to crop leaf area index (LAI) and to canopy conductance (gc) depended on the VPD ranges: when VPD increased, the response of WUE to LAI and to gc decreased. Our findings could improve the understanding of the coupling effect of water and carbon fluxes over farmland ecosystems in arid and semi-arid irrigation areas and help improve agricultural production and save water resources in such areas.
Keywords:eddy covariance  irrigated farmland  meteorological condition  soil moisture  water use efficiency
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