期刊
JOURNAL OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION
卷 72, 期 3, 页码 251-259出版社
SOIL WATER CONSERVATION SOC
DOI: 10.2489/jswc.72.3.251
关键词
drainage water management; nitrate; volumetric water content; water table
资金
- USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) [2011-68002-30190]
Subsurface drainage improves row crop production but also short circuits nitrate-nitrogen (NO3-N) pathways in the soil with significant losses to surface waters. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of shallow, controlled, conventional, and undrained drainage treatments on depth to water table, drainage volume and NO3-N loads, soil water content and storage in the soil profile, and crop yields. This research was conducted at the Iowa State University Southeast Research Farm near Crawfordsville, Iowa, from 2007 to 2015. We report on years five through nine here. The site consisted of eight large field plots with each of the four drainage treatments replicated twice. One-half of each plot was planted with corn (Zea mays L.) and the other half with soybeans (Glycine max [L.] Merr.). The corn and soybean halves were rotated every year in accordance with a typical corn-soybean rotation. The undrained treatment had a shallower water table than the other treatments and had a significantly higher number of days during the growing season when the water table was within 30 cm (12 in) of the ground surface than the other treatments. However, there was no difference in soil water contents in the top 80 cm (31.5 in) of the soil profile during the growing season between drainage treatments. Over the five-year study, controlled and shallow drainage reduced annual subsurface flows by 60% and 58%, respectively, while also reducing NO3-N loads by 61% and 49%, respectively, as compared to the conventional drainage design. Crop yields were similar along the drainage designs but significantly lower in the undrained treatment. This study highlights the effectiveness of shallow and controlled drainage to reduce NO3-N loads.
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