Wheat yield response to line-source sprinkler irrigation in the and Southeast Anatolia region of Turkey

SEZEN S. M., Yazar A.

AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT, vol.81, pp.59-76, 2006 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 81
  • Publication Date: 2006
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.agwat.2005.04.011
  • Journal Name: AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.59-76
  • Çukurova University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

In the and Southeast Anatolia Project (GAP) region of Turkey, crop yields are mainly limited by available water. A field experiment was conducted for wheat (Triticum durum L.) during the period 1993-1996 to evaluate the effects of deficit irrigation on yield and water use efficiency. Two line-source sprinkler laterals were used in order to create gradually varying deficit irrigation treatments (I-1 through I-5) with the two fixed irrigation intervals of 7-day (IF1) and 14-day (IF2). Irrigation water was applied based on cumulative Class-A Pan evaporation for the irrigation interval of 7-day (IF1I1); and to replenish soil water deficit in the 90 cm depth to the field capacity for the 14-day irrigation interval in treatment plots adjacent to sprinkler lateral (IF2I1).