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›› 2010, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (5): 614-620.DOI: 10.7523/j.issn.2095-6134.2010.5.006

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Water requirement regulation and irrigation forecast of corn in western Liaoning

KANG Zhen-Jun1,2, YIN Guang-Hua1, LIU Zuo-Xin1, ZHANG Fa-Sheng1,2, TONG Na1,2, GU Jian1,2   

  1. 1. Institute of Applied Ecology,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Shenyang 110016,China;
    2. Graduate University, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049,China
  • Received:2010-03-05 Revised:2010-03-31 Online:2010-09-15

Abstract:

The corn water requirement and irrigation forecast in semi-arid area in western Liaoning were studied by using CROPWAT model, based on corn growth parameters and agro-meteorological data from 2004 to 2008. The results indicate that the trend of corn water requirement was in a normal distribution in the growth period and the annual water demand was between 572 and 645mm. The water requirements in the seedling, jointing, tasselling, and filling stages were 11.1%, 30.2%, 19.8% and 38.9% of the total water requirement, respectively. The corn irrigation requirement curves were of the parabolic type, the medium-term platform type, and double-peak type. The supplementary irrigation was fulfilled mainly in July, August and September.

Key words: corn, water requirement regulation, irrigation forecast, CROPWAT

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