Simplified Surge Flow Irrigation Reduces Furrow Infiltration in Sandy Loam Salt-affected Soil of Upper Indo Gangetic Plain
Reduction of infiltration under simplified surge flow irrigation
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Dryland, Salinization, Water saving, Simplified Surge Flow, Furrow infiltrationAbstract
Irrigation is essential for agricultural production, especially in drylands, but salinization simultaneously induced by improper water management has become a serious problem. Though water-saving irrigation methods like drip and sprinkler are effective in preventing salinization, but high initial investment and maintenance cost make their adoption difficult for farmers. The Simplified Surge Flow (SSF) irrigation, that just divides total volume of irrigation water supply into two consecutive flows (SF-1 and SF-2) at one-day interval, can help to reduce unproductive water infiltration losses. In this study, the reduction of infiltration in furrows was measured and verified to apply SSF for the salt-affected sandy loam soils in India. The field experiment was conducted on irrigated farmland in Haryana state of North-Western region of India in November 2019. Conventional irrigation method (control) and SSF were evaluated using 2.9 L s-1 inflow rate applied to five furrows with 30 m length. The amount of cumulative furrow infiltration after 60 minutes in dry and wet soil was 78 mm and 11 mm, respectively. Overall, it was 87% lower in wet soil than that of dry soil. The time for irrigation water to reach the end of 30 m length furrow under control and SSF-2 were 189 and 152 seconds, respectively. Thereby it shortened by 20% in SSF-2 than that of control. The estimated cumulative infiltration of Control and SSF was 564 and 412 mm, respectively. SSF was 27% lower than that of Control. These results indicated that SSF can be a useful method to use water efficiently by the farmers of water scarce regions.
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