Abstract
In rice areas with shallow aquifers, an evaluation of alternative irrigation strategies should include the interactions between irrigation and groundwater recharge and reuse, which influence the overall irrigation efficiency. A modelling system composed of three sub-models within a MATLAB framework (a physically based, semi-distributed agro-hydrological model and two empirical models, the former for the channel network percolation and the latter for the groundwater level) was applied to a 1000 ha rice district in the Padana Plain, Italy. The calibrated framework estimates the daily time series of the water supply needed and of the groundwater level for a given irrigation management, based on the inputs provided (agro-meteorology, crop data, soil data, irrigation practices, groundwater table depth upstream of the study area). Five irrigation management strategies, relevant to the area, were compared: (i) wet seeding and continuous flooding (WFL), (ii) wet seeding and alternate wetting and drying (AWD), (iii) dry seeding and delayed flooding (DFL), (iv) dry seeding and fixed-turn irrigation FTI), (v) early dry seeding and delayed flooding (DFLearly). Due to economic advantages, dry-seeded techniques (DFL, FTI) are replacing the traditional WFL in northern Italy. Simulations show that dry seeding leads to a drastic decrease of the water table in April/May, reducing the overall irrigation efficiency of the area, and that DFL (widely adopted in the area) also causes a spike in rice irrigation needs in June when other crops increase their water demand, exposing the area to water scarcity. All the cited management strategies are assessed in the paper and AWD turned out to couple smaller irrigation needs (from June onwards) compared to continuous flooding techniques with a maintenance of the groundwater recharge, especially in the first part of the irrigation season, thus being a recommendable rice management alternative for the study area.
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Claim · model-written summary
Dry seeding decreased the water table in April and May.
- Taxon
- rice
Oryza sativae0t0 - Treatment
- dry seedinge0
- Outcome
- water tablee0
- Direction
- decreasee0
- Qualifier
- April/Maye0
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Verbatim
e0“dry seeding leads to a drastic decrease of the water table in April/May”
t0“Rice”
Claim · model-written summary
Dry seeding reduced overall irrigation efficiency.
- Taxon
- riceOryza sativae0t0
- Treatment
- dry seedinge0
- Outcome
- overall irrigation efficiency of the areae0
- Direction
- reducinge0
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Verbatim
e0“dry seeding leads to a drastic decrease of the water table in April/May, reducing the overall irrigation efficiency of the area”
t0“Rice”
Claim · model-written summary
Delayed flooding produced a June spike in rice irrigation needs.
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Verbatim
e0“DFL (widely adopted in the area) also causes a spike in rice irrigation needs in June”
Claim · model-written summary
Alternate wetting and drying had smaller irrigation needs from June than continuous flooding.
- Taxon
- riceOryza sativae0t0
- Treatment
- AWDe0
- Outcome
- irrigation needse0
- Direction
- smallere0
- Qualifier
- from June onwardse0
- Comparator
- continuous flooding techniquese0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“AWD turned out to couple smaller irrigation needs (from June onwards) compared to continuous flooding techniques”
t0“Rice”
Claim · model-written summary
Alternate wetting and drying maintained groundwater recharge especially early in the season.
- Taxon
- riceOryza sativae0t0
- Treatment
- AWDe0
- Outcome
- groundwater rechargee0
- Direction
- maintenancee0
- Qualifier
- first part of the irrigation seasone0
- Comparator
- continuous flooding techniquese0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“AWD turned out to couple smaller irrigation needs (from June onwards) compared to continuous flooding techniques with a maintenance of the groundwater recharge, especially in the first part of the irrigation season”
t0“Rice”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend alternate wetting and drying for the study area.
- Taxon
- riceOryza sativae0
- Outcome
- recommendable rice management alternativee0
- Setting
- study areae0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“thus being a recommendable rice management alternative for the study area.”
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