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dc.contributor.supervisorRamanathan, Sri Ranjan (Biosystems Engineering)en_US
dc.contributor.authorSatchithanantham, Sanjayan
dc.date.accessioned2013-11-26T15:21:50Z
dc.date.available2013-11-26T15:21:50Z
dc.date.issued2012en_US
dc.identifier.citationSatchithanantham, S, R. Sri Ranjan, and B. Shewfelt. 2012. Effect of Water Table Management and Irrigation on Potato Yield. Transactions of the ASABE 55 (6): 2175–2184en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1993/22279
dc.description.abstractPotatoes (Solanum tuberosum) were grown in a fine sandy loam soil in southern Manitoba in a three-year field study comparing four water management treatments: No Drainage with No Irrigation (NDNI), No Drainage with Overhead Irrigation (NDIR), Free Drainage with Overhead Irrigation (FDIR), and Controlled Drainage with Subirrigation (CDSI). The objectives of the study were (i) to evaluate the effect of the four treatments on yield and quality of potatoes, (ii) to evaluate the effect of water management on the environment, (iii) to estimate the shallow groundwater contribution to potato water requirement, and (iv) to simulate the shallow groundwater hydrology using the DRAINMOD and HYDRUS 1-D model. Subsurface drains were installed at 0.9 m depth and at spacings of 15 m (FDIR) and 8 m (CDSI). Subirrigation was done by pumping water back into the tiles through the drainage control structures. Overhead irrigation was carried out using a travelling gun. Water table depth, soil water content, drainage outflow, nutrient concentration in drainage water, irrigation rate, weather variables, potato yield and quality parameters, and biomass were measured. Compared to the NDNI treatment, the potato yield increase in the other treatments ranged between 15-32% in 2011 and 2-14% in 2012. In 2011, potato yield from FDIR was higher than CDSI (p = 0.011) and NDNI (p = 0.001), and yield from NDIR was higher than NDNI (p = 0.034). In 2012, potato yield was higher in FDIR in comparison to NDNI (p = 0.021). In 2012, the NDIR gave higher dark ends (p = 0.008) compared to other treatments. Under dry conditions, up to 92% of the potato crop water demand could be met by shallow groundwater contribution. Compared to free drainage, controlled drainage was able to lower the nitrate export by 98% (p = 0.033) in 2010 and by 67% (p = 0.076) in 2011, and the phosphate export decreased by 94% (p = 0.0117) in 2010. A major part of the drainage flow and nutrient export took place between April and June in southern Manitoba. DRAINMOD was able to accurately predict the shallow groundwater hydrology for this particular research site.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherAmerican Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE)en_US
dc.rightsopen accessen_US
dc.subjectIrrigationen_US
dc.subjectDrainageen_US
dc.subjectSubirrigationen_US
dc.subjectPotatoen_US
dc.subjectNutrient exporten_US
dc.subjectBest management practicesen_US
dc.subjectShallow groundwater contributionen_US
dc.subjectPotato qualityen_US
dc.subjectPotato yielden_US
dc.subjectIrrigated potatoen_US
dc.subjectTile drainage in Manitobaen_US
dc.subjectWater table managementen_US
dc.subjectMoisture stressen_US
dc.subjectGroundwateren_US
dc.subjectSoil moisture redistributionen_US
dc.subjectExcess moistureen_US
dc.subjectModelingen_US
dc.subjectDRAINMODen_US
dc.titleWater management effects on potato production and the environmenten_US
dc.typedoctoral thesisen_US
dc.degree.disciplineBiosystems Engineeringen_US
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeMann, Danny (Biosystems Engineering) Bullock, Paul (Soil Science) Madramootoo, Chandra (McGill University)en_US
dc.degree.levelDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)en_US
dc.description.noteFebruary 2014en_US
local.subject.manitobayesen_US


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