Abstract
The expansion of irrigated agriculture in Ethiopia to feed the ever-increasing population on one hand and the increasing competition for water due to the development of other water use sectors on the other hand, the improvement of water use efficiencies in irrigated agriculture to ensure sustained production and conservation of this limited resource. A field experiment was conducted with objectives of identifying the level of deficit irrigation for achieving optimum crop yield and water productivity of Maize crop in Adami Tulu. The study was conducted using three levels of irrigation (50%ETc, 70%ETc, 85%ETc) and control irrigation 100%ETc arrangements in RCD with three replications. The analysis of variance for the result of the study indicated highly significant (P ≤ 0.05) differences for yield, yield components and WUE’s. The highest yield of 4.52 ton/ha was obtained from the control with 100%ETc which was not significantly (P ≤ 0.05) different to the 85%ETc irrigation level. In terms of irrigation and water use efficiency, 50%ETc deficit irrigation application gave the highest IWUE which was significantly different from all other treatment combinations. Yield and water use efficiency based comparison had shown that there was significant difference between the yield, CWUE, and IWUE obtained in the treatment. Therefore, it can be concluded that increased water saving and associated water productivity through the use of 85%ETc with Conventional furrow irrigation, can solve problem of water shortage which improve WUE without significant reduction of yield.85%ETc irrigation level water applied system appears to be a promising alternative for water conservation and labor saving with negligible trade-off in yield.
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Claim · model-written summary
Differences among irrigation levels were highly significant for yield, yield components and water use efficiencies in the maize trial.
- Outcome
- yield, yield components and WUE’se0
Zea maysNot reportedTreatmentComparatorDirection
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e0“highly significant (P ≤ 0.05) differences for yield, yield components and WUE’s”
t0“Maize Crop”
Claim · model-written summary
The highest maize yield, 4.52 ton/ha, was obtained from the control irrigated at 100%ETc.
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e0“The highest yield of 4.52 ton/ha was obtained from the control with 100%ETc”
t0“Maize Crop”
Claim · model-written summary
Maize yield at 85%ETc irrigation was not significantly different from the 100%ETc control.
- Treatment
- 85%ETc irrigation levele0
- Outcome
- yielde2
- Direction
- not significantly (P ≤ 0.05) differente0
- Comparator
- control with 100%ETce1
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e0“not significantly (P ≤ 0.05) different to the 85%ETc irrigation level”
e1“the control with 100%ETc”
e2“The highest yield”
t0“Maize Crop”
Claim · model-written summary
The 50%ETc deficit irrigation gave the highest irrigation water use efficiency, significantly different from all other treatments.
- Treatment
- 50%ETc deficit irrigation applicatione0
- Outcome
- IWUEe0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Comparator
- all other treatment combinationse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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e0“50%ETc deficit irrigation application gave the highest IWUE which was significantly different from all other treatment combinations”
t0“Maize Crop”
Claim · model-written summary
Using 85%ETc with conventional furrow irrigation is recommended because it saves water and improves WUE without significant yield reduction in maize.
- Outcome
- improve WUE without significant reduction of yielde0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“85%ETc with Conventional furrow irrigation, can solve problem of water shortage which improve WUE without significant reduction of yield”
t0“Maize Crop”
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