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Evapotranspiration, water use efficiency, and yield for film mulched maize under different nitrogen-fertilization rates and climate conditions

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  • Fang, Heng
  • Li, Yuannong
  • Gu, Xiaobo
  • Du, Yadan
  • Chen, Pengpeng
  • Hu, Hongxiang

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The biodegradable film, as an ideal substitute for plastic film, has broad application prospects. However, it is uncertain in maize actual evapotranspiration (ETac) components, yield, and water use efficiency (WUE) of biodegradable and plastic films during the different rainfall seasons. Therefore, a 4-year field trial with three mulching patterns (FNM: flat planting with non-mulching, RPM: ridge-furrow with plastic film mulching, and RBM: ridge-furrow with biodegradable film mulching) and two N-fertilization levels (0 and 180 kg N ha–1) was conducted. The results showed that the machine-learning models could accurately estimate maize ETac and its partitioning, and the random forest and artificial neural networks models had the highest accuracy and the least input variables after optimization. Compared to FNM, RBM and RPM increased Et by 10.8 mm, 14.0 mm in the dry season, 9.1 mm, 11.2 mm in the normal season, and 4.0 mm, 7.5 mm in the wet season, respectively, but decreased Es by 75.8 mm, 82.7 mm in the dry season, 48.6 mm, 56.7 mm in the normal season, 67.1 mm, and 74.9 mm in the wet season, respectively. Therefore, RBM and RPM decreased ETac by 65.0 mm, 68.8 mm in the dry season, 39.5 mm, 45.6 mm in the normal season, and 53.1 mm, 67.5 mm in the wet season, respectively, compared to FNM. Nitrogen application had a similar effect on Es and Et but only increased ETac by 13.3 mm in the dry season, 2 mm in the normal season, and 4.3 mm in the wet season, respectively, compared to N0. Furthermore, RBM and RPM under different nitrogen-fertilizations increased maize yield by 4.0 %, 3.6 % in the dry season, 3.0 %, 3.3 % in the normal season, and 5.3 %, 5.9 % in the wet season, respectively, also increased maize WUE by 23.3 %, 24.1 % in the dry season, 12.9 %, 15.0 % in the normal season, and 21.1 %, 23.4 % in the wet season, respectively, compared to FNM. This study proved that RPM could be replaced by RBM under 180 kg N ha–1 in the different rainfall seasons in terms of reducing ETac, increasing maize yield, and improving WUE. The optimized machine learning models in this study also provided a low-cost method for computing regional maize ETac.

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  • Fang, Heng & Li, Yuannong & Gu, Xiaobo & Du, Yadan & Chen, Pengpeng & Hu, Hongxiang, 2024. "Evapotranspiration, water use efficiency, and yield for film mulched maize under different nitrogen-fertilization rates and climate conditions," Agricultural Water Management, Elsevier, vol. 301(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:agiwat:v:301:y:2024:i:c:s0378377424002701
    DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2024.108935
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