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Quantifying evapotranspiration and crop coefficients for cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) using an eddy covariance approach

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  • Anapalli, Saseendran S.
  • Fisher, Daniel K.
  • Pinnamaneni, Srinivasa Rao
  • Reddy, Krishna N.

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Accurate quantification of consumptive water requirements (ETc, evapotranspiration) of cropping systems is a critical prerequisite for sustainable irrigation water management applications. For applying the ETc for irrigation scheduling across soils and climates other than the location in which it was measured, it is also critical to develop crop coefficients (Kc) that link a reference crop evapotranspiration computed from local weather data to ETc. A systematic study for deriving Kc for cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) - representing its growth stages from planting to harvest - in humid climates is lacking in the literature. In this study, we used an eddy covariance (EC) method to quantify ETc from irrigated cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) in a 250 ha field with a Tunica clay soil, in 2017 and 2018. In the EC experiment, an open-path infrared gas analyzer and a sonic 3-D anemometer were deployed in the constant flux layer above the cotton canopy for collecting crop-canopy water flux data. Using the measured ETc, Kc were derived for alfalfa (Kcr) and grass (Kco) reference crop ET computed from weather data. Cotton cv. Delta Pine Land 1522 was planted in the first week of May and harvested in the second week of September in both the years. Lint yield was 1269 kg ha−1 in 2017 and 1569 kg ha−1 in 2018. Measured monthly averaged daily ETc ranged between 2.5 mm in May/September to 4 mm in July in 2017, and between 2.9 mm in May and 4.4 mm in August in 2018. Maximum daily ETc in 2017 and 2018 crop seasons were 5.6 and 6.7 mm, respectively. Seasonal total ETc was 367 mm and 439 mm (on average 402 mm), respectively. Alfalfa (ETr) and grass reference crop ET (ETo) computed were 664 and 546 mm, respectively. Averaged across the two years, average daily Kcr ranged between 0.45 in May to 0.80 in August, and Kco ranged from 0.54 in May and 0.99 in August. On average, seasonal ETr was 18 % more than ETo. Seasonal ETr and ETo were, respectively, 39 % and 22 % more than ETc. The Kc data developed will be useful for irrigation scheduling in cotton grown in similar climates and soils.

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  • Anapalli, Saseendran S. & Fisher, Daniel K. & Pinnamaneni, Srinivasa Rao & Reddy, Krishna N., 2020. "Quantifying evapotranspiration and crop coefficients for cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) using an eddy covariance approach," Agricultural Water Management, Elsevier, vol. 233(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:agiwat:v:233:y:2020:i:c:s0378377419322450
    DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2020.106091
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