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Rice Production Course: Water-Saving Irrigation in Rice
Rice Production Course: Water-Saving Irrigation in Rice
Rice Production Course: Water-Saving Irrigation in Rice
R. Lampayan
CSWS, IRRI
Content
But also:
More people want
• more industry
• more drinking water
• more cities
• more swimming pools
• more….
Sectoral Share
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10
0
1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000
YEAR
70
60
50
40
India
30 China
20
10
0
1966 1995
1-1.5 m/y
0.7 m/y
Arsenic!
we need to
40
30
20
10
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0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110
transp. PI to complete
Early Late grain filling Maturity
recovery flowering
tillering tillering
Days after Transplanting
0
TL99 TL00
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PR01
Continuously flooded
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
Tuanlin 1999 Tuanlin 2000 PhilRice 2001
8
6
1988
4 1989
1990
2
0
500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500
Unfavorable uplands
1000
800
600
400
200
0
Flood W1 W2 W3 W4 W5
Water treatment (Rainfall)
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Yield (t/ha)
9
8
7
6
5 Lowland
4 Aerobic 1
Aerobic 2
3
2
1
0
1394 644 577 586 519 469 Water (mm)
Flooded ---------------- Aerobic ------------------
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IRRI, Philippines: 3-4 varieties each season
one flooded and one aerobic treatment
2
1
0
IR43 B6144F Apo+
2
1
0
IR43 IR64 Apo+ Magat
Fertilizer: 120-60-40 kg ha1 NPK
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Water input, including land preparation (mm)
2000
Flooded Aerobic
1800
1600 Lining of
1400 bunds
1200
1000
800
600
400
200
0
DS2002
DS2001
DS2002
DS2001
WS2001
WS2002
WS2001
WS2002
Irrigation Rainfall
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Practical experiences
And outputs:
Grain yield and quality
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Irrigation water used (mm)
Alternate
Farmers’
Particulars wetting and Difference
practice
drying
Labor saving
Efficient fertilizer use
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Flush irrigation
of the field only!
APO U P L R I-5
4500
4000
3500
3000
2500
2000
1500
1000
500
0
1 4 7 10 13 16 19 22 25 28 31 34 37 40 43
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Nematode count/g fresh root (Meloidogyne graminicola)
2000 2001 2002 2003
FF 2 6 4 134 34 380
Aerobic
rice
Upland
Low High
Water availability
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