sustainable high yields on poorly drained soils
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Sustainable High Yields on Poorly Drained Soils. For presentation: Water for Food Conference Lincoln, Nebraska May 1-3, 2011 R. Wayne Skaggs. Drainage in United States (Million Ha) Total Cropland 170 Cropland Requiring Drainage 43 (25%). - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Sustainable High Yields
on Poorly Drained Soils
For presentation:Water for Food Conference Lincoln, NebraskaMay 1-3, 2011
R. Wayne Skaggs
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Drainage in United States (Million Ha)
Total Cropland 170
Cropland Requiring Drainage 43 (25%)
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Cropland NeedingDrainage 500 Million Ha
(33% of Total Cropland)
DRAINAGE WORLD-WIDE
(Smedema et al. 2004)
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Million HaAll Cropland 500 (33%)
Irrigated Cropland 150 (55%)
Rainfed Cropland 350 (28%)
CROPLAND NEEDING DRAINAGE (Smedema et al. 2004)
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Avg. annual nitrogen yield Mississippi River of streams for 1980-1996 Drainage Basin Hypoxic Zone
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Nitrogen Losses in Drainage Water Increase with Intensity of Subsurface Drainage
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DWM Structures for DWM Structures for Subsurface DrainsSubsurface Drains
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Drain Drain Control Percent ReductionReference Location Soil Area Spacing Depth Depth* Drainage N Loss
(ha) (m) (m) (m)______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Gilliam et al. (1979) N. Carolina Portsmouth sl 5 to 16 30 & 80 1.2 0.3-0.5 50 50
N. Carolina Goldsboro sl 3 30 1 0.3 85 85Evans et al. (1989) N. Carolina Ballahack sl 4 18 1 0.6 56 56
N. Carolina Wasda muck 4 100 1.2 0.6 51 56N. Carolina Wasda muck 4 18 1 0.6 17 18
Lalonde et al. (1996) Ontario Bainesville sil 0.63 18.3 1 0.75 49 690.5 80 82
Tan et al.(1998) Ontario Brookston cl 2.2 9.3 0.65 0.3 20 19Drury et al., 2008 Ontario Brookston cl 0.1 7.5 0.6 0.3 29** 31 - 44***Wesstrom et al. (2007) Sweden Loamy Sand 0.2 10 1 0.2-0.4 80 80Fausey (2005) Ohio Hoytville sic 0.07 6 0.8 0.3 41 46
* Controll typically removed during seedbed preparation, planting, and harvesting periods. **CD reduced subsurface drainage by 29%, increased surface runoff by 38% & reduced total outflow by 10.6%*** CD reduced N loss by 44% for recommended N application rates and by 31% for elevated N rates
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Potential Effect of DWM in the Midwest on N Load to Gulf of Mexico
• 50,000 ton N per Year
• Based on 8.3 million Ac of drained corn and soybean land in the states of Iowa, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio and Minnesota (Jaynes et al., 2008)
• NRCS recently (March, 2011) announced a major initiative to promote DWM and related practices in the upper Midwest to reduce N losses to the Mississippi River and Gulf of Mexico.
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Agrosphere
AMPLIFY is a initiative enabling public and private sector scientists to partner with producers to achieve high yield in an environmentally and economically sustainable manner.
AMPLIFY
Modeling for
Producing Large Increases
in Food Yield
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Potential to Increase Sustainable Yields on Drained Soils in Humid regions
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Effect of Drain Spacing on Average Predicted Corn Yield Portsmouth Sandy Loam, Plymouth, NC
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Predicted Relative Corn Yield, Drained Portsmouth soil, Plymouth, NC
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) Avgerage Yield= 77% of Potential)Poor Drainage, Avg Yld=55%
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Effect of Drain Spacing on Average Predicted Corn Yield Portsmouth Sandy Loam, Plymouth, NC
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Predicted Relative Corn Yield, Drained Portsmouth soil, Plymouth, NC
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Predicted Relative CornYields With and W/O Irrigation
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Predicted Annual NO3-N Losses to Surface Waters, Continuous Corn
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Conventional Drainage (41.7 kg/ha)Conv. DR with Irrigation (28.5 kg/ha).
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Effect of Root Depth on 35-Yr Average Predicted Corn Yield
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Maximum Effective Root Depth, cm
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Effect of Root Depth on Predicted Relative Corn Yields
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Root Depth 30 cm (Avg.= 77%)Root Depth 60 cm (Avg. = 92%)
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Hypothesis
Drought stresses can be substantially reduced and yields increased by increasing root depths in poorly drained soils in humid regions
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Methods to Increase Root Depth
• Increase pH to > 5.5 to depths of > 60 cm
• Incorporate Organic Matter
• Genetic Manipulation
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Effect of Root Depth on 35-Yr Average Predicted Corn Yield
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PLYMOUTH, NC
JACKSONVILLE, FL
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