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2015(Vol.7, Issue:11)
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Optimization Study on the Space and Depth of Subsurface Drainage Tubes for Greenhouse Salty Soils: A 3-Year Field Experiment in South of China

Yaming Zhai, Yujie Jin and Lihua Chen
Corresponding Author:  Yaming Zhai 
Submitted: December ‎26, ‎2014
Accepted: January ‎27, ‎2015
Published: April 10, 2015
Abstract:
A well-designed subsurface drainage system with reasonable drain space and depth contributes to large ratio of desalination and high crop yield. In order to find out the optimal space and depth of subsurface drainage tubes for tomato cultivation in greenhouse salty soils in south of China, drainage treatments with different buried methods were designed, the tomato quality, yield, Irrigation Water Use Efficiency (IWUE) and surface soil electricity conductivity in the treatments were observed during 2010 to 2012 growth seasons and the principle component analysis model and projection pursuit model were used to select the treatment with best comprehensive effects. Results showed that: (1) The tomato yield was increased by 14.21 to 50.29% during the growth seasons; (2) Surface soil EC decreased significantly, although in the process of experiments, surface soil EC of some treatments showed a temporary rise; (3) Under the same buried depth, the closer arrangement of subsurface drainage tubes appeared to be more effective for the yield gaining and topsoil desalination; (4) T7 was proved to be the optimal treatment according to the calculations of projection pursuit model, the comprehensive effects of which were the best, mainly embodying in improving the tomato quality, increasing the yield and IWUE and reducing salinity in topsoil. In this study, 0.8m depth combining with 4m space was selected as the optimized layout of subsurface drainage tubes for the tomato cultivation in greenhouse salty soils of south China.

Key words:  Projection pursuit, salty, subsurface drainage, tomato, , ,
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Yaming Zhai, Yujie Jin and Lihua Chen, . Optimization Study on the Space and Depth of Subsurface Drainage Tubes for Greenhouse Salty Soils: A 3-Year Field Experiment in South of China . Advance Journal of Food Science and Technology, (11): 899-904.
ISSN (Online):  2042-4876
ISSN (Print):   2042-4868
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