Extreme rainfall and soil water consumption differences increase yield shedding at lower fruiting branches, reducing cotton water productivity under different sowing dates

Fengqi Wu; Simeng Guo; Weibin Huang; Zhenggui Zhang; Yingchun Han; Zhanbiao Wang; Guoping Wang; Lu Feng; Xiaofei Li; Yaping Lei; Xiaoyu Zhi; Beifang Yang; Shijie Zhang; Shiwu Xiong; Yahui Jiao; Minghua Xin; Yabing Li

Agricultural Water Management (Dec 2024)

Extreme rainfall and soil water consumption differences increase yield shedding at lower fruiting branches, reducing cotton water productivity under different sowing dates

Fengqi Wu,
Simeng Guo,
Weibin Huang,
Zhenggui Zhang,
Yingchun Han,
Zhanbiao Wang,
Guoping Wang,
Lu Feng,
Xiaofei Li,
Yaping Lei,
Xiaoyu Zhi,
Beifang Yang,
Shijie Zhang,
Shiwu Xiong,
Yahui Jiao,
Minghua Xin,
Yabing Li

Affiliations

Fengqi Wu: National Key Laboratory of Cotton Bio‑breeding and Integrated Utilization, Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, Henan 455000, China; State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China; Zhengzhou Research Base, National Key Laboratory of Cotton Bio‑breeding and Integrated Utilization, School of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450001, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, China; Corresponding authors at: National Key Laboratory of Cotton Bio‑breeding and Integrated Utilization, Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, Henan 455000, China.
Simeng Guo: National Key Laboratory of Cotton Bio‑breeding and Integrated Utilization, Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, Henan 455000, China; Zhengzhou Research Base, National Key Laboratory of Cotton Bio‑breeding and Integrated Utilization, School of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450001, China; State Key Laboratory of Cotton Bio‑breeding and Integrated Utilization (Hebei Base), College of Agronomy, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, Hebei 071001, China
Weibin Huang: National Key Laboratory of Cotton Bio‑breeding and Integrated Utilization, Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, Henan 455000, China; Zhengzhou Research Base, National Key Laboratory of Cotton Bio‑breeding and Integrated Utilization, School of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450001, China; College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
Zhenggui Zhang: National Key Laboratory of Cotton Bio‑breeding and Integrated Utilization, Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, Henan 455000, China
Yingchun Han: National Key Laboratory of Cotton Bio‑breeding and Integrated Utilization, Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, Henan 455000, China
Zhanbiao Wang: National Key Laboratory of Cotton Bio‑breeding and Integrated Utilization, Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, Henan 455000, China; Zhengzhou Research Base, National Key Laboratory of Cotton Bio‑breeding and Integrated Utilization, School of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450001, China; State Key Laboratory of Cotton Bio‑breeding and Integrated Utilization (Hebei Base), College of Agronomy, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, Hebei 071001, China
Guoping Wang: National Key Laboratory of Cotton Bio‑breeding and Integrated Utilization, Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, Henan 455000, China
Lu Feng: National Key Laboratory of Cotton Bio‑breeding and Integrated Utilization, Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, Henan 455000, China; Zhengzhou Research Base, National Key Laboratory of Cotton Bio‑breeding and Integrated Utilization, School of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450001, China
Xiaofei Li: National Key Laboratory of Cotton Bio‑breeding and Integrated Utilization, Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, Henan 455000, China
Yaping Lei: National Key Laboratory of Cotton Bio‑breeding and Integrated Utilization, Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, Henan 455000, China
Xiaoyu Zhi: National Key Laboratory of Cotton Bio‑breeding and Integrated Utilization, Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, Henan 455000, China
Beifang Yang: National Key Laboratory of Cotton Bio‑breeding and Integrated Utilization, Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, Henan 455000, China
Shijie Zhang: Zhengzhou Research Base, National Key Laboratory of Cotton Bio‑breeding and Integrated Utilization, School of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450001, China
Shiwu Xiong: National Key Laboratory of Cotton Bio‑breeding and Integrated Utilization, Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, Henan 455000, China
Yahui Jiao: National Key Laboratory of Cotton Bio‑breeding and Integrated Utilization, Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, Henan 455000, China
Minghua Xin: National Key Laboratory of Cotton Bio‑breeding and Integrated Utilization, Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, Henan 455000, China; Zhengzhou Research Base, National Key Laboratory of Cotton Bio‑breeding and Integrated Utilization, School of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450001, China; Corresponding authors at: National Key Laboratory of Cotton Bio‑breeding and Integrated Utilization, Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, Henan 455000, China.
Yabing Li: National Key Laboratory of Cotton Bio‑breeding and Integrated Utilization, Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, Henan 455000, China; Zhengzhou Research Base, National Key Laboratory of Cotton Bio‑breeding and Integrated Utilization, School of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450001, China; State Key Laboratory of Cotton Bio‑breeding and Integrated Utilization (Hebei Base), College of Agronomy, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, Hebei 071001, China; Corresponding authors at: National Key Laboratory of Cotton Bio‑breeding and Integrated Utilization, Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, Henan 455000, China.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 305
p. 109115

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Improvement of cultivated cotton adaptability to extreme climate events under climate change promotes sustainable cotton production. Extreme rainfall leads to a significant decrease in cotton yield, which may be related to changes in soil water consumption (SWC) and the vertical distribution of yield, but relevant research is still scarce. Here, a two-year cotton sowing date experiment was conducted in which geostatistics, sensor technology, the spatial grid method, and principal component analysis were combined to analyze cotton utilization of soil water during extreme rainfall (2021) and normal (2022) years. The reasons for cotton yield reduction under extreme rainfall and strategies to improve cotton production adaptability to extreme rainfall were discussed. Under extreme rainfall, the morphogenesis and reproductive organ development of cotton were inhibited. The accumulation of SWC and its relationship with the biomass accumulation of cotton on different sowing dates under extreme rainfall exhibited nearly opposite characteristics to those in a normal year. Simultaneously, the two-year yield showed the opposite trend with the change in sowing date. There existed a trade-off strategy for the vertical distribution (i.e., on the upper, middle and lower fruiting branches) of cotton yield. Extreme rainfall reduced the yield at lower fruiting branches and increased the boll-forming rate of the upper fruiting branches, which was closely related to seed cotton yield, lint yield and water productivity (WP). Optimizing the cotton sowing date (early sowing should be appropriate in this study) may improve the adaptability of cotton production under extreme rainfall, but further long-term studies are needed. This study highlights the critical practice of climate-smart agriculture and has reference value for the sustainable development of cotton production.

Published in Agricultural Water Management

ISSN: 1873-2283 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Agriculture: Agriculture (General); Social Sciences: Industries. Land use. Labor: Special industries and trades: Agricultural industries
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