Gradient-based LASER Land Leveling Increases the Water Use Efficiency, Growth, and Yield of Cotton Crop under Changing Climate | [Proceedings of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences: B. Life and Environmental Sciences • 2023]

Author(s):

1. Shahid Saleem: Rural Education and Economic Development Society (REEDS),Rahim Yar Khan,Pakistan

2. Iqbal Hussain: Rural Education and Economic Development Society (REEDS),Rahim Yar Khan,Pakistan

3. Hafeez Ullah: Rural Education and Economic Development Society (REEDS),Rahim Yar Khan,Pakistan

4. Muhammad Umar Iqbal: Better Cotton Initiative (BCI),Lahore,Pakistan

5. Umair Aslam: Better Cotton Initiative (BCI),Lahore,Pakistan

6. Muhammad Nasir: Better Cotton Initiative (BCI),Rahim Yar Khan,Pakistan

7. Abdul Khaliq: Cotton Research Institute Khanpur,Rahim Yar Khan,Pakistan

8. Syed Ahtisham Masood: Cotton Research Institute Khanpur,Rahim Yar Khan,Pakistan

9. Hafiz Abdul Rauf: Cotton Research Institute Khanpur,Rahim Yar Khan,Pakistan

10. Adnan Noor Shah: Department of Agricultural Engineering, Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering & Information Technology (KFUEIT),Rahim Yar Khan,

11. Fida Hussain: Sugarcane Research Station Khanpur,Rahim Yar Khan,Pakistan

Abstract:

Increasing water shortage has compelled farmers to develop plans for eficient use of water resources. The improvement in water use eficiency at the field level is very important and can redress water scarcity. LASER land leveling is increasing quickly in the world to increase water use eficiency. However, in developing countries, the practice of LASER leveling is to level land or field with zero (0 %) gradient due to unawareness of gradient-based land leveling while a small gradient (e.g., 0.1 %) is usually kept during land leveling in developed countries of the world. But farmers of developing countries are not well, therefore, an experiment was conducted in farmers' fields covering an area of 3 acres in south Punjab of Pakistan to assess the LASER leveling with a 0 % and 0.05 % grade and general farmer's practice of leveling. Land leveling with LASER using a 0.05 % gradient considerably decreased the amount of irrigation water and/or enhanced water use eficiency by increasing crop yield followed by LASER leveling with a 0 % gradient. Similarly, with a 0.05 % gradient, bolls per plant and final cotton yield increased considerably followed by a 0 % gradient while minimum bolls per plant and cotton yield were obtained from the farmer's practice of leveling. LASER land leveling with a 0.05 % gradient resulted in higher net benefit due to increased yield and a considerable decrease in irrigation amount that significantly improved use eficiency. The outcomes suggest that benefits from land leveling with LASER keeping a 0.05 % gradient are significantly higher when compared with 0 % gradient and/or farmers' practice of leveling.

Page(s): 215-224

DOI: 10.53560/PPASB(60-2)813

Published: Journal: Proceedings of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences: B. Life and Environmental Sciences, Volume: 60, Issue: 2, Year: 2023

Keywords:

cotton , yield , cotton , Gradient , Water Use Eficiency , Land LASER Leveling

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