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Journal of Agriculture ›› 2023, Vol. 13 ›› Issue (3): 71-75.doi: 10.11923/j.issn.2095-4050.cjas2022-0164

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Effects of Irrigation Conditions and Environmental Factors on Asparagus Growth

QI Wei1(), GUO Yuefeng2(), BU Fanjing2   

  1. 1 Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Water Conservancy Development Center, Hohhot 010020, Inner Mongolia, China
    2 College of Desert Control Science and Engineering, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot 010010, Inner Mongolia, China
  • Received:2022-11-18 Revised:2023-01-04 Online:2023-03-20 Published:2023-04-04

Abstract:

Two asparagus varieties, ‘Champion’and ‘Jingzi’, were chosen to test the difficulty of planting asparagus in arid and semiarid areas. Three irrigation conditions were set with field moisture capacity of 60% (T1), 45% (T2) and 30% (T3), respectively. The growth characteristics of asparagus including stem height and canopy size were compared among the three irrigation conditions so as to optimize the irrigation condition for asparagus growth. The photosynthetically active radiation, air temperature, air humidity, vapor pressure and soil temperature were synchronously monitored using a CR-3000 small automatic meteorological station. Then the effects of these environmental factors on asparagus growth were analyzed. Results showed that the dynamic growing characteristics of stem height and canopy size were both basically consistent between the two varieties under the three irrigation conditions. Under irrigation condition T3, the two indices of ‘Champion’ were both the optimal and increased more compared with those under irrigation conditions T1 and T2. Under irrigation condition T2, the two indices of ‘Jingzi’ were both the optimal and increased more than those under irrigation conditions T1 and T3. The dynamic growing characteristics of asparagus stem height and canopy size were correlated very significantly negatively with photosynthetically active radiation, very significantly positively with air humidity, and significantly positively with vapor pressure. Air humidity and vapor pressure were the dominant factors that promoted the growth and development of asparagus. In conclusion, ‘Champion’ grows stronger than ‘Jingzi’, and the irrigation condition T3 promotes the growth of asparagus. Asparagus shall be planted in a cool and wet environment without strong light.

Key words: irrigation condition, environmental factor, asparagus, growth characteristics, correlation