A field lysimeter experiment was conducted on a sandy loam soil during the growing seasons of 1989 and 1990. The experiment tested the effects of four water table treatments on soybean (Glycine max) yields. The water table depths were 40, 60, 80, and 100 cm in depth. / Yields were measured in terms of: total seed mass per plant, number of seeds per plant, number of pods per plant, number of seeds per pod, and speed protein content at harvest. / The water management simulation model DRAINMOD, was used to develop irrigation and drainage strategies for soybean production. Three water table management methods were tested with each of three water table depths. The methods were conventional drainage, controlled drainage, and subirrigation, and the water table depths were 40, 60, 80, and 100 cm. / It was shown that for the driest year highest yields are obtained with subsurface irrigation and a weir setting of 40 cm. For the average year, highest yields are obtained with subirrigation and a 60 cm weir setting. For the wet years, best results are found when controlled drainage is used with 80 cm weir setting. It was found that in all but the driest and wettest years controlled drainage improved yields by 10% or more.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.60658 |
| Date | January 1992 |
| Creators | Broughton, Stephen R. (Stephen Russell) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Science (Department of Agricultural Engineering.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 001287525, proquestno: AAIMM74494, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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