Effects of Subsurface Drip Irrigation on Water Consumption and Yields of Alfalfa under Different Water and Fertilizer Conditions

Table 5

Changes in the soil water fluxes of each crop of alfalfa during each growth stage.

Treatment	Water flux at the lower boundaries (mm) (the first/second/third crop)
	Seedling establishment stage	Jointing stage	Branching stage	Flowering stage	Total
SF-1	1.29/8.06/2.89	8.76/-4.54/-7.23	1.19/-2.67/15.01	3.55/-4.34/3.58	14.79/-3.49/14.25
SF-2	0.29/6.72/0.83	6.76/-4.71/-11.29	0.19/-3.49/11.35	1.55/-5.88/2.08	8.79/-7.36/2.97
SF-3	0.76/7.09/1.16	8.64/-5.03/-9.78	0.17/-3.64/11.07	4.15/-5.18/2.16	13.72/-6.76/4.61
SF-4	3.78/7.24/4.87	14.34/-4.65/-7.88	6.31/0.83/12.27	6.19/-3.95/5.36	30.62/-0.53/14.62
SF-5	1.95/6.78/3.47	13.91/-4.74/-8.13	5.62/-0.35/9.39	3.97/-4.16/2.86	25.45/-2.47/7.59
SF-6	3.03/6.82/3.36	13.52/-4.81/-7.86	4.16/0.55/10.15	5.54/-3.99/3.37	26.25/-1.43/9.02
SF-7	5.61/11.36/6.42	18.18/-0.96/-3.06	10.48/6.43/12.14	8.85/-1.15/8.15	43.12/15.68/23.65
SF-8	5.82/10.85/5.18	19.61/-1.39/-7.67	9.69/5.52/10.18	7.86/-1.72/6.29	42.98/13.26/13.98
SF-9	6.27/10.89/5.99	18.26/-1.17/-6.76	8.91/5.58/11.19	8.17/-1.69/6.98	41.61/13.61/17.40
SF-10	-10.27/-6.19/-8.62	25.68/22.46/15.28	16.91/15.73/51.16	-8.17/-14.85/-6.42	24.15/17.15/51.40