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

Table 6

Water consumption intensity levels of each crop of alfalfa during each growth stage.

Treatment	Water consumption intensity levels (mm/d) (the first/second/third crop)
	Seedling establishment stage	Jointing stage	Branching stage	Flowering stage	Average value
SF-1	1.99^b/2.33^e/1.84^c	2.29^c/3.18^c/1.97^e	2.34^c/3.59^b/2.21^c	2.23^c/3.39^b/1.90^d	2.21^c/3.12^c/1.98^d
SF-2	2.12^a/2.61^d/2.08^a	2.51^b/3.42^b/2.41^c	2.47^b/3.62^b/2.48^b	2.46^a/3.47^b/2.24^b	2.39^b/3.28^b/2.30^b
SF-3	2.09^a/2.50^d/2.04^a	2.49^b/3.40^b/2.35^c	2.43^b/3.58^b/2.37^b	2.28^c/3.32^b/2.20^b	2.32^c/3.20^c/2.24^b
SF-4	2.02^b/3.07^b/1.99^b	2.30^c/3.61^a/2.27^d	2.32^c/3.73^a/2.29^c	2.21^c/3.70^a/2.16^b	2.21^c/3.53^a/2.18^c
SF-5	2.15^a/3.18^a/2.14^a	2.48^b/3.75^a/2.58^b	2.53^b/3.89^a/2.63^a	2.52^a/3.75^a/2.45^a	2.42^b/3.64^a/2.45^a
SF-6	2.06^b/3.15^a/2.14^a	2.46^b/3.71^a/2.45^c	2.47^b/3.78^a/2.51^a	2.41^b/3.70^a/2.39^a	2.35^b/3.59^a/2.37^a
SF-7	2.12^a/2.78^c/1.94^b	2.38^c/3.53^b/2.22^d	2.39^c/3.67^b/2.24^c	2.29^b/3.64^a/2.12^c	2.29^c/3.41^b/2.13^c
SF-8	2.18^a/2.92^b/2.13^a	2.56^b/3.65^a/2.55^b	2.69^a/3.82^a/2.59^a	2.46^a/3.73^a/2.42^a	2.47^b/3.53^a/2.42^a
SF-9	2.17^a/2.86^c/2.12^a	2.51^b/3.58^a/2.43^c	2.53^b/3.79^a/2.48^b	2.36^b/3.66^a/2.35^a	2.39^b/3.47^a/2.35^a
SF-10	2.17^a/3.27^a/2.08^a	2.98^a/3.67^a/2.77^a	2.72^a/3.89^a/2.28^c	2.55^a/3.34^b/2.04^c	2.61^a/3.54^a/2.29^b