Soil water content measured by FDR probes and thresholds for drip irrigation management in peach trees

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contents Soil water content measured by FDR probes and thresholds for drip irrigation management in peach trees Oussama Hussein-Mounzer José Rodolfo Mendoza-Hernández Isabel Abrisqueta-Villena Luis Mario Tapia-Vargas José María Abrisqueta-García Juan Vera-Muñoz Mari Carmen Ruiz-Sánchez Agrociencias Batsch fruit yield drip irrigation Prunus persica L capacitance FDR probe Soil water content was monitored continuously with multisensor capacitance probes, based on the frequency domain refl ectometry (FDR) technique, in drip irrigated young peach trees (Prunus persica (L.) Batsch) cv. Flordastar in a semiarid region of Murcia, Spain during 2004. The aim of this work was to study the effect of two irrigation treatments on volumetric soil water content and to determine the irrigation management thresholds of the soil water store (SWS) as monitored by FDR probes. The treatments consisted in restoring the soil water content to 100% (T1) and 50% (T2) of the crop evapotranspiration (Etc) by applying different irrigation doses with similar frequency. The continuous measurements of soil watercontent by the capacitance sensors refl ected properly the impact of different irrigation events on the soil water stored and provide useful information upon the advance of the wetted front, the depth of the root system activity and the fate of the applied water. Through the continuum soil-plantatmosphere, the variations of the soil water content were used to determine the in situ: "fullpoint" (142 mm 0.5 m-1), fi eld capacity (132 mm 0.5 m-1), and "refi llpoint" (124 mm 0.5 m-1) as practical thresholds for irrigation management to match the irrigation doses and frequency with the actual plant water requirements. Graphical determination of irrigation thresholds minimized the importance of small fl uctuations in soil water content. For the early ripening "Flordastar" peach cultivar the reduction of water application down to 50% ETc has lead to a progressive depletion of the soil water storage without a signifi cant effect on fi nal fruit yield and increased water use effi ciency from 2.7 kg m-3 in T1 to 5.0 kg m-3 in T2. 2008 artículo científico 0568-2517 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=60811116006 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=608 Agricultura Técnica en México application/pdf Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias Agricultura Técnica en México (México) Num.3 Vol.34
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spellingShingle Soil water content measured by FDR probes and thresholds for drip irrigation management in peach trees
Oussama Hussein-Mounzer
Agrociencias
Batsch
fruit yield
drip irrigation
Prunus persica L
capacitance FDR probe
Soil water content measured by FDR probes and thresholds for drip irrigation management in peach trees Oussama Hussein-Mounzer José Rodolfo Mendoza-Hernández Isabel Abrisqueta-Villena Luis Mario Tapia-Vargas José María Abrisqueta-García Juan Vera-Muñoz Mari Carmen Ruiz-Sánchez Agrociencias Batsch fruit yield drip irrigation Prunus persica L capacitance FDR probe Soil water content was monitored continuously with multisensor capacitance probes, based on the frequency domain refl ectometry (FDR) technique, in drip irrigated young peach trees (Prunus persica (L.) Batsch) cv. Flordastar in a semiarid region of Murcia, Spain during 2004. The aim of this work was to study the effect of two irrigation treatments on volumetric soil water content and to determine the irrigation management thresholds of the soil water store (SWS) as monitored by FDR probes. The treatments consisted in restoring the soil water content to 100% (T1) and 50% (T2) of the crop evapotranspiration (Etc) by applying different irrigation doses with similar frequency. The continuous measurements of soil watercontent by the capacitance sensors refl ected properly the impact of different irrigation events on the soil water stored and provide useful information upon the advance of the wetted front, the depth of the root system activity and the fate of the applied water. Through the continuum soil-plantatmosphere, the variations of the soil water content were used to determine the in situ: "fullpoint" (142 mm 0.5 m-1), fi eld capacity (132 mm 0.5 m-1), and "refi llpoint" (124 mm 0.5 m-1) as practical thresholds for irrigation management to match the irrigation doses and frequency with the actual plant water requirements. Graphical determination of irrigation thresholds minimized the importance of small fl uctuations in soil water content. For the early ripening "Flordastar" peach cultivar the reduction of water application down to 50% ETc has lead to a progressive depletion of the soil water storage without a signifi cant effect on fi nal fruit yield and increased water use effi ciency from 2.7 kg m-3 in T1 to 5.0 kg m-3 in T2. 2008 artículo científico 0568-2517 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=60811116006 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=608 Agricultura Técnica en México application/pdf Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias Agricultura Técnica en México (México) Num.3 Vol.34
title Soil water content measured by FDR probes and thresholds for drip irrigation management in peach trees
topic Agrociencias
Batsch
fruit yield
drip irrigation
Prunus persica L
capacitance FDR probe
url https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=60811116006