Evapotranspiration, crop coefficients and water use efficiency of the bell pepper crop in different cropping systems - doi: 10.4025/actasciagron.v33i1.5527

The objective of this study was to determine the crop evapotranspiration (ETc), crop coefficients (kc) and water-use efficiency (EUA) of the bell pepper crop in the no till system (PD) and conventional tillage system (PC), in the Fluminense Valley, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil. The irrigation was ma...

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Autores: Souza, Adilson Pacheco de, Pereira, João Batista Alves, Silva, Leonardo Duarte Batista da, Guerra, José Guilherme Marinho, Carvalho, Daniel Fonseca de
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM)
Repositorio:Acta Scientiarum. Agronomy (Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:periodicos.uem.br/ojs:article/5527
Acceso en línea:http://www.periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciAgron/article/view/5527
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:irrigation management
no tillage
Capsicum annum L.
manejo de irrigação
plantio direto
Irrigação e Drenagem
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Sumario:The objective of this study was to determine the crop evapotranspiration (ETc), crop coefficients (kc) and water-use efficiency (EUA) of the bell pepper crop in the no till system (PD) and conventional tillage system (PC), in the Fluminense Valley, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil. The irrigation was managed and the evapotranspiration demand quantified by calculating the daily soil water balance using the TDR technique and data collected in an automatic meteorological station. It was verified that the accumulated ETc at 181 days after planting (DAT) was 363 and 335 mm for PD and PC, respectively. The kcs obtained were 0.32, 1.18 and 0.77 and 0.34, 1.05 and 0.86, for the PD and PC systems, respectively, in the initial (0-40 DAP), middle (81-120 DAP) and final (181 DAP) growth phases, respectively. The kc values for the bell pepper crop presented by FAO were similar to the values found for the PC, but are not recommended for PD. Considering the total depth applied (rain and irrigation), the average values of water use efficiency were 3.9 and 4.5 kg m-3 for PD and PC, respectively.