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Water requirements and crop coefficients of arugula grown in a protected environment

Year: 2019

Type: article

Abstract: Maintaining an adequate water supply is essential to obtain maximum yields in vegetable crops.As such, this study aimed to determine the water requirements (ETc) and crop coefficients (Kc) of arugula grown in a protected environment under subtropical climate conditions.The experiment was conducted in a greenhouse at the Center for Irrigation Technology of the State University of Maringá in Maringá, Paraná state (PR), Brazil.Crop evapotranspiration (ETc) was determined using three constant water table lysimeters and reference evapotranspiration with the Penman-Monteith equation.The total water consumption of the arugula crop was 113.27 mm.The average values obtained for the crop coefficients in the initial, mid-and late-season stages were 1.92, 1.03 and 1.80, respectively.

Source: Idesia

DOI: 10.4067/s0718-34292019000200075

Authors: Danielle Paula de Oliveira Mangarotti, Roberto Rezende, Reni Saath, Tiago Luan Hachmann, Claudia Salim Lozano, Antônio Carlos Andrade Gonçalves

Institution: Universidade Estadual de Maringá

Language: English

Topic: Irrigation Practices and Water Management

Subfield: Soil Science

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

SDGs: Zero hunger, Clean water and sanitation

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W2977484348