Thermographic measurement of canopy temperature is a useful tool for predicting water deficit effects on fruit weight in citrus trees

Alternative and more practical methods for plant water stress detection than stem water potential (psi(s)) and stomatal conductance (g(s)) are needed when regulated deficit irrigation (RDI) strategies are applied. The aim of this experiment was to compare sap flow and canopy temperature (T-c) measur...

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Main Authors: Ballester, Carlos, Castel, Juan R., Jiménez-Bello, Miguel Ángel, Intrigliolo, Diego S.
Format: Artículo
Language:Inglés
Published: 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/4727
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author Ballester, Carlos
Castel, Juan R.
Jiménez-Bello, Miguel Ángel
Castel, Juan R.
Intrigliolo, Diego S.
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Castel, Juan R.
Intrigliolo, Diego S.
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Castel, Juan R.
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description Alternative and more practical methods for plant water stress detection than stem water potential (psi(s)) and stomatal conductance (g(s)) are needed when regulated deficit irrigation (RDI) strategies are applied. The aim of this experiment was to compare sap flow and canopy temperature (T-c) measurements with more classical methods like psi(s) or g(s) to predict the effect of deficit irrigation on fresh fruit weight in citrus trees. The experiment was performed during the summer of 2011 in a "Clementina de Nules" orchard undergoing RDI. Sap flow was determined by means of the compensation heat pulse method in well-watered and RDI trees. T-c was measured continuously with infrared thermometers (IRTs) mounted over the canopies and also weekly with an infrared hand-operated thermographic camera taking frontal images of the sunlit side of tree crowns. Concurrently psi(s) and g(s) were also measured on all trees. Results showed that the evolution of the relative transpiration obtained with the sap flow sensors was in agreement with the plant water stress experienced. The values of T-c obtained with the fixed IRTs, normalized by air temperature (T-c - T-a) were in general poorly related with psi(s) and g(s). However, when T-c was obtained from thermal imaging, there was a good correlation with psi(s) in days of relatively high water stress (i.e. when psi(s) differences among treatments were >1.0 MPa). The average fruit weight at harvest was significantly correlated with all the stress indicators, and the best correlation was that of thermographic followed by psi(s) and g(s). Overall, results showed that in citrus trees T-c measurement obtained from thermal imaging is a good tool to predict the effect of water deficit on fresh fruit weight. (c) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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spelling ReDivia47272025-04-25T14:44:16Z Thermographic measurement of canopy temperature is a useful tool for predicting water deficit effects on fruit weight in citrus trees Ballester, Carlos Castel, Juan R. Jiménez-Bello, Miguel Ángel Castel, Juan R. Intrigliolo, Diego S. Alternative and more practical methods for plant water stress detection than stem water potential (psi(s)) and stomatal conductance (g(s)) are needed when regulated deficit irrigation (RDI) strategies are applied. The aim of this experiment was to compare sap flow and canopy temperature (T-c) measurements with more classical methods like psi(s) or g(s) to predict the effect of deficit irrigation on fresh fruit weight in citrus trees. The experiment was performed during the summer of 2011 in a "Clementina de Nules" orchard undergoing RDI. Sap flow was determined by means of the compensation heat pulse method in well-watered and RDI trees. T-c was measured continuously with infrared thermometers (IRTs) mounted over the canopies and also weekly with an infrared hand-operated thermographic camera taking frontal images of the sunlit side of tree crowns. Concurrently psi(s) and g(s) were also measured on all trees. Results showed that the evolution of the relative transpiration obtained with the sap flow sensors was in agreement with the plant water stress experienced. The values of T-c obtained with the fixed IRTs, normalized by air temperature (T-c - T-a) were in general poorly related with psi(s) and g(s). However, when T-c was obtained from thermal imaging, there was a good correlation with psi(s) in days of relatively high water stress (i.e. when psi(s) differences among treatments were >1.0 MPa). The average fruit weight at harvest was significantly correlated with all the stress indicators, and the best correlation was that of thermographic followed by psi(s) and g(s). Overall, results showed that in citrus trees T-c measurement obtained from thermal imaging is a good tool to predict the effect of water deficit on fresh fruit weight. (c) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. 2017-06-01T10:10:51Z 2017-06-01T10:10:51Z 2013 MAY 2013 article acceptedVersion BallE., C., Castel, J., Jimenez-Bello, M.A., Castel, J.R., Intrigliolo, D.S. (2013). Thermographic measurement of canopy temperature is a useful tool for predicting water deficit effects on fruit weight in citrus trees. Agricultural Water Management, 122, 1-6. 0378-3774 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/4727 10.1016/j.agwat.2013.02.005 en openAccess Impreso
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Thermographic measurement of canopy temperature is a useful tool for predicting water deficit effects on fruit weight in citrus trees
title Thermographic measurement of canopy temperature is a useful tool for predicting water deficit effects on fruit weight in citrus trees
title_full Thermographic measurement of canopy temperature is a useful tool for predicting water deficit effects on fruit weight in citrus trees
title_fullStr Thermographic measurement of canopy temperature is a useful tool for predicting water deficit effects on fruit weight in citrus trees
title_full_unstemmed Thermographic measurement of canopy temperature is a useful tool for predicting water deficit effects on fruit weight in citrus trees
title_short Thermographic measurement of canopy temperature is a useful tool for predicting water deficit effects on fruit weight in citrus trees
title_sort thermographic measurement of canopy temperature is a useful tool for predicting water deficit effects on fruit weight in citrus trees
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