Irrigation water saving strategies in Citrus orchards: Analysis of the combined effects of timing and severity of soil water deficit
The knowledge of the crop response to soil water deficit is essential to predict the actual crop water requirements under limited soil water conditions. The mathematical schematization of the crop response under RDI can allow identifying the exact irrigation timing. The threshold of soil water statu...
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| author | Puig-Sirera, Àngela Provenzano, Giuseppe González-Altozano, Pablo Intrigliolo, Diego S. Rallo, Giovanni |
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| description | The knowledge of the crop response to soil water deficit is essential to predict the actual crop water requirements under limited soil water conditions. The mathematical schematization of the crop response under RDI can allow identifying the exact irrigation timing. The threshold of soil water status below which crop transpiration decreases represents a key parameter for the water stress functions. The main objective of this paper was to investigate the effects of several RDI treatments, applied during the three stages of fruit growth, on soil-plant-water relations of drip-irrigated mandarin trees. Experiments were carried out in seven irrigation treatments: a control, irrigated at 125% of potential evapotranspiration measured in weighting lysimeters, ETlys, during the whole year, and six RDI treatments in which 25% and 50% of ETlys were applied during each of the three stages of fruit growth. The critical threshold of soil water status expressed in terms of soil water depletion below which predawn (PLWP) and midday (MSWP) leaf water potential is affected by decreasing soil water content, were identified. The dependency of crop water status from the climate forcing, occurring under soil water contents higher than the critical threshold was also demonstrated. Moreover, a strong relationship between water stress integral (Smswp) evaluated during the three stages of fruit growth, and the corresponding amount of water applied (irrigation and precipitation) was observed after normalizing the variables. The robust relationship between these two variables (R2 = 0.83) confirmed that the water stress integral represents a good indicator of the plant-water relationship and allows the prediction of the total irrigation depth to be applied to achieve a desired stress level during the fruit growth. Moreover, this relationship depends on the irrigation schedule adopted to regulate the deficit, which includes the irrigation variables, such as irrigation dose and its variability |
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| spelling | ReDivia73292025-04-25T14:48:14Z Irrigation water saving strategies in Citrus orchards: Analysis of the combined effects of timing and severity of soil water deficit Puig-Sirera, Àngela Provenzano, Giuseppe González-Altozano, Pablo Intrigliolo, Diego S. Rallo, Giovanni Deficit irrigation Depletion factor Irrigation dose Water stress integral F06 Irrigation P10 Water resources and management The knowledge of the crop response to soil water deficit is essential to predict the actual crop water requirements under limited soil water conditions. The mathematical schematization of the crop response under RDI can allow identifying the exact irrigation timing. The threshold of soil water status below which crop transpiration decreases represents a key parameter for the water stress functions. The main objective of this paper was to investigate the effects of several RDI treatments, applied during the three stages of fruit growth, on soil-plant-water relations of drip-irrigated mandarin trees. Experiments were carried out in seven irrigation treatments: a control, irrigated at 125% of potential evapotranspiration measured in weighting lysimeters, ETlys, during the whole year, and six RDI treatments in which 25% and 50% of ETlys were applied during each of the three stages of fruit growth. The critical threshold of soil water status expressed in terms of soil water depletion below which predawn (PLWP) and midday (MSWP) leaf water potential is affected by decreasing soil water content, were identified. The dependency of crop water status from the climate forcing, occurring under soil water contents higher than the critical threshold was also demonstrated. Moreover, a strong relationship between water stress integral (Smswp) evaluated during the three stages of fruit growth, and the corresponding amount of water applied (irrigation and precipitation) was observed after normalizing the variables. The robust relationship between these two variables (R2 = 0.83) confirmed that the water stress integral represents a good indicator of the plant-water relationship and allows the prediction of the total irrigation depth to be applied to achieve a desired stress level during the fruit growth. Moreover, this relationship depends on the irrigation schedule adopted to regulate the deficit, which includes the irrigation variables, such as irrigation dose and its variability 2021-05-07T13:22:27Z 2021-05-07T13:22:27Z 2021 article acceptedVersion Puig-Sirera, À., Provenzano, G., González-Altozano, P., Intrigliolo, D. S., & Rallo, G. (2021). Irrigation water saving strategies in Citrus orchards: Analysis of the combined effects of timing and severity of soil water deficit. Agricultural Water Management, 248, 106773. 0378-3774 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/7329 10.1016/j.agwat.2021.106773 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S037837742100038X en The research was carried out in the frame of “Progetto Organizzazioni di Produttori-Illuminati Frutta-Rallo” (University of Pisa, 1048 Ministero delle Politiche Agricole e Forestali-Regione Toscana) and “ATMOSMART-dimostratore tecnologico” (University of Pisa). Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 España http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ openAccess Elsevier electronico |
| spellingShingle | Deficit irrigation Depletion factor Irrigation dose Water stress integral F06 Irrigation P10 Water resources and management Puig-Sirera, Àngela Provenzano, Giuseppe González-Altozano, Pablo Intrigliolo, Diego S. Rallo, Giovanni Irrigation water saving strategies in Citrus orchards: Analysis of the combined effects of timing and severity of soil water deficit |
| title | Irrigation water saving strategies in Citrus orchards: Analysis of the combined effects of timing and severity of soil water deficit |
| title_full | Irrigation water saving strategies in Citrus orchards: Analysis of the combined effects of timing and severity of soil water deficit |
| title_fullStr | Irrigation water saving strategies in Citrus orchards: Analysis of the combined effects of timing and severity of soil water deficit |
| title_full_unstemmed | Irrigation water saving strategies in Citrus orchards: Analysis of the combined effects of timing and severity of soil water deficit |
| title_short | Irrigation water saving strategies in Citrus orchards: Analysis of the combined effects of timing and severity of soil water deficit |
| title_sort | irrigation water saving strategies in citrus orchards analysis of the combined effects of timing and severity of soil water deficit |
| topic | Deficit irrigation Depletion factor Irrigation dose Water stress integral F06 Irrigation P10 Water resources and management |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/7329 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S037837742100038X |
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