Tomato water consumption in the greenhouse according to the number of stems

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  • Jesús del Rosario Ruelas-Islas Faculty of Agriculture of Valle del Fuerte-Autonomous University of Sinaloa. Street 16 s/n, Av. Japaraqui, Juan José Ríos, Ahome, Sinaloa. CP. 81110. Tel. 687 1387525
  • Juan Enrique Rubiños-Panta Hydrosciences-Postgraduate College. Mexico-Texcoco Highway km 36.5, Montecillo, Texcoco, State of Mexico. CP. 56230. Tel. 595 9520200
  • Luis Alberto Peinado-Fuentes Valle del Fuerte Experimental Field-INIFAP. Mexico-Nogales International Highway km 1609, Juan José Ríos, Sinaloa. CP. 81110. Tel. 55 38718700, ext. 81501
  • Cándido Mendoza-Pérez Hydrosciences-Postgraduate College. Mexico-Texcoco Highway km 36.5, Montecillo, Texcoco, State of Mexico. CP. 56230. Tel. 595 9520200
  • Antonio Martínez-Ruiz San Martinito Experimental Field-INIFAP. Mexico-Puebla Federal Highway km 56.5, Santa Rita, Tlahuapan, Puebla. CP. 74100. Tel. 55 38718700
  • Isabel Escobosa-García Institute of Agricultural Sciences-Autonomous University of Baja California. Highway to Delta s/n, ejido Nuevo Leon, Mexicali, Baja California. CP. 21705. Tel. 686 1936913.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29312/remexca.v13i28.3269

Keywords:

crop coefficient, leaf area index, irrigation requirement, protected agriculture

Abstract

The low availability of water observed in the country’s dams and the overexploitation of underground aquifers make it urgent to generate strategies to optimize this resource. One strategy is the optimization of irrigation by calculating water needs for irrigation scheduling. The objective of this study was to analyze the relationship between crop evapotranspiration (ETc) and crop coefficient (Kc) in tomato cultivation as a function of the number of stems, for the supply of irrigation water based on a drainage lysimeter and an atmometer. The work was carried out under controlled conditions using tezontle as a substrate and a drip irrigation system. The experiment consisted of three treatments, one (T1), two (T2) and three (T3) stems per plant. The drainage lysimeter method was used to measure daily crop transpiration (ETc) and an atmometer was used to estimate reference evapotranspiration (ETo). The accumulated transpiration of the crop was 352, 389 and 434 mm for T1, T2 and T3 and a Kc of 1.06, 1.16 and 1.32 for the same treatments, respectively, as well as the irrigation requirement of 1.04, 1.14 and 1.29 L plant-1, both parameters determined in the stage of maximum water and nutrient demand. It is concluded that the daily measurements of transpiration in tomato with the drainage lysimeter allow to reliably calculate the water requirement of crops, in addition, the atmometer is an alternative to estimate the ETo for irrigation scheduling purposes in different crops.

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2022-09-22

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Ruelas-Islas, Jesús del Rosario, Juan Enrique Rubiños-Panta, Luis Alberto Peinado-Fuentes, Cándido Mendoza-Pérez, Antonio Martínez-Ruiz, and Isabel Escobosa-García. 2022. “Tomato Water Consumption in the Greenhouse According to the Number of Stems”. Revista Mexicana De Ciencias Agrícolas 13 (28). México, ME:137-47. https://doi.org/10.29312/remexca.v13i28.3269.

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