Effect of irrigation on the production of white potatoes

MacGillivray, John H.

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“…This quantity includes about 10 em of water applied early in the season for germination. MacGillivary (5), working at Davis, Calif., found a similar water requirement of 75.0 to 87.5 em.…”

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Potato Irrigation Requirements in a Hot Climate Using Sprinkler and Drip Methods¹

Shalhevet¹,

Shimshi²,

Meir

1983

Agronomy Journal

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Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is a heat‐ and drought‐sensitive crop, which in hot climates usually requires large water applications for optimum production. Irrigation water in Israel is both limiting in quantity and high in price; thus it is critical to know the water requirement of the crop, as well as how to improve irrigation efficiency. Field experiments were conducted in the Negev (arid) region of Israel on a Typic Camborthid soil to determine the water production functions of potatoes (‘Desiree’) under drip and sprinkler irrigation. Irrigation treatments were based on Class A pan evaporation. The linear production functions relating total yield in metric ton ha−1 to seasonal water application depth (W) in cm were, for sprinkler irrigation: Y = ‐23.5+1.19W, and for drip irrigation: Y = −12.8+1.14W. Similar total maximum yields were obtained with about 8 % less water with the drip as with the sprinkler method (not statistically significant). A single production function for both methods described the yield of marketable tubers: Y = −40.0+1.28W. These functions apply in the relative water application range (water applied over Class A pan evaporation) of 0.3 to 1.0, at which point the function reaches a plateau. Yield was reduced by 12% as soil water potential in the 0 to 0.6 m depth increment changed from −20 to −29 J kg−1 for sprinkler irrigation. Under drip irrigation the soil could dry to −40 J kg−1 without yield reduction, as long as the water supply was adequate. This was explained by the higher root concentration under drip than under sprinkler irrigation.

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“…This quantity includes about 10 em of water applied early in the season for germination. MacGillivary (5), working at Davis, Calif., found a similar water requirement of 75.0 to 87.5 em.…”

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“…Singh (11) reviewed some of the literature prior to 1968, and concluded that "the soil moisture should never be allowed to drop below 50% of available range of moisture." Studies in California (5), Maine (2), North Carolina (1 0), Texas (1 ), Wisconsin (3), and Australia (7) also showed the high sensitivity of the crop to water stress.…”

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Potato Irrigation Requirements in a Hot Climate Using Sprinkler and Drip Methods¹

Shalhevet¹,

Shimshi²,

Meir

1983

Agronomy Journal

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“…The amount of water applied by irrigation based on soil water monitoring with tensiometers, when corrected for the area utilized by the plant (2.00 × 0.35 m), was 246 mm, thus very similar to that observed by some authors for the muskmelon crop. Some examples are the studies of MacGillivray (1951), working with water depths in Davis, California, United States, in which the highest yields were obtained with water depths ranging from 152 to 254 mm per cycle of the muskmelon; in the Curu Valley in Pentecoste, CE, Brazil, Barros et al (2002) observed maximum yield of yellow melon (AF-682) with a water depth of 222 mm; and in an argissolo vermelho-amarelo in the municipality of Mossoró, RN, Brazil, thus in the same region where this experiment was conducted, Medeiros et al (2007) applied a standard water depth of 270 mm for a Cantaloupe melon crop, with a very similar distribution for the same phenological periods.…”

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Water Balance Components in Covered and Uncovered Soil Growing Irrigated Muskmelon

Libardi

Mota

Júnior

et al. 2015

Rev. Bras. Ciênc. Solo

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“…"Knowledge of the seed crop physiological response to water management has recently been described by Hutmacher et al (1990) and Steiner et al (1990). MacGillivray and Clemente (1949) used the root-toseed method [carrots grown to maturity from root transplants (stecklings)] and concluded that when winter rains were sufficient to fill a 1.8 m loam soil profile to field capacity, additional irrigation water of about 200 to 300 mm was adequate for carrot seed production. There was no effect of irrigation depth on seed size and germination percentage.…”

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Irrigation of seed carrots on a sandy loam soil

et al. 1991

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Little research has been reported which quantifies the response of a carrot (Daucus carrota L. var sativa DC.) seed crop to water management. While the area of seed production of this crop in the United States is less than 3 000 ha, the return ranges from US $2 000 to $10 000 ha-1. Because of the need to mature and dry the seed on the plant, carrot seed is generally grown in areas with negligible summer rain and thus depends on irrigation to supply the crop water requirement. A study was conducted to determine the effect of irrigation water management on seed production and crop water use of carrots grown by the root-to-seed method. Two carrot types (Nantes and Imperator) were evaluated in 9 irrigation treatments over a three year study period. Irrigation treatments which replaced a percentage of the calculated crop evapotranspiration on either a daily basis or when a soil water depletion reached 30 mm were used. A trickle irrigation system with the laterals placed on the carrot bed was used to apply a uniform and accurate amount of water. There was a marked difference in the crop response to the water management of the two carrot types used. The Nantes type exhibited a positive response to moderate water deficits in terms of improved pure live seed (PLS) yield while the Imperator achieved its maximum yield when it was not stressed. Higher irrigation applications in the Nantes type resulted in reduced yields while the Imperator was not affected after its non-stress water requirement was met. Soil water data indicated that the most active zone of extraction of water was to a depth of 1.5 m in the soil profile. As the depth of applied water approached the crop water requirement, the depth of extraction was reduced. Increasing the frequency of irrigation also tended to reduce the depth of extraction of soil water. A total crop water use of approximately 550 to 620 mm was needed to achieve the best PLS yield which is roughly equal to potential evapotranspiration in the San Joaquin Valley, during the time that the crop water use was calculated. In such a climate, the irrigation interOffprint requests to: J. E. Ayars val should not exceed 3 to 5 days depending on the time of year.

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Effect of irrigation on the production of white potatoes

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Potato Irrigation Requirements in a Hot Climate Using Sprinkler and Drip Methods¹

Potato Irrigation Requirements in a Hot Climate Using Sprinkler and Drip Methods¹

Water Balance Components in Covered and Uncovered Soil Growing Irrigated Muskmelon

Irrigation of seed carrots on a sandy loam soil

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Effect of irrigation on the production of white potatoes

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Potato Irrigation Requirements in a Hot Climate Using Sprinkler and Drip Methods1

Potato Irrigation Requirements in a Hot Climate Using Sprinkler and Drip Methods1

Water Balance Components in Covered and Uncovered Soil Growing Irrigated Muskmelon

Irrigation of seed carrots on a sandy loam soil

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Potato Irrigation Requirements in a Hot Climate Using Sprinkler and Drip Methods¹

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