Irrigation depths in sugarcane crop with drip irrigation system
Author(s) -
Maria Helena,
Xavier Peiter Marcia,
Dias Robaina Adroaldo,
Alberto Rodr iacute guez Padr Richard,
Urbanetto Nogueira Cicero,
Vinícius Loregian Marcos
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
african journal of agricultural research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1991-637X
DOI - 10.5897/ajar2016.11048
Subject(s) - irrigation , drip irrigation , cane , agronomy , randomized block design , crop , evapotranspiration , saccharum , deficit irrigation , yield (engineering) , mathematics , environmental science , biology , irrigation management , sugar , ecology , biochemistry , materials science , metallurgy
This study aims to evaluate the growth and development of sugarcane under different supplemental irrigation depths. Irrigation treatments were 0.30, 0.60, 0.90 and 1.2 rate of crop evapotranspiration (ETc) and the control (no irrigation). The experimental design was a randomized complete block with six replications. The highest yield was ratoon cane with 190 t ha-1 in the treatment 0.6 of ETc. The difference between the highest and lowest yield were 11 and 7% in plant cane and ratoon cane, respectively. The rate of maximum technical efficiency of yield was 0.78 of ETc. Irrigation water productivity and water productivity was obtained in 35.8 to 146.0 kg m-3 and 18.0 to 70.9 kg m-3, respectively. The total mass and the dry mass showed increase of 20 and 25% in ratoon cane, respectively. The plant height showed no difference between treatments. The highest: number of tillers, leaf area and number of green leaves was treatment 1.2 of ETc. The deficit and excess moisture affect plant development, plant height, leaf area, stem diameter, number of tillers per meter, full mass and dry mass, affects the yield of sugarcane. Key words: Saccharum, drip irrigation, water deficit, strategies for efficient irrigation, sugarcane.
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