Net melon performance as affected by the drip irrigation depth and mulching

Horticultura Brasileira

Rodrigo Oc Monteiro²  Rubens D Coelho²  Paulo Ct De Melo¹  Priscylla Ferraz²  Sérgio Wp Chaves²  Fernando H Shirahige¹  Eugênio Beltrame Neto²  Sônia Maria De S Piedade² 

[1] ,USP ESALQ Depto. Engenharia Agrícola

关键词: Cucumis melo;    drip irrigation system;    production;    postharvest;    Cucumis melo;    irrigação localizada;    produção;    pós-colheita;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0102-05362008000400005

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The modern techniques of water supply through irrigation can substantially reduce water waste, which contributes to attend the enlarging water demand. The objective of this work was to study the influence of subsurface drip irrigation and mulching over melon yield and quality characteristics, in a sandy soil (Typic Hapludox). The experimental design was blocks at random, with four replications. Treatments were displayed in a 2 x 3 factorial (with and without mulching x surface and 0.20 and 0.40 depth subsurface drip irrigation). Mulching using double-sided silver/black film increased fruit average mass, plant production, yield, daily growth rate for plant height and crown diameter, fruit distal diameter, and pulp thickness. The subsurface drip irrigation at 0.20 m depth resulted in larger fruit average mass, plant production, and yield than surface and 0.40 m depth drip irrigation.

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