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Revista Brasileira de Recursos Hidricos, volume 29

Effects of applied water depth and soil water storage uniformity on irrigation quality and crop yield

Publication typeJournal Article
Publication date2024-11-11
scimago Q3
wos Q4
SJR0.272
CiteScore1.6
Impact factor0.9
ISSN23180331, 1414381X
Abstract

ABSTRACT The quality of water distribution and the coefficients that express water use efficiency are evaluated from the distribution of the irrigation depth (I). However, a hypothesis has been proposed that it may be more effective to base these analyses on the water depth stored in the soil profile (H), after irrigation. To evaluate this hypothesis, in a very clayey soil, bean was cultivated under irrigation by conventional sprinkling, with four scenarios of water application uniformity. During the crop cycle, irrigations were carried out, scheduled according to a lower limit of soil-water potential. The four scenarios were associated with 64, 144, 192 and 256 experimental points, which were characterized as having excellent (S1), adequate (S2), inadequate (S3) and unacceptable (S4) uniformity, according to obtained values of Christiansen’s uniformity coefficient (CUC) and distribution uniformity coefficient (DUC). At the end of the cycle, harvest was carried out in each grid, obtaining the crop yield. The uniformity of water distribution in the soil negatively impact crop yield only in S4, with an unacceptable water application pattern. The irrigation quality analysis based on values of H is more consistent with the results observed for the crop than the analysis based on the applied water depth.

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