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Assessing Effect of Irrigation Frequency on Evaporation and Transpiration in Vineyards Using SIMDualKc Simulation Model with Measured Wet Fraction
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Department of Agricultural and Forestry Engineering, School of Agricultural Engineering, University of Extremadura, Badajoz Campus, N-523, 06007 Badajoz, Spain
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Finca La Orden, Centre for Scientific and Technological Research of Extremadura (CICYTEX), Ctra. A-V, Km 372, 06187 Guadajira, Spain
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Department of Graphic Expression, School of Industrial Engineering, University of Extremadura, Badajoz Campus, Avenida de Elvas s/n, 06006 Badajoz, Spain
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Agronomy 2024, 14(7), 1468; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy14071468 (registering DOI)
Submission received: 30 May 2024
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Revised: 4 July 2024
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Accepted: 5 July 2024
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Published: 6 July 2024
Abstract
Abstract: Irrigation efficiency is important for the environment and the economy. SIMDualKc has been effectively used to calculate evaporation and transpiration separately in vineyards for different irrigation strategies, but not to analyze the impact of irrigation frequency. This study was conducted for the in-field adjustment of the soil wetted fraction (wf) with a time domain reflectometry (TDR) sensor as a function of different irrigation frequency treatments (T03, T07, and T15 with irrigation every 3, 7, and 15 days, respectively). Evaporation and transpiration values were estimated separately with the SIMDualKc model for different irrigation frequencies with the adjusted wf, comparing them with vineyard field measurements and analyzing the effect of different irrigation frequencies on vineyard yield. The wf in T15 was higher than that in T07, which in turn was higher than that in T03. SIMDualKc indicates the most unfavorable treatment to be the T07, with higher evaporation and lower transpiration than T15 and T03, while T15 had higher evaporation and lower transpiration than T03. Although stomatic conductance also indicates the most unfavorable case to be T07, no clear differences were found between T03 and T15. No statistically significant differences were obtained in yield. The results indicate that the differences observed between irrigation frequencies are not reflected in yield but do show up in water use efficiency.
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Esteban-Sanchez, G.; Campillo, C.; Uriarte, D.; Moral, F.J.
Assessing Effect of Irrigation Frequency on Evaporation and Transpiration in Vineyards Using SIMDualKc Simulation Model with Measured Wet Fraction. Agronomy 2024, 14, 1468.
https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy14071468
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Esteban-Sanchez G, Campillo C, Uriarte D, Moral FJ.
Assessing Effect of Irrigation Frequency on Evaporation and Transpiration in Vineyards Using SIMDualKc Simulation Model with Measured Wet Fraction. Agronomy. 2024; 14(7):1468.
https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy14071468
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Esteban-Sanchez, Gonzalo, Carlos Campillo, David Uriarte, and Francisco J. Moral.
2024. "Assessing Effect of Irrigation Frequency on Evaporation and Transpiration in Vineyards Using SIMDualKc Simulation Model with Measured Wet Fraction" Agronomy 14, no. 7: 1468.
https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy14071468
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