EFFICIENCY AND WATER CONSUMPTION REDUCTION SIMULATION IN FRESH MARKET TOMATO PRODUCTION USING FURROW IRRIGATION

Authors

  • Murilo Avary de Campos
  • Roberto Testezlaf

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13083/reveng.v17i5.164

Keywords:

Lycopersicon esculentum, perdas de água, eficiência de aplicação, irrigação por superfície

Abstract

Searching to know the current situation of furrow irrigation used by fresh market tomato farmers in the region of Mogi Guaçu, SP, the objective of this work were to evaluate the irrigation performance parameters and to analyze the adopted water management practice with others water schemes simulated with different values of water application efficiency. The irrigation water depth applied was 1,326 mm with a total crop evapotranspiration of 430.7 mm, resulting in water use efficiency (WUE) of 4 kg m-3 and water application efficiency (AE) of 32 %. The simulation of water application efficiency of 60% showed a reduction of water consumption of 27,123 m3. The results demonstrated that the irrigation system technique and the water management adopted by the farmers determined low values of efficiency, causing excess of water consumption when compared with the real needs of the crop.

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Campos, M. A. de, & Testezlaf, R. (2009). EFFICIENCY AND WATER CONSUMPTION REDUCTION SIMULATION IN FRESH MARKET TOMATO PRODUCTION USING FURROW IRRIGATION. Engineering in Agriculture, 17(5), 375–382. https://doi.org/10.13083/reveng.v17i5.164

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Vol. 17 No. 5 (2009)

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