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INTEGRATION OF THE REGULATED DEFICIT IRRIGATION STRATEGY IN A SUSTAINABLE ORCHARD MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Article number

889_25

Pages

221 – 226

Language

English

Abstract

Irrigation in arid regions requires special attention to optimize the management of all components of the orchard system in order to increase water use efficiency and reduce environmental impacts (e.g. soil salinization, degradation of ground and surface waters). This six-year study reports the comparison of some orchard practices (soil and irrigation management, plant nutrition) routinely adopted by local farmers (conventional, C) with those interventions having the potential to save water and maximize water use efficiency in a peach orchard and therefore defined as sustainable (S). Due to the relative approach (C versus S) used in this study, classical statistical comparison of results could not be made.
The S system included the application of regulated deficit irrigation (RDI) with specific crop coefficients to calculate the plant water requirement.
The S system on average saved 1450 m³ ha^-1 of water per year without affecting yield or fruit quality.
The concept of economic water productivity (E_WP) is discussed.
We conclude that addressing some practices currently adopted by farmers could increase sustainability of irrigation and enhance (E_WP) in peach tree orchards.

Publication

VI International Symposium on Irrigation of Horticultural Crops

Authors

B. Dichio, G. Montanaro, C. Xiloyannis

Keywords

economic water productivity, yield, irrigation volumes

Full text

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2011.889.25

Online Articles (79)

1. IMPROVEMENT OF WATER USE FOR AGRICULTURE AT CATCHMENT LEVEL UNDER DROUGHT CONDITIONS

B. Itier | N. Brisson

2. IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON IRRIGATED TREE FRUIT PRODUCTION

C.O. Stöckle | J. Marsal | J.M. Villar

3. COMPLYING WITH SOCIETY’S DEMANDS – SOLVING THE EMISSION PROBLEM CAUSED BY IRRIGATION SURPLUS IN GREENHOUSES

E. Beerling | W. Voogt | T. Vermeulen | W. Verkerke | M. Heinen

4. STRATEGY, TACTICS AND HEURISTICS FOR MANAGING SOLUTES IN HORTICULTURAL CROPS

R.J. Stirzaker

5. CROP LOAD AND IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT DURING THE LATTER STAGES OF RIPENING: EFFECTS ON VINE WATER STATUS, FRUIT DEHYDRATION AND FRUIT COMPOSITION OF ‘MERLOT’ GRAPEVINES

M.P. Mendez | L. Sanchez | N. Dokoozlian

6. IS PRE-VERAISON IRRIGATION CUT-OFF MORE CONVENIENT THAN POST-VERAISON WATER STRESS AS A STRATEGY TO IMPROVE GRAPE COMPOSITION IN VITIS VINIFERA ‘TEMPRANILLO’ IN SPAIN?

A. Yeves | D. Pérez | D. Risco | D.S. Intrigliolo | J.R. Castel

7. EFFECTS OF THE IRRIGATION REGIME AND PARTIAL ROOTZONE DRYING IN ‘VERMENTINO’ GRAPEVINES IN SARDINIA, ITALY

L. De Pau | D. Satta | L. Zucca | G. Bandino | M.G. Mameli

8. WATER REQUIREMENT OF VITIS VINIFERA L. ‘SYRAH’ GROWN IN A WARM REGION: CROP COEFFICIENT (KC) ESTIMATIONS

F. Vita Serman | A. Olguín Pringles

9. EFFECTS OF LIGHT INTERCEPTION AND CANOPY ORIENTATION ON GRAPEVINE WATER STATUS AND CANOPY GAS EXCHANGE

D.S. Intrigliolo | A.N. Lakso

10. EFFECTS OF CANOPY EXPOSURE CHANGES ON PLANT WATER STATUS IN GRAPEVINE CULTIVAR ‘SYRAH’

E. Galat Giorgi | J. Perez Peña | J. Prieto

11. DENDROMETRIC MEASUREMENTS IN GRAPEVINE (VITIS VINIFERA L. ‘TEMPRANILLO’ AND ‘CABERNET SAUVIGNON’) UNDER REGULATED DEFICIT IRRIGATION

A. Montoro | R. López Urrea | F. Mañas | P. López Fuster | E. Fereres

12. USE OF THERMAL IMAGERY TO DETECT WATER STRESS DURING BERRY RIPENING IN VITIS VINIFERA L. ‘CABERNET SAUVIGNON’

13. ESTIMATION OF DAILY ACTUAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION OVER A ‘MERLOT’ VINEYARD USING METEOROLOGICAL AND REFLECTANCE DATA

C. Poblete-Echeverría | S. Ortega-Farias

14. ESTIMATION OF WATER REQUIREMENTS OF ‘THOMPSON SEEDLESS’ TRAINED ON AN OVERHEAD TRELLISED SYSTEM USING AN EDDY COVARIANCE METHOD IN THE ACONCAGUA VALLEY, CHILE

15. EFFECT OF SOIL AIR CAPACITY ON WATER RELATIONS AND VEGETATIVE GROWTH OF ‘THOMPSON SEEDLESS’ GRAFTED ON DIFFERENT ROOTSTOCKS: PRELIMINARY RESULTS

R. Ferreyra | G. Selles | M. Pinto | M. Morales | O. Seguel

16. TOWARDS THE SPATIAL PREDICTION MODEL OF VINE WATER STATUS USING ANCILLARY INFORMATION

17. MODELLING THE EFFECTS OF NIÑO AND NIÑA EVENTS ON WATER BALANCE OF GRAPEVINE (‘CABERNET SAUVIGNON’) IN CENTRAL VALLEY OF CHILE

H. Valdés-Gómez | C. Acevedo-Opazo | S. Ortega-Farias | N. Brisson | C. Gary

18. ON THE INTEREST OF INTRODUCING IRRIGATION AND CHANGING PRACTICES TOMORROW IN SOME FRENCH VINEYARD AREAS

N. Brisson | P. Pieri | E. Lebon

19. WATER USE BY DRIP-IRRIGATED EARLY-SEASON PEACH TREES

20. THE DUAL CROP COEFFICIENT APPROACH: TESTING THE SIMDUALKC MODEL WITH PEACH ORCHARD EVAPOTRANSPIRATION EDDY COVARIANCE MEASUREMENTS

21. WATER PRODUCTIVITY OF PEACH FOR PROCESSING IN A SOIL WITH LOW AVAILABLE WATER HOLDING CAPACITY

M. Pascual | J.M. Villar | X. Domingo | J. Rufat

22. SOIL WATER CONTENT VARIATIONS AS WATER STRESS INDICATOR IN PEACH TREES

I. Abrisqueta | J. Vera | J.M. Abrisqueta | M.C. Ruiz-Sánchez | L.M. Tapia

23. POST-HARVEST DEFICIT IRRIGATION DECREASES SUBSEQUENT FRUIT NUMBER IN ‘T204’ PEACH

I. Goodwin | R. Bruce

24. FOUR YEARS OF RDI DURING STAGE-II VERSUS STAGE-III IN PEACHES FOR PROCESSING: YIELD AND QUALITY

X. Domingo | A. Arbonés | J. Rufat | M. Pascual | J.M. Villar

25. INTEGRATION OF THE REGULATED DEFICIT IRRIGATION STRATEGY IN A SUSTAINABLE ORCHARD MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

B. Dichio | G. Montanaro | C. Xiloyannis

26. EVALUATION OF PEACH TREE GROWTH CHARACTERISTICS UNDER DIFFERENT IRRIGATION STRATEGIES BY LIDAR SYSTEM: PRELIMINARY RESULTS

27. VARIATION IN WITHIN-BLOCK ORCHARD CANOPY COVER – IMPLICATIONS FOR CROP WATER REQUIREMENT AND IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT

L. McClymont | I. Goodwin | M.G. O'Connell | D.M. Whitfield

28. LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF DEFICIT IRRIGATION AND SUBSEQUENT RECOVERY OF YOUNG JAPANESE PLUM TREES

D.S. Intrigliolo | J.R. Castel

29. EFFECTS OF IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT AND NITROGEN FERTILIZATION ON THE YIELD AND QUALITY OF ‘GALA’ APPLE

P. Campi | C. García

30. CORRELATION BETWEEN THE CROP WATER STRESS INDEX AND SOIL MOISTURE CONTENT FOR APPLE IN A LOAMY SOIL: A CASE STUDY IN SOUTHERN ROMANIA

CR. Paltineanu | E. Chitu | N. Tanasescu

31. INFLUENCE OF THE GROUNDCOVER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND DRIP IRRIGATION ON BEHAVIOR OF THE ‘GOLDEN SPUR’ APPLE CULTIVAR GRAFTED ON MM₁₀₆ ROOTSTOCK

M. Iancu | I. Isac | F. Stanica | M. Dumitrascu

32. YOUNG APPLE TREES RESPONSE TO WATER STRESS – EARLY RESULTS

M. García Petillo | L. Puppo | P. Morales | R. Hayashi

33. EFFECTS OF REGULATED DEFICIT IRRIGATION ON PEAR TREES CULTIVAR ‘CONFERENCE’ UNDER TEMPERATE ZONE CLIMATE

34. DEFICIT IRRIGATION EFFECTS ON YIELD COMPONENTS OF OLIVE TREES DURING THE ONSET OF FRUIT PRODUCTION

G. Caruso | R. Gucci | H.F. Rapoport

35. IRRIGATION DIFFERENTLY AFFECTS ENDOCARP AND MESOCARP GROWTH DURING OLIVE FRUIT DEVELOPMENT

R. Gucci | G. Caruso | H.F. Rapoport | E.M. Lodolini

36. EFFECTS OF REGULATED DEFICIT IRRIGATION DURING STAGE III OF FRUIT DEVELOPMENT ON YIELD AND OIL QUALITY OF OLIVE TREES (OLEA EUROPAEA L. ‘ARBEQUINA’)

C.M. Puertas | E.R. Trentacoste | J.A. Morábito | J. Perez Peña

37. PLANT AND SOIL WATER STATUS BEHAVIOR UNDER DIFFERENT IRRIGATION STRATEGIES IN CULTIVAR ‘ARBEQUINA’ OLIVE ORCHARD

D. Pacheco | A. Olguín | L. Bueno | F. Vita Serman | F. Capraro

38. EFFECT OF THREE LEVELS OF WATER APPLICATION ON OIL YIELD AND QUALITY FOR AN OLIVE (‘PICUAL’) ORCHARD

F. Flores | S. Ortega-Farias

39. INFLUENCE OF THE SOIL WATER CONTENT AND DISTRIBUTION ON BOTH THE HYDRAULIC AND TRANSPIRATION PERFORMANCE OF ‘MANZANILLA’ OLIVE TREES

40. SUPPLEMENTARY IRRIGATION IN ‘SPRING’ NAVEL ORANGE AND SATSUMA ‘OWARI’ MANDARIN ON TEMPERATE GROWING CONDITIONS

C. Goñi | A. Otero

41. PREDICTION OF WATER STATUS BY MEANS OF AN EMPIRICAL MODEL IN ORANGE BEARING TREES

F. Stagno | A. Giuffrida | F. Intrigliolo | C. Germanà | A. Continella

42. CANOPY TEMPERATURE AS AN INDICATOR OF WATER STATUS IN CITRUS TREES

F. Stagno | A. Giuffrida | F. Intrigliolo

43. RESPONSES OF MATURE ORANGE TREES TO DIFFERENT WATER-STRESS SITUATIONS DURING THE MAXIMUM EVAPOTRANSPIRATIVE DEMAND PERIOD

44. EFFECTS OF ROOT ANATOMY IN SAP FLOW RATE OF AVOCADO TREES

C. Fassio | M. Castro | J. Mamani | R. Heath | M.L. Arpaia

45. ELECTRICAL SIGNAL MEASUREMENTS IN AVOCADO TREES: A POTENTIAL TOOL FOR MONITORING PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES TO SOIL WATER CONTENT?

P.M. Gil | L.A. Gurovich | B. Schaffer | J. Alcayaga | R. Iturriaga

46. INFLUENCE OF ROOTSTOCK ON THE RESPONSE OF ‘HASS’ AVOCADO TREES TO FLOODING STRESS

C. Fassio | P.M. Gil | B. Schaffer | M. Castro

47. DIFFERENT LEVELS OF WATER AND FERTILIZER APPLICATION IN ‘HASS’ AVOCADO TREES DURING FOUR SEASONS IN THE PEUMO VALLEY OF CHILE

E. Holzapfel | J. Jara | N. Valderrama

48. METHODS FOR SELECTION TO DROUGHT TOLERANCE IN POTATOES

C. Reisser Júnior | C.M. Castro | C.A.B. Medeiros | A. da S. Pereira | G.C. Carvalho

49. CARBON ISOTOPE COMPOSITION INDICATES IMPROVED PHOTOSYNTHETIC WATER USE EFFICIENCY OF STRAWBERRY PLANTS UNDER DEFICIT IRRIGATION

O.M. Grant | C.M. James | P.A.A. Dodds | N. Šurbanovski

50. ASSESSMENT OF METHODS TO DETERMINE THE LOSS OF WATER AND NITRATE IN A LETTUCE CROP GROWN IN ORGANIC SOIL

51. APPLICATION OF DEFICIT IRRIGATION TO CONTROLLING GROWTH OF HARDY NURSERY STOCK

O.M. Grant | M.J. Davies | H. Longbottom | R. Harrison-Murray | A. Herrero

52. IMPACT OF SURFACE AND SUBSURFACE DRIP IRRIGATION ON YIELD AND QUALITY OF ‘HONEY DEW’ MELON

A. Antunez | J.P. Martínez | C. Alfaro | M. Alé

53. EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT IRRIGATION REGIMES ON YIELD AND BERRY COMPOSITION OF FIELD GROWN MYRTUS COMMUNIS L. IN NORTH-WESTERN SARDINIA

D. Satta | M.G. Mameli | M. Tedde | M. Satta | L. De Pau

54. EVALUATION OF A CONTROL SYSTEM BASED ON THE IRRIGAS® SENSOR FOR IRRIGATION SCHEDULING OF HYDROPONIC TOMATO IN CEARÁ, BRAZIL

F.R. Miranda | A.L.M. Mesquita | M.V.V. Martins | F.A.S. Aragão | C.M.F. Fernandes

55. LONG-TERM EFFECT OF WATER DEFICIT IRRIGATION ON CHERRY VIGOR AND PRECOCITY

L.N. Podestá | R.C. Vallone | J.A. Morábito | E.E. Sánchez

56. MORPHO-PHYSIOLOGICAL AND YIELD MODIFICATIONS IN TWO POTATO CULTIVARS UNDER DIFFERENT IRRIGATION MANAGEMENTS

S. Casanova | C. García | F. Vilaró | R. Carlesso

57. EFFECT OF SOIL DEPTH ON WATER MANAGEMENT OF ROMAINE LETTUCE (LACTUCA SATIVA L.) CULTIVATED IN A MUCK SOIL

58. OPTIMIZING WATER USE EFFICIENCY ON VIOLET AND WHITE GARLIC TYPES THROUGH REGULATED DEFICIT IRRIGATION

V.M. Lipinski | S. Gaviola

59. EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT ON BIOMASS AND ESSENTIAL OIL PRODUCTION OF THYMUS VULGARIS L., SALVIA OFFICINALIS L. AND ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS L., CULTIVATED IN THE SOUTHERN SARDINIAN CLIMATE (ITALY)

M.G. Mameli | L. Zucca | M. Maxia | G. Manca | M. Satta

60. DETERMINATION OF CROP COEFFICIENTS FOR HORTICULTURAL CROPS IN CUBA THROUGH FIELD EXPERIMENTS AND WATER BALANCE SIMULATION

61. IRRIGATION UNIFORMITY AND ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY OF A CROP

E. López-Mata | J.M. Tarjuelo | J.A. de Juan | R. Ballesteros | A. Domínguez

62. EVALUATION OF DRIP IRRIGATION SYSTEMS FOR BLUEBERRY ORCHARDS IN SOUTH CENTRAL CHILE

J. Jara | E. Holzapfel | A. Quiñónez | M. Soto

63. EVALUATION OF A MICRO-SPRINKLER IRRIGATION SYSTEM AT AN APPLE FARM IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY OF CHILE

E. Holzapfel | J. Jara | G. Martínez

64. DRIP IRRIGATION FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF STRAWBERRY TRANSPLANTS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

O. Daugovish | B. Faber | M. Mochizuki

65. SURFACE IRRIGATION PERFORMANCE IN THE UPPER TUNUYÁN RIVER BASIN MENDOZA, ARGENTINA

C. Schilardi | J.A. Morábito | R.C. Vallone

66. IRRIGATION PERFORMANCE INDICATORS FOR BEST IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT IN AN IRRIGATION DISTRICT

J. Roldán | M. Díaz | M.F. Moreno

67. IRRIGATION CHARACTERIZATION USING PERFORMANCE INDICATORS OF WATER AND ENERGY USE IN IRRIGATION WATER USER’S ASSOCIATIONS – A CASE STUDY IN THE IRRIGATION WATER USER’S ASSOCIATION OF ALBATERA (ALICANTE) SPAIN

A. Ruiz-Canales | J.A. Albert-Jover | M. Mora-Gómez | R. Abadía-Sánchez | C. Rocamora-Osorio

68. IRRIGATION SCHEDULING SYSTEMS BASED ON WATER CONTENT GAUGES FOR CITRUS TREES – SOME DATA OF SEVERAL CASE STUDIES IN THE SOUTHEAST OF SPAIN

A. Ruiz-Canales | A. Melián-Navarro | E. Sacristán-Beltrí | H. Puerto-Molina | J.M. Molina-Martínez

69. SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING OF WATER USE AND VEGETATION COVER TO DERIVE CROP COEFFICIENTS FOR CROPS GROWN IN SUNRAYSIA IRRIGATION REGION OF VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA

70. OXYGATION ENHANCED PINEAPPLE YIELD AND QUALITY

71. IMPROVING SOIL OXYGENATION WITH HYDROGEN PEROXIDE INJECTION INTO HEAVY CLAY LOAM SOIL: EFFECT ON PLANT WATER STATUS, CO₂ ASSIMILATION AND BIOMASS OF AVOCADO TREES

P.M. Gil | R. Ferreyra | C. Barrera | C. Zúñiga | L.A. Gurovich

72. INFLUENCE OF MYCORRHIZAE IN GERANIUM IRRIGATED WITH SALINE WATER: AGRONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSES

A. Navarro | M. Mastrorilli | A. Elia | G. Conversa

73. EFFECT OF MULCHING AND IRRIGATION ON CONTAINER-GROWN PLANT PRODUCTION

G. Amoroso | P. Frangi | R. Piatti | A. Fini

74. ALTERNATIVE NURSERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS: CLOSED-LOOP AND HIGH RETENTION MAT

R. Piatti | P. Frangi | G. Amoroso

75. BIOMASS FORMATION AND NUTRIENT PARTITIONING IN POTTED LONGAN TREES UNDER PARTIAL ROOTZONE DRYING

76. SOIL MOISTURE PROFILES UNDER DIFFERENT CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH IRRIGATION EFFICIENCY OF DRIP IRRIGATION – CASE STUDIES FROM AVOCADO AND MANDARIN, LIMARÍ RIVER VALLEY

A. Osorio | M. Cortés | K. Rypowski | M. Burgos

77. ATMODRIPPER SYSTEM FOR PRECISION PLANT IRRIGATION

A.G. Calbo | W.A. Marouelli

78. A PROTOTYPE OF AUTOMATIC PRESSURE PUMP (TYPE SCHÖLANDER PUMP)

S. Villagrán | C. Correa | R. Radrigán

79. EARLY WATER STRESS ASSESSMENT AND AUTOMATIC IRRIGATION SYSTEM OPERATION BASED ON ELECTRICAL SIGNALING IN FRUIT TREES

L.A. Gurovich | P.A. Oyarce