Location: Florida
Single and basal crop coefficients for estimation of water use of tree and vine woody crops with consideration of fraction of ground cover, height, and training system for Mediterranean and warm temperate fruit and leaf crops
This paper reviews the research on the FAO56 single and basal crop coefficients of fruit trees and vines performed over the past twenty-five years and focus on Mediterranean and warm temperate trees and vines. Two companion papers (López-Urrea et al., (2023) Single and basal crop coefficients for estimation of water use of tree and vine woody crops with consideration of fraction of ground cover, height, and training system for temperate climate fruit crops. Irrig Sci (submitted); Paredes et al.
Water savings, nutrient leaching, and fruit yield in a young avocado orchard as affected by irrigation and nutrient management'
This project was designed to determine the effect of fertilizer rate and irrigation scheduling on water use, nutrient leaching, and fruit yield of young avocado trees (Persea americana Mill. cv. Simmonds). Seven nutrient and irrigation management practices were evaluated: (1) irrigation based on crop evapotranspiration (ET) with 50% fertilizer at a standard rate (FSR); (2) ET irrigation with FSR (typical for avocado production in the area); (3) ET irrigation with 200% FSR; (4) irrigation based on
An irrigation schedule testing model for optimization of the Smartirrigation avocado app
A series of mobile irrigation apps have been developed on the basis that irrigation schedules can be estimated using an average of the previous five days of crop evapotranspiration (ETc). The application of this average ETc methodology for developing an irrigation schedule has not been fully evaluated for the suite of apps, including the avocado app. Thus, an irrigation testing model was developed and is presented here that simulates irrigation depths based on the Smartirrigation avocado app operation