IRRIGATION AND MULCHING MANAGEMENT FOR SWEET PEPPER CROP IN PROTECTED ENVIRONMENT
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.15809/irriga.2004v9n3p217-224Abstract
IRRIGATION AND MULCHING MANAGEMENT FOR SWEET PEPPER CROP IN PROTECTED ENVIRONMENT
Antonio Evaldo Klar1; Sidnei Osmar Jadoski2
1Rural Engineering Department, Agronomic Science College,Paulista State University , Botucatu-SP (Brazil), klar@fca.unesp.br
2Agricultural and Veterinarian Sciences Center, Guarapuava – PR.
1 ABSTRACT
This study was developed over the 1999-2000 agricultural years at the Rural Engineering Department of School of Agronomical Sciences, UNESP, Botucatu, SP, under protected environment. The objective was to evaluate the influence of irrigation and black polyethylene mulch management on the water use and fruit production of sweet pepper crop (Capsicum annuum L., Elisa Hybrid) 230 days after seedling transplant (DAST). The study was divided into two experiments: 1) application of the irrigation at -50 and -1500 kPa minimum soil water potentials with and without mulching on the soil, from 29 to 168 DAST. A randomized experimental design was used with six replications; and 2) severe water deficit in the soil through irrigation suspension and mulching removal (169 to 230 DAST). Drip fertigation was used and soil water was monitored by tensiometers and neutron probe. It was verified that: - the severe drought stress caused leaf senescence and abscission and significantly affected the production and quality of sweet pepper fruits and the Water Use Efficiency (WUE); - the fruit yield and number were higher in the treatments with mulching, therefore polyethylene mulching showed to be an efficient technique to reduce irrigation number and water volume applied. This efficiency was reduced with soil water content decreases based on fruit yield. Pepper plants showed good osmotic adjustment and, consequently, tolerance to water stress.
KEYWORDS: drought stress, polyethylene mulching, soil water potential
KLAR, A. E.; JADOSKI, S. O. IRRIGAÇÃO E COBERTURA MORTA EM PLANTAS DE PIMENTÃO EM AMBIENTE PROTEGIDO
2 RESUMO
O trabalho foi desenvolvido no ano agrícola 1999-2000, em casa de vegetação, no Departamento de Engenharia Rural da Faculdade de Ciências Agronômicas - UNESP, campus de Botucatu, SP. O objetivo foi estudar o efeito de diferentes manejos da água de irrigação e de cobertura de polietileno preto na superfície do solo sobre o consumo de água e produção de frutos da cultura do pimentão (Capsicum annuum L, híbrido Elisa), por um período de 230 dias após o transplante das mudas (DAT). O trabalho foi composto por dois experimentos: I) aplicação dos manejos da irrigação a 50 kPa e 1500 kPa, com e sem a presença de cobertura de polietileno preto sobre a superfície do solo, para o período de 29 a 168 DAT. O delineamento experimental foi inteiramente casualizado com seis repetições, e II) aplicação de deficiência hídrica severa no solo, através da suspensão das irrigações e retirada da cobertura de polietileno do solo, no período de 169 a 230 DAT. Concluiu-se que a deficiência hídrica afeta a qualidade e a produção dos frutos do pimentão. A utilização de cobertura de polietileno sobre o solo é técnica eficiente para reduzir a necessidade de irrigações e o volume de água a ser aplicado aos cultivos e sua eficiência é reduzida na medida em que diminui o conteúdo de água do solo. Houve significativa influencia no ajuste osmótico pela aplicação dos estresses hídricos nos tratamentos em que o potencial mínimo de água no solo atingiu 1500 kPa.
UNITERMOS: deficiência hídrica, potencial de água do solo, polietileno preto
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