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Article

Scheduling Regulated Deficit Irrigation with Leaf Water Potential of Cherry Tomato in Greenhouse and its Effect on Fruit Quality

by
Leontina Lipan
1,†,
Hanán Issa-Issa
1,†,
Alfonso Moriana
2,3,
Noemí Medina Zurita
2,
Alejandro Galindo
2,3,
María José Martín-Palomo
2,3,
Luis Andreu
2,3,
Ángel A. Carbonell-Barrachina
1,
Francisca Hernández
4 and
Mireia Corell
2,3,*
1
Research Group “Food Quality and Safety”, Centro de Investigación e Innovación Agroalimentaria y Agroambiental (CIAGRO-UMH), Miguel Hernández University, Carretera de Beniel, km 3.2, 03312 Orihuela, Spain
2
Departamento de Agronomía, ETSIA, Universidad de Sevilla, Carretera de Utrera, km 1, 41004 Sevilla, Spain
3
Unidad Asociada al CSIC de Uso Sostenible del Suelo y el Agua en la Agricultura (US-IRNAS), Carretera de Utrera, km 1, 41004 Sevilla, Spain
4
Grupo de Investigación en Fruticultura y Técnicas de Producción, Centro de Investigación e Innovación Agroalimentaria y Agroambiental (CIAGRO-UMH), Miguel Hernández University, Carretera de Beniel, km 3.2, 03312 Orihuela, Spain
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
†
These authors contribute equal to work.
Agriculture 2021, 11(7), 669; https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture11070669
Submission received: 31 May 2021 / Revised: 9 July 2021 / Accepted: 12 July 2021 / Published: 15 July 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Future of Irrigation in Agriculture)
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Abstract

The tomato cultivated surface is one of the most important surfaces in the world. This crop needs a sufficient and continuous supply of water during vegetative growth. Therefore, production may be at risk in warm and water-scarce areas. Therefore, the implementation of irrigation alternatives such as regulated deficit irrigation (RDI) is of great importance to reduce the use of water and improve the production of the quality of tomatoes. The objective of this work was to evaluate the deficit irrigation scheduling using plant water status as a tool in deficit irrigation. Experimental design was a randomized design with four replications per treatment. Two irrigation treatments were applied: Control (125% of crop evapotranspiration (ETc)) and Regulated Deficit Irrigation (RDI). This latter treatment considered different threshold values of midday leaf water depending on crop phenological stage. No differences were observed in yield, with RDI treatment being more efficient in the use of irrigation water than the control. Besides, RDI tomatoes presented, in general, greater weight, size, Total soluble solids (TSS), sugars, antioxidant activity, lycopene, β-Carotene, and redder color with more intense tomatoes flavor. Finally, it might be said that RDI strategy helped to reduce 53% of irrigation water and to improve the nutritional, functional, and sensory quality of tomatoes.
Keywords: GC-MS; Solanum lycopersicum; antioxidants; sugars; var. cerasiforme; water stress GC-MS; Solanum lycopersicum; antioxidants; sugars; var. cerasiforme; water stress

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Lipan, L.; Issa-Issa, H.; Moriana, A.; Zurita, N.M.; Galindo, A.; Martín-Palomo, M.J.; Andreu, L.; Carbonell-Barrachina, Á.A.; Hernández, F.; Corell, M. Scheduling Regulated Deficit Irrigation with Leaf Water Potential of Cherry Tomato in Greenhouse and its Effect on Fruit Quality. Agriculture 2021, 11, 669. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture11070669

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Lipan L, Issa-Issa H, Moriana A, Zurita NM, Galindo A, Martín-Palomo MJ, Andreu L, Carbonell-Barrachina ÁA, Hernández F, Corell M. Scheduling Regulated Deficit Irrigation with Leaf Water Potential of Cherry Tomato in Greenhouse and its Effect on Fruit Quality. Agriculture. 2021; 11(7):669. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture11070669

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Lipan, Leontina, Hanán Issa-Issa, Alfonso Moriana, Noemí Medina Zurita, Alejandro Galindo, María José Martín-Palomo, Luis Andreu, Ángel A. Carbonell-Barrachina, Francisca Hernández, and Mireia Corell. 2021. "Scheduling Regulated Deficit Irrigation with Leaf Water Potential of Cherry Tomato in Greenhouse and its Effect on Fruit Quality" Agriculture 11, no. 7: 669. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture11070669

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Lipan, L., Issa-Issa, H., Moriana, A., Zurita, N. M., Galindo, A., Martín-Palomo, M. J., Andreu, L., Carbonell-Barrachina, Á. A., Hernández, F., & Corell, M. (2021). Scheduling Regulated Deficit Irrigation with Leaf Water Potential of Cherry Tomato in Greenhouse and its Effect on Fruit Quality. Agriculture, 11(7), 669. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture11070669

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