Water Use and Leaf Nutrient Status for Terraced Cherimoya Trees in a Subtropical Mediterranean Environment
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
Experimental Area and Drainage Lysimeters
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Crop Coefficients (Kc)
3.2. Irrigation, Fruit Yield, and Water-Use Efficiency
3.3. Leaf Mineral Content of Cherimoya Trees
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Application Rate | N | P2O5 | K2O |
---|---|---|---|
(kg·ha−1) | |||
Conventional inorganic | 190 | 174 | 160 |
Organic manure | |||
3.5 t Poultry | 100 | 124 | 112 |
2.8 t Sheep | 66 | 32 | 35 |
2.5 t Cattle | 30 | 24 | 14 |
Total | 196 | 179 | 161 |
Production System | Irrigation | Fruit | WUE | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yield | FW Z | L | W | |||
(mm) | (kg·tree−1) | (g) | (mm) | (mm) | (kg·ha−1 mm−1) | |
Conventional | 397.0 | 47.1 | 398.8 ± 86 | 86.6 ± 15.5 | 91.6 ± 10.4 | 33.2 |
Organic | 412.4 | 44.1 | 390.5 ± 90 | 84.7 ± 17.1 | 87.2 ± 11.8 | 29.9 |
System | N | P | K | Ca | Mg | Fe | Zn | Mn | Cu | B |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(%) | (kg·mg−1) | |||||||||
Conventional | 3.06a | 0.16a | 1.82a | 0.81a | 0.74a | 185a | 25a | 85a | 16a | 150a |
Organic | 2.98a | 0.14a | 1.75a | 0.93a | 0.78a | 180a | 21b | 97a | 19b | 145a |
Season | ||||||||||
1 | 2.85a | 0.13a | 1.69a | 0.79a | 0.70a | 186a | 23a | 84a | 16a | 156a |
2 | 2.97a | 0.17b | 1.78b | 0.95b | 0.74a | 189a | 24a | 90a | 19a | 158a |
ANOVA | ||||||||||
System | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ** | ns | ** | ns |
Season | ns | ** | ** | ** | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns |
Interaction | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns |
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Durán-Zuazo, V.H.; Franco Tarifa, D.; García-Tejero, I.F.; Gutiérrez Gordillo, S.; Cermeño Sacristan, P.; Pertiñez Roldan, J.J. Water Use and Leaf Nutrient Status for Terraced Cherimoya Trees in a Subtropical Mediterranean Environment. Horticulturae 2019, 5, 46. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae5020046
Durán-Zuazo VH, Franco Tarifa D, García-Tejero IF, Gutiérrez Gordillo S, Cermeño Sacristan P, Pertiñez Roldan JJ. Water Use and Leaf Nutrient Status for Terraced Cherimoya Trees in a Subtropical Mediterranean Environment. Horticulturae. 2019; 5(2):46. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae5020046
Chicago/Turabian StyleDurán-Zuazo, Victor Hugo, Dionisio Franco Tarifa, Iván Francisco García-Tejero, Saray Gutiérrez Gordillo, Pedro Cermeño Sacristan, and Juan José Pertiñez Roldan. 2019. "Water Use and Leaf Nutrient Status for Terraced Cherimoya Trees in a Subtropical Mediterranean Environment" Horticulturae 5, no. 2: 46. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae5020046