Retenção de água pelo dossel do feijoeiro irrigado por aspersão

Resumo

Knowing the amount of water retained by common bean leaves is important for irrigation and chemigation purposes. This study was carried out in order to estimate the volume of water retained in common bean leaves per unit area (ha), under a center pivot irrigation depth. Pérola common bean cultivar was sown in the summer, autumn and winter crop season at 0.45 m between rows and 15 plants per meter. 10 plants were measured at five phenological stages. The amount of water retained in the bean leaves was obtained by the difference between total plant weight (measured after irrigation) and dry plant weight (measured after drying with air). The total plant leaf area was evaluated for each sampling period using a leaf area meter LICOR, model 3100. Data were submitted to regression analyses. Results indicated that the water retained in bean leaves (V, L ha -1 ) can be estimated using a leaf area index (V=648.12*LAI). The application of average water depth of 8.1 mm allowed 2.5% of average water losses by foliar interception.

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Palavras-chave

Phaseolus vulgaris, Manejo da irrigação, Área foliar, Pivô central, Phaseolus vulgaris, Central pivot, Leaf area, Irrigation management

Citação

ALVES JÚNIOR, José; SILVEIRA, Pedro Marques da; STONE, Luis Fernando; CUNHA, Paulo César Ribeiro. Retenção de água pelo dossel do feijoeiro irrigado por aspersão. Irriga, Botucatu, v. 15, n. 1, p. 90-97, jan./mar. 2010.