scholarly journals Basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) water needs calculated from the crop coefficient

2017 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 08-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martha Constanza Daza-Torres ◽  
Paulo César Arias-Prado ◽  
Aldemar Reyes-Trujillo ◽  
Norberto Urrutia-Cobo
Keyword(s):  
Soil Moisture ◽  
Crop Coefficient ◽  
Field Capacity ◽  
Dry Mass ◽  
Ocimum Basilicum ◽  
Maturity Stage ◽  
Statistical Regression ◽  
Daily Water ◽  
Valle Del Cauca ◽  
Set Up

The determination of the crop coefficient (Kc) throughout the phenological stages is important for the calculation of water requirements of plants. This study determined the Kc curve for Basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) in Candelaria, Valle del Cauca, and evaluated this Kc in greenhouse conditions. Three drainage lysimeters and a portable meteorological station were used to determine the reference evapotranspiration (ETo), which were set up randomly in an experimental plot. The field capacity (FC) moisture content was determined, and the soil moisture and drainage depth were periodically monitored. Daily water balance calculations were conducted to determine the crop’s water needs (ETc), and the Kc was calculated based on the quotient between ETc and ETo by performing statistical regression analysis. In the second experiment, in a completely randomized bifactorial design, four treatments were established in Cali (Valle). These treatments were amount of water necessary to maintain the soil moisture at FC and amount of water calculated with the Kc (72 % FC), both treatments with and without fertilizers application. The results showed that the Kc values for basil are: growth stage, 0,45 ± 0,02 (25 days after transplant, dat); maturity stage, 0,59 ± 0,02 (26 – 50 dat); and senescence stage, 0,42 ± 0,03 (51 – 71 dat). In greenhouse conditions, dry mass percentage, plant height, soil pH and electrical conductivity were similar for both water regimens. The reduction on water with Kc increased the nitrogen foliar but the water use efficient decreased.

scholarly journals Necesidades hídricas de estevia calculadas con el coeficiente del cultivo

2017 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 509
Author(s):  
Martha Constanza Daza Torres ◽  
Hugo Stiven Meneses Carvajal ◽  
Aldemar Reyes Trujillo ◽  
Norberto Urrutia Cobo
Keyword(s):  
Growth Stage ◽  
Stevia Rebaudiana ◽  
Crop Coefficient ◽  
Field Capacity ◽  
Drainage Water ◽  
Mature Stage ◽  
Crop Evapotranspiration ◽  
Stevia Rebaudiana Bertoni ◽  
Valle Del Cauca ◽  
Monteith Equation

This study aimed to determine the crop coefficient (Kc) curve for stevia (Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni) in Candelaria, Valle del Cauca, Colombia. The experiment was conducted during the first half of 2015. In a plot planted with stevia, were located three drainage lysimeters arranged randomly and a portable weather station to determine climatic variables necessary for calculating an evapotranspiration reference (ETo), using the Penman Monteith equation. Soil eld capacity moisture was determined and regular monitoring of both, soil moisture and drainage water depth were performed. Irrigation was applied using an exhaustion coefficient of 10% to bring it back to field capacity moisture. Statistical analyzes were performed and Kc was calculated from the ratio of crop evapotranspiration (ETc) to ETo, for each plant in phenological phase. With condidence of 95% Kc for stevia were: growth stage (54 days after transplantation, ddt) 0.86 ± 0.12, mature stage (55-72 ddt) 1.24 ± 0.10 and senescence stage (72-96 ddt) 0.85 ± 0.14. Water consumption of Stevia rebaudiana B., was 4753 m3/ha during its growing cycle of 96 days after transplantation. 

scholarly journals Inoculation with mycorrhizal fungi on the growth and tolerance to water deficit of coffee plants

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (11) ◽  
pp. 747-752 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel D. Moreira ◽  
André C. França ◽  
Wellington W. Rocha ◽  
Evandro S. R. Tibães ◽  
Eudes Neiva Júnior
Keyword(s):  
Soil Moisture ◽  
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi ◽  
Mycorrhizal Fungi ◽  
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal ◽  
Field Capacity ◽  
Dry Mass ◽  
Mycorrhizal Colonization ◽  
Coffee Plants ◽  
Moisture Conditions ◽  
Water Contents

ABSTRACT Water stress can be alleviated in plants inoculated with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi compared to that experienced by those without mycorrhizae. The objective of this study was to evaluate the growth of coffee plants colonized by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi under different soil moisture conditions. Seeds of the coffee cultivar Catuaí Vermelho IAC 99 and three fungal inoculants (Rhizophagus clarus, Claroideoglomus etunicatum and Dentiscutata heterogama) were used in this study. The soil moisture contents tested were 40, 60, 80, and 100% of field capacity. Seedlings in the matchstick stage were inoculated with mycorrhizae, and then later planted in plastic pots when they developed four to five pairs of definitive leaves. Both the extent of mycorrhizal colonization and increases in leaf area were related to soil moisture content in a quadratic manner for plants inoculated with all three mycorhizzal fungi (R. clarus, C. etunicatum, and D. heterogama), as well as for non-inoculated ones. The highest value of colonization of coffee by mycorrhizae was 39%, which occurred in association with R. clarus at 71% of field capacity. The leaf areas of plants inoculated with fungi increased more than those of non-inoculated plants, regardless of the type of inoculum used. Plants inoculated with D. heterogama at 100% field capacity produced 21% more root dry mass than non-inoculated plants did. Inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and higher soil moisture increased the growth of coffee seedlings. The plants inoculated with R. clarus, C. etunicatum, and D. heterogama were tolerant to moderate water deficits (i.e. lower soil water contents). Mycorrhizal colonization was highest for plants in soils with moisture levels close to 75% of field capacity.

scholarly journals FITOMASSA E ACUMULO DE MACRONUTRIENTES EM CANA-DE-AÇÚCAR SOB COMPACTAÇÃO E UMIDADE DO SOLO

Irriga ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 605
Author(s):  
Otavio Bagiotto Rossato ◽  
Carlos Alexandre Costa Crusciol ◽  
Jorge Martinelli Martello
Keyword(s):  
Soil Moisture ◽  
Soil Compaction ◽  
Dry Matter ◽  
Block Design ◽  
Field Capacity ◽  
Dry Mass ◽  
Dry Matter Production ◽  
Shoot Biomass ◽  
Saccharum Spp ◽  
Matter Production

FITOMASSA E ACUMULO DE MACRONUTRIENTES EM CANA-DE-AÇÚCAR SOB COMPACTAÇÃO E UMIDADE DO SOLO  OTAVIO BAGIOTTO ROSSATO1; JORGE MARTINELLI MARTELLO2; CARLOS ALEXANDRE COSTA CRUSCIOL3  1Professor do Instituto Federal Catarinense, CEP 89700-000, Concórdia, SC, Brasil.E-mail: [email protected] em Agronomia – Energia na Agricultura, Faculdade de Ciências Agronômicas, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), CEP 18610-307, 237, Botucatu, SP, Brasil.E-mail: [email protected] do Departamento de Produção e Melhoramento Vegetal, Faculdade de Ciências Agronômicas, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), CEP 18610-307, 237, Botucatu, SP, Brasil. E-mail: [email protected]  1 RESUMO O experimento foi realizado em tubos de PVC, em casa de vegetação, usando um delineamento de blocos ao acaso, com quatro repetições, com tratamentos arranjados em esquema fatorial (4x3x2), equivalente a quatro variedades, 3 níveis de compactação do solo na camada de 0,20 a 0,30 m (1,35; 1,45 e 1,55 Mg m-3) e 2 teores de água no solo (70% e 90% da capacidade de campo). Aos 72 dias após emergência da plantas foram avaliadas a massa seca de raízes e parte aérea e os teores de N, P, K, Ca, Mg, S acumulados na parte aérea da cana-de-açúcar. O maior nível de umidade no solo propiciou aumento na produção de matéria seca de raiz e da parte aérea além de maior acúmulo de N, P, K, Ca, Mg e S na parte aérea da cana-de-açúcar, independentemente da variedade e nível de compactação. Além disso, na variedade RB72454 obteve-se maior produção de matéria seca da parte aérea e maior acúmulo de N, P, K, Ca, Mg e S que as demais variedades quando sob maior disponibilidade de água no solo. O maior nível de compactação do solo promoveu redução na produção de matéria seca da parte aérea e no acúmulo de N, P, K, Ca e Mg na parte aérea da cana-de-açúcar, independentemente da variedade utilizada. Em solos com menor disponibilidade de água (70%CC), o maior nível de compactação do solo (1,55 Mg m-3) promoveu redução na produção de biomassa da parte aérea e no acúmulo de N, P, K, Ca e Mg.  Palavras-Chaves: Saccharum spp, teor de água no solo, densidade, matéria seca, raiz, nutrientes, parte aérea.  ROSSATO, O. B.; MARTELLO, J. M.; CRUSCIOL, C. A. C.DRY MATTER PRODUCTION AND MACRONUTRIENT ACCUMULATION IN SUGARCANE GROWN UNDER LEVELS OF COMPACTION AND SOIL MOISTURE      2 ABSTRACT The experiment was conducted in PVC tubes, in a greenhouse, using a randomized block design with four replications, in a factorial arrangement (4x3x2) equivalent to four varieties, three levels of soil compaction in the layer 0.20 to 0.30 m (1.35, 1.45 and 1.55 Mg m-3) and two soil moisture contents (70% and 90% of field capacity). 72 days after the plants emergence the dry mass of roots and shoots and N, P, K, Ca, Mg, S contents accumulated in shoots of sugarcane were assessed. The results show that the higher moisture level in the soil led to increases in dry matter production of shoots and roots besides higher accumulation of N, P, K, Ca, Mg and S in sugarcane shoots regardless of the variety and level of compaction. In addition, variety RB72454 provided greater shoots with dry matter and higher accumulation of N, P, K, Ca, Mg and S on shoots than in other varieties under greater availability of water in the soil. The highest level of soil compaction promoted reduction in shoot dry matter production and accumulation of N, P, K, Ca and Mg on shoots of sugarcane regardless of the variety used. On soils with lower water availability (70% of field capacity), the highest level of soil compaction (1.55 Mg m-3) promoted a reduction on shoot biomass production and accumulation of N, P, K, Ca and Mg. Keywords: Saccharum spp, soil water content, density, dry matter, root, nutrients, shoot.

scholarly journals A study of basal crop coefficient for wheat under humid regime from heat unit accumulations

MAUSAM ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 411-414
Author(s):  
A. CHOWDHURY ◽  
H.P. DAS ◽  
D. G. GHUMARE
Keyword(s):  
Soil Moisture ◽  
Crop Coefficient ◽  
Northeast India ◽  
Maturity Stage ◽  
Independent Data ◽  
Heat Unit ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Physiological Maturity ◽  
Humid Region ◽  
Very High

A methodology has been presented to compute basal crop coefficient from soil moisture and heat unit accumulations, for wheat in the humid region of northeast India. In developing the method data from 1976-77 to 1981-82 crop seasons for the Sonalika variety of wheat from germination to maturity have been used and tested on independent data set for 1982-83 and 1985-86 crop seasons.   Milk stage to physiological maturity stage is found to use maximum fraction of heat unit totals. The largest value of basal crop coefficient is about I 5 occurring during milk stage of the crop growth. Very high correlation is noticed between the actual ET and those computed from the model.

scholarly journals Effects of potassium application and soil moisture on the growth of Corymbia citriodora plants

CERNE ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 645-651 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ariadne Felício Lopo de Sá ◽  
Sérgio Valiengo Valeri ◽  
Mara Cristina Pessoa da Cruz ◽  
José Carlos Barbosa ◽  
Gustavo Machado Rezende ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Soil Moisture ◽  
Soil Moisture Content ◽  
Growth Parameters ◽  
Chlorophyll Concentration ◽  
Field Capacity ◽  
Dry Mass ◽  
One Pot ◽  
High Soil Moisture ◽  
Leaf Dry Mass ◽  
Corymbia Citriodora

The objective of this work was to evaluate the effects of potassium and soil moisture levels on the growth of Corymbia citriodora plants. Four doses of potassium were applied (0, 40, 80 and 120 mg.dm-3) and three soil moisture levels were established(50-80%, 65-80% and 80% of maximum soil field capacity). The experiment was a 4x3 factorial arrangement of treatments within a randomized complete design with six replications for each treatment and one pot with two plants for each plot. At 90 days after planting, the plant growth parameters: survival rate, height, stem diameter, leaf area, relative chlorophyll concentration, leaf dry mass, stem and branches dry mass, root dry mass, total dry mass and leaf macronutrient contents were measured. High soil moisture content is necessary for Corymbia citriodora seedlings at nursery stage. Effects of the K doses were not observed in plants, even when they were cultivated in a soil with a low content of this nutrient.

Effect of Limited Irrigation and Nitrogen on Ecological Index and Water Use of Arabica Coffee

2013 ◽  
Vol 807-809 ◽  
pp. 746-749
Author(s):  
Xiao Gang Liu ◽  
Yuan Zhong ◽  
Xin Le Wang ◽  
Qi Liang Yang
Keyword(s):  
Soil Moisture ◽  
Moisture Content ◽  
Water Use ◽  
Deficit Irrigation ◽  
Soil Moisture Content ◽  
Field Capacity ◽  
Dry Mass ◽  
Arabica Coffee ◽  
Use Efficiency ◽  
Mass Accumulation

The objective of this study was to explore the water and nitrogen coupling use efficiency and optimal control of water and nitrogen environment, Pot experiment was conducted in intelligent greenhouse, and the interactive impact of water and nitrogen on ecological characteristics and water use of arabica coffee was investigated. Using four irrigation levels, i.e. sufficient irrigation (SI, soil moisture content was 75%~85% of soil field capacity), light deficit irrigation (DI1, soil moisture content was 65%~75% of soil field capacity), medium deficit irrigation (DI2, soil moisture content was 55%~65% of soil field capacity) and serious deficit irrigation (DI3, soil moisture content was 45%~55% of soil field capacity), and four fertilizer levels of N, i.e. high nitrogen (NH), medium nitrogen (NM ), low nitrogen (NL), non-nitrogen (NN). The results showed that increase of irrigation or N rate was helpful to improve the ecological and morphological index of arabica coffee (plant height, basal stem, leaf area and shoot length). Compared to the NN treatment, N application could increase dry mass accumulation and water use efficiency (WUE) by 10.88%~37.49% and 24.73%~33.01% respectively. Compared to the DI3 treatment, increase of irrigation could increase dry mass accumulation and WUE by 82.54%~163.27% and 34.40%~39.66% respectively. Low nitrogen combined sufficient irrigation treatment could promote morphological characteristics of arabica coffee seedling and ensure higher dry mass accumulation and WUE simultaneously.

Soil Moisture Deficits in South-Central Sweden

1989 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 109-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lotta Andersson
Keyword(s):  
Soil Moisture ◽  
Field Capacity ◽  
Interannual Variations ◽  
Neutron Probe ◽  
South Central ◽  
Normal Ranges ◽  
Moisture Fluxes ◽  
In The Beginning ◽  
Probe Measurements ◽  
Different Parts

Some commonly used assumptions about climatically induced soil moisture fluxes within years and between different parts of a region were challenged with the help of a conceptual soil moisture model. The model was optimised against neutron probe measurements from forest and grassland sites. Five 10 yrs and one 105 yrs long climatic records, from the province of Östergötland, situated in south-central Sweden, were used as driving variables. It was concluded that some of the tested assumptions should not be taken for granted. Among these were the beliefs that interannual variations of soil moisture contents can be neglected in the beginning of the hydrological year and that soils usually are filled up to field capacity after the autumn recharge. The calculated climatic induced dryness was estimated to be rather insensitive to the choice of climatic stations within the region. Monthly ranges of soil moisture deficits (1883-1987) were shown to be skewed and it is therefore recommended to use medians and standard deviations in statistical analyses of “normal” ranges of soil moisture deficits.

scholarly journals Tolerance of Basil Genotypes to Salinity

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 283 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renata V. Menezes ◽  
André D. Azevedo Neto ◽  
Hans R. Gheyi ◽  
Alide M. W. Cova ◽  
Hewsley H. B. Silva
Keyword(s):  
Salinity Tolerance ◽  
Dry Matter ◽  
Membrane Integrity ◽  
Dry Mass ◽  
Ocimum Basilicum ◽  
Medicinal Species ◽  
Relative Water ◽  
Salinity Levels ◽  
Number Of Leaves ◽  
Inorganic Solutes

Basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) is a medicinal species of Lamiaceae family, popularly known for its multiple benefits and high levels of volatile compounds. The species is considered to be one of the most essential oil producing plants. Also cultivated in Brazil as a condiment plant in home gardens. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of salinity on the growth of basil in nutrient solution of Furlani and to identify variables related to the salinity tolerance in this species. The first assay was performed with variation of five saline levels (0 - control, 20, 40, 60 and 80 mM NaCl). In the second assay six genotypes were evaluated in two salinity levels 0 and 80 mM NaCl. The height, stem diameter, number of leaves, dry mass and inorganic solutes in different organs, photosynthetic pigments, absolute membrane integrity and relative water content were evaluated. All biometric variables in basil were significantly reduced by salinity. Dry matter yield and percentage of membrane integrity were the variables that best discriminated the characteristics of salinity tolerance among the studied basil genotypes. Basil genotypes showed a differentiated tolerance among the genotypes, the ‘Toscano folha de alface’ being considered as the most tolerant and ‘Gennaro de menta’ as the most sensitive, among the species studied.

Water-Fertilizer Coupling Effects and Efficient Utilization under Peanut-Millet Interplanting Conditions

2013 ◽  
Vol 742 ◽  
pp. 272-277
Author(s):  
Liang Shan Feng ◽  
Zhan Xiang Sun ◽  
Jia Ming Zheng
Keyword(s):  
Soil Moisture ◽  
Moisture Content ◽  
Soil Moisture Content ◽  
Coupling Effect ◽  
Field Capacity ◽  
Nitrogen And Phosphorus ◽  
Application Rates ◽  
Optimal Value ◽  
Factor Interactions ◽  
Nitrogen Phosphorus

In this study, the results showed that water is the most important factor to affect crop yields and optimum soil moisture is lower under the conditions of peanut-and-millet interplanting. Thus, peanut-and-millet interplanting is generally able to fit most of the semi-arid region. In the interaction of various factors, the coupling effect of water and phosphorus was stronger than the coupling effect of fertilizers, following by the coupling effect of water and nitrogen. Among peanuts factors of water, nitrogen, and multi-factorial interaction of water, nitrogen, and phosphorus, water and nitrogen showed a negative effect, whereas the two-factor interactions had a positive effect. There were some differences between peanut and millet in the need for water and fertilizer, in which peanut required more nitrogen and millet needed slightly higher soil moisture and phosphorus. When other factors were in rich level, both of the optimal value for single factors of water, nitrogen, and phosphorus and the optimal value for two-factor interactions of water-nitrogen, water-phosphorus, and nitrogen-phosphorus, were higher than the optimal value for the interaction of water, nitrogen, and phosphorus. The tiny demand difference on moisture in peanut-millet interplanting could be compromised by configuring a reasonable interplanting population structure and the corresponding demand difference on fertilizer could be resolved by uneven crop planting strips. Under the condition of water-nitrogen-phosphorus interaction, the soil moisture content optimal for peanut accounted for 57.3% of the field capacity, and the related appropriate application rates of nitrogen and phosphorus were 0.98 g/pot (81.18 kg/hm2) and 0.39g/pot (32.18 kg/hm2), respectively. Likewise, the soil moisture content optimal for millet was 59.1% of the field capacity, and the counterpart appropriate application rates of nitrogen and phosphorus were 0.57 g/pot (47.03 kg/hm2) and 0.45g / pot (37.13 kg/hm2), respectively.

scholarly journals Growth and physiological response of two biomass sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) genotypes bred for different environments, to contrasting levels of soil moisture

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorenzo Barbanti ◽  
Ahmad Sher ◽  
Giuseppe Di Girolamo ◽  
Elio Cirillo ◽  
Muhammad Ansar
Keyword(s):  
Soil Moisture ◽  
Stomatal Conductance ◽  
Water Potential ◽  
Water Content ◽  
Aboveground Biomass ◽  
Relative Water Content ◽  
Physiological Response ◽  
Field Capacity ◽  
Biomass Sorghum ◽  
Relative Water

A better understanding of plant mechanisms in response to drought is a strong premise to achieving high yields while saving unnecessary water. This is especially true in the case of biomass crops for non-food uses (energy, fibre and forage), grown with limited water supply. In this frame, we investigated growth and physiological response of two genotypes of biomass sorghum (<em>Sorghum bicolor</em> (L.) Moench) to contrasting levels of soil moisture in a pot experiment carried out in a greenhouse. Two water regimes (high and low water, corresponding to 70% and 30% field capacity) were applied to JS-2002 and Trudan-8 sorghum genotypes, respectively bred for dry sub-tropical and mild temperate conditions. Two harvests were carried out at 73 and 105 days after seeding. Physiological traits (transpiration, photosynthesis and stomatal conductance) were assessed in four dates during growth. Leaf water potential, its components and relative water content were determined at the two harvests. Low watering curbed plant height and aboveground biomass to a similar extent (ca. 􀀀70%) in both genotypes. JS-2002 exhibited a higher proportion of belowground to aboveground biomass, <em>i.e</em>., a morphology better suited to withstand drought. Despite this, JS-2002 was more affected by low water in terms of physiology: during the growing season, the average ratio in transpiration, photosynthesis and stomatal conductance between droughty and well watered plants was, respectively, 0.82, 0.80 and 0.79 in JS-2002; 1.05, 1.08 and 1.03 in Trudan-8. Hence Trudan-8 evidenced a ca. 20% advantage in the three traits. In addition, Trudan-8 could better exploit abundant moisture (70% field capacity), increasing aboveground biomass and water use efficiency. In both genotypes, drought led to very low levels of leaf water potential and relative water content, still supporting photosynthesis. Hence, both morphological and physiological characteristics of sorghum were involved in plant adaptation to drought, in accordance with previous results. Conversely, the common assumption that genotypes best performing under wet conditions are less suited to face drought was contradicted by the results of the two genotypes in our experiment. This discloses a potential to be further exploited in programmes of biomass utilization for various end uses, although further evidence at greenhouse and field level is needed to corroborate this finding.

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