scholarly journals Determination of a long-term optimal irrigation strategy for dry beans in Parana State, Brazil

1997 ◽  
Vol 54 (spe) ◽  
pp. 155-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.T. de Faria ◽  
M.V. Folegatti ◽  
J.A. Frizzone ◽  
A.M. Saad
Keyword(s):  
Management Strategy ◽  
Irrigation Management ◽  
Growth Conditions ◽  
Threshold Values ◽  
Dry Beans ◽  
Irrigation Strategy ◽  
Product Price ◽  
Net Return

The economical benefits of different irrigation strategies were assessed by long term simulation (20 years) for dry beans in Paraná, Brazil. The model BEANGRO was used to simulate crop yield and irrigation requirements assuming eight levels of irrigation threshold (20 to 90% of the remaining soil available water in steps of 10%), in addition to a level considering no irrigation. Net return was the objective function to select the optimum irrigation management strategy, assuming fixed and stochastic distributions of historical product price. The results showed that yield was significantly increased by irrigation despite a high variability for all the simulation strategies, due to variations on growth conditions over the years. Although the net return was highly variable, it was positive in 75% of the years for all strategies with threshold values higher than 30%. The strategy of irrigating the crop before the soil reaches 60% AW provided the maximum economical benefits. The high profit using this improved strategy justifies the practice of irrigation for beans in Paraná.

scholarly journals Irrigation management strategies for reducing verticillium wilt severity in eggplants

2020 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-13
Author(s):  
Ricardo Nunes Cabral ◽  
Waldir Aparecido Marouelli ◽  
Adalberto C. Café-Filho
Keyword(s):  
Verticillium Wilt ◽  
Water Availability ◽  
Management Strategy ◽  
Irrigation Management ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Dry Mass ◽  
Infested Soil ◽  
Irrigation Strategy ◽  
Available Soil Moisture ◽  
The Relationship

ABSTRACT Verticillium wilt in eggplants is a root disease of difficult control. In this study, we report the relationship between soil water availability and the disease intensity in order to identify management strategies that are unfavourable to the pathogen and capable of reducing the disease progression and the damage caused by it. Four irrigation management strategies were compared in soil infested or not infested with Verticillium dahliae, which consisted of: irrigating when the available soil moisture was maintained at 90% (WA90%), 55% (WA55%) and 20% (WA20%) during the entire growing cycle, and kept at 20% in the vegetative stage, and at 90% in the production stage (WA20-90%). Experimental design was in randomized blocks, including eight treatments in factorial arrangement (4x2) and three replicates. The management strategy WA20-90% led to a significant reduction in the disease severity and in the extent of xylem colonization by the pathogen. The dry mass of plants in infested soil was 12% lower than that of control treatments and was higher with the irrigation strategy WA90% than with WA55% or WA20%. The strategy WA20-90% was efficient in reducing the disease with no significant reduction in dry mass.

scholarly journals Water deficit on the growth and yield of irrigated soybean in the Brazilian Cerrado region

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (11) ◽  
pp. 750-757
Author(s):  
Elvis da S. Alves ◽  
Lineu N. Rodrigues ◽  
Rubens A. de Oliveira ◽  
Douglas R. Lorena
Keyword(s):  
Water Use ◽  
Deficit Irrigation ◽  
Management Strategy ◽  
Irrigation Management ◽  
Water Withdrawal ◽  
Growth And Yield ◽  
Brazilian Cerrado ◽  
Water Restriction ◽  
Irrigation Strategy ◽  
Available Water

ABSTRACT The increase in disputes over water use in the Brazilian Cerrado has demanded improvements in irrigation management and increase in water use productivity. In this context, deficit irrigation is an interesting management strategy, as it enables water savings without significant losses of yield. The present study aimed to evaluate the phenology and yield of a soybean cultivar subjected to different soil moisture contents. The experimental design used was randomized blocks with five treatments and four replicates. In each treatment, an irrigation strategy was applied based on the available water in the soil (AW). The T1 treatment was performed by applying from 80 to 100% AW; in T2 treatment, the allowed variation was from 60 to 80% AW; in T3 treatment, it was from 40 to 60% AW; in T4, from 20 to 40% AW; and in T5, from 0 to 20% AW. It was verified that, in winter and summer, even without the need to reduce water withdrawal, it is recommended to apply from 60 to 80% of the available water in the soil for soybean crop, without decreasing yield. In situations of water restriction, it is possible to have yield of around 55 and 70% in winter and summer, respectively, for the condition from 20 to 40% of the available water in the soil.

Preparation And elemental analysis of ancient fibers

1987 ◽  
Vol 45 ◽  
pp. 410-411
Author(s):  
Allen Angel ◽  
Kathryn A. Jakes
Keyword(s):  
Cross Sections ◽  
Physical Structure ◽  
Energy Dispersive ◽  
Archaeological Sites ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Long Term Storage ◽  
Backscattered Electron ◽  
Electron Imaging

Fabrics recovered from archaeological sites often are so badly degraded that fiber identification based on physical morphology is difficult. Although diagenetic changes may be viewed as destructive to factors necessary for the discernment of fiber information, changes occurring during any stage of a fiber's lifetime leave a record within the fiber's chemical and physical structure. These alterations may offer valuable clues to understanding the conditions of the fiber's growth, fiber preparation and fabric processing technology and conditions of burial or long term storage (1).Energy dispersive spectrometry has been reported to be suitable for determination of mordant treatment on historic fibers (2,3) and has been used to characterize metal wrapping of combination yarns (4,5). In this study, a technique is developed which provides fractured cross sections of fibers for x-ray analysis and elemental mapping. In addition, backscattered electron imaging (BSI) and energy dispersive x-ray microanalysis (EDS) are utilized to correlate elements to their distribution in fibers.

Improvement Of Curvilinear Diagrams Of Concrete Deformation

2019 ◽  
pp. 99-104
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Peak Load ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Concrete Structures ◽  
Deformation Model ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Structures ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Deformation Diagrams

Problems when calculating reinforced concrete structures based on the concrete deformation under compression diagram, which is presented both in Russian and foreign regulatory documents on the design of concrete and reinforced concrete structures are considered. The correctness of their compliance for all classes of concrete remains very approximate, especially a significant difference occurs when using Euronorm due to the different shape and sizes of the samples. At present, there are no methodical recommendations for determining the ultimate relative deformations of concrete under axial compression and the construction of curvilinear deformation diagrams, which leads to limited experimental data and, as a result, does not make it possible to enter more detailed ultimate strain values into domestic standards. The results of experimental studies to determine the ultimate relative deformations of concrete under compression for different classes of concrete, which allowed to make analytical dependences for the evaluation of the ultimate relative deformations and description of curvilinear deformation diagrams, are presented. The article discusses various options for using the deformation model to assess the stress-strain state of the structure, it is concluded that it is necessary to use not only the finite values of the ultimate deformations, but also their intermediate values. This requires reliable diagrams "s–e” for all classes of concrete. The difficulties of measuring deformations in concrete subjected to peak load, corresponding to the prismatic strength, as well as main cracks that appeared under conditions of long-term step loading are highlighted. Variants of more accurate measurements are proposed. Development and implementation of the new standard GOST "Concretes. Methods for determination of complete diagrams" on the basis of the developed method for obtaining complete diagrams of concrete deformation under compression for the evaluation of ultimate deformability of concrete under compression are necessary.

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