Water Use for Drip-Irrigated Watermelon with Plastic Mulch in Florida
The drainage lysimeter for watermelon experiment
PDF-2014

Keywords

AE508

Categories

How to Cite

Shukla, Sanjay, Niroj K. Shrestha, Thomas A. Obreza, and Brian J. Boman. 2014. “Water Use for Drip-Irrigated Watermelon With Plastic Mulch in Florida: AE508/AE508, 8/2014”. EDIS 2014 (6). Gainesville, FL. https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-ae508-2014.

Abstract

Watermelon is an important crop in Florida and accounts for a significant part of its agricultural water use. Watermelon is grown in open fields and on raised plastic-mulched beds, with the latter being the predominant production system in Florida. Accurate water use estimates for this crop are needed to develop better water allocation and management plans as well as for irrigation management. This publication summarizes the results from a crop water-use study for the drip-irrigated watermelon in south Florida. This 3-page fact sheet was written by Sanjay Shukla, Niroj K. Shrestha, Thomas A. Obreza, and Brian J. Boman, and published by the UF Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, August 2014.

https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-ae508-2014
PDF-2014

References

Allen, R.G., Pereira, L.S., Raes, D., Smith, M., 1998. Crop evapotranspiration. Guidelines for computing crop water requirements. FAO Irrigation and Drainage paper 56. Rome, Italy. Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nations.

Shukla, S., Shrestha, N. K., Jaber, F. H., Srivastava, S., Obreza, T. A., Boman, B. J. 2014. Evapotranspiration and crop coefficient for watermelon grown under plastic mulched conditions in sub-tropical Florida. Agricultural Water Management 132: 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2013.09.019

Shukla, S., S. Srivastava, and J. D. Hardin. 2006. Design, construction, and installation of large drainage lysimeters for water quantity and quality studies. Applied Engineering in Agriculture 22(4): 529-540. https://doi.org/10.13031/2013.21221

License