Abstract
Part of a series on ET-based irrigation scheduling for agriculture, this article identifies typical Kc values for some of the crops commonly grown in Florida. Originally published January 2010 with minor update February 2013. This revision with Sandra M. Guzman, and Haimanote K. Bayabil
References
Allen, R.G., L.S. Pereira, D. Raes, and M. Smith. 1998. Crop evapotranspiration - Guidelines for computing crop water requirements. FAO Irrigation and drainage paper 56. http://www.fao.org/docrep/X0490E/x0490e00.htm . Accessed July 22, 2009.
de Azevedo, P.V., B.B. da Silva, and V.P.R. da Silva. 2003. Water requirements of irrigated mango orchards in northeast Brazil. Agricultural Water Management 58(33): 241-254. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0378-3774(02)00083-5
Dukes, M.D., L. Zotarelli, G.D. Liu, and E. H. Simonne. 2012. "Principles and Practices of Irrigation Management for Vegetables." In The Vegetable Production Guide for Florida. SP170. Gainesville: University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/cv/cv10700.pdf.
Fares, A. 2008. Water Management Software to Estimate Crop Irrigation Requirements or Consumptive Use Permitting In Hawaii. Department of land and natural resources, Honolulu, HI. http://treephys.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/15/9/611 Accessed December 2, 2009.
Goenaga, R. and H. Irizarry. 2000. Yield and quality of banana irrigated from fractions of class A pan evaporation on an oxisol. Agron. J. 92:1008-1012. https://doi.org/10.2134/agronj2000.9251008x
Kisekka, I., K.W. Migliaccio, M.D. Dukes, B. Schaffer, J.H. Crane, and K. Morgan. 2009. Evapotranspiration-Based Irrigation for Agriculture: Sources of Evapotranspiration Data for Irrigation Scheduling in Florida. AE455. Gainesville: University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ae455. https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-ae455-2010
Kisekka, I., K.W. Migliaccio, M.D. Dukes, B. Schaffer, and J.H. Crane. 2009. Evapotranspiration-Based Irrigation Scheduling for Agriculture. AE457. Gainesville: University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ae457. https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-ae457-2010
Menzel, C.M,. J.H. Oosthuizen, D.J. Roe, V.J. Doogan, 1995.Water deficits at anthesis reduce CO2 assimilation and yield of lychee (Litchi chinensis Sonn.) tree. J. Tree Physiol. 15: 611-617. https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/15.9.611
Morgan, K.T., J.M.S. Scholberg, T.A. Obreza, and T.A. Wheaton. 2006. Size Biomass, and Nitrogen Relationships with Sweet Orange Tree Growth. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 131(1):149-156. https://doi.org/10.21273/JASHS.131.1.149