Claim · model-written summary
In the 3rd cutting cycle (July-August), the ratio ETec/ET0 was considerably lower than Kc in both years.
- Taxon
- alfalfa
Medicago sativae0 - Outcome
- the ratio ETec/ET0e5
- Direction
- lowere5
- Qualifier
- the 3rd cutting cycle (July-August)e5
- Comparator
- Kce5
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Verbatim
e0“rainfed alfalfa crop”
e5“whilst during the 3rd cutting cycle (July-August) the ratio ETec/ET0 was considerably lower than Kc for both years”
Title
Analysis of rainfed alfalfa evapotranspiration measured by an eddy covariance system
A. Vinci; L. Vergni; F. Todisco; et al. Journal of Agricultural Engineering 2013. doi:10.4081/jae.2013.s2.e157
Other claims from this paper (4)
- Observation Alfalfa evapotranspiration dynamics were consistent with the growth stages and cuttings in 2009 and 2010.
- Association In the 2nd cutting cycle (May-June) of 2009 and 2010, the ratio of ETec to reference evapotranspiration showed good agreement with tabulated crop coefficients.
- Mechanism Water stress during the last cutting cycle probably explains the lower ETec/ET0 ratio of alfalfa.
- Method / resource The energy balance closure test of the eddy covariance measurements gave satisfactory results.