Abstract
Improvements in water productivity are of primary importance for maintaining agricultural productivity and sustainability. Water potential-based irrigation management has proven effective for this purpose with many different crops, including strawberries. However, problems related to spatial variability of soil properties and irrigation efficiency were reported when applying this management method to strawberries in soils with rock fragments. In this study, a field-scale experiment was performed to evaluate the impacts of three irrigation management scales and a pulsed water application method on strawberry yield and water productivity. An analytical solution to Richards’ equation was also used to establish critical soil water potentials for this crop and evaluate the effects of the variability in the soil properties. Results showed that spatial variability of soil properties at the experimental site was important but not enough to influence crop response to irrigation practices. The studied properties did not present any spatial structure that could allow establishing specific management zones. A four-fold reduction in the size of the irrigation management zones had no effect on yield and increased the water applications. Pulsed application led to significant yield (22%) and water productivity (36%) increases compared with the standard water application method used by the producer at the experimental site.
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Claims 6
Claim · model-written summary
Pulsed water application increased strawberry yield by 22% compared with the standard water application method.
- Taxon
- strawberry
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Fragaria ×ananassae1 - Treatment
- Pulsed applicatione2
- Outcome
- yielde2
- Direction
- increasese2
- Value
- 22%e2
- Comparator
- standard water application method used by the producere2
- Setting
- the experimental sitee2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
e1“In this study, a field-scale experiment was performed to evaluate the impacts of three irrigation management scales and a pulsed water application method on strawberry yield and water productivity”
e2“Pulsed application led to significant yield (22%) and water productivity (36%) increases compared with the standard water application method used by the producer at the experimental site”
Claim · model-written summary
Pulsed water application increased strawberry water productivity by 36% compared with the standard water application method.
- Taxon
- strawberryFragaria ×ananassae1
- Treatment
- Pulsed applicatione2
- Outcome
- water productivitye2
- Direction
- increasese2
- Value
- 36%e2
- Comparator
- standard water application method used by the producere2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“In this study, a field-scale experiment was performed to evaluate the impacts of three irrigation management scales and a pulsed water application method on strawberry yield and water productivity”
e2“Pulsed application led to significant yield (22%) and water productivity (36%) increases compared with the standard water application method used by the producer at the experimental site”
Claim · model-written summary
A four-fold reduction in the size of irrigation management zones had no effect on strawberry yield.
- Taxon
- strawberryFragaria ×ananassae1
- Treatment
- A four-fold reduction in the size of the irrigation management zonese3
- Outcome
- yielde3
- Direction
- had no effecte3
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“In this study, a field-scale experiment was performed to evaluate the impacts of three irrigation management scales and a pulsed water application method on strawberry yield and water productivity”
e3“A four-fold reduction in the size of the irrigation management zones had no effect on yield and increased the water applications”
Claim · model-written summary
A four-fold reduction in the size of irrigation management zones increased the water applications.
- Taxon
- strawberryFragaria ×ananassae1
- Treatment
- A four-fold reduction in the size of the irrigation management zonese3
- Outcome
- water applicationse3
- Direction
- increasede3
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“In this study, a field-scale experiment was performed to evaluate the impacts of three irrigation management scales and a pulsed water application method on strawberry yield and water productivity”
e3“A four-fold reduction in the size of the irrigation management zones had no effect on yield and increased the water applications”
Claim · model-written summary
Spatial variability of soil properties was not enough to influence strawberry crop response to irrigation practices at the experimental site.
- Taxon
- strawberryFragaria ×ananassae1
- Outcome
- crop response to irrigation practicese4
- Direction
- not enough to influencee4
- Setting
- the experimental sitee4
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“In this study, a field-scale experiment was performed to evaluate the impacts of three irrigation management scales and a pulsed water application method on strawberry yield and water productivity”
e4“Results showed that spatial variability of soil properties at the experimental site was important but not enough to influence crop response to irrigation practices”
Claim · model-written summary
The studied soil properties showed no spatial structure that would allow specific irrigation management zones in strawberry.
- Taxon
- strawberryFragaria ×ananassae1
- Outcome
- spatial structuree5
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“In this study, a field-scale experiment was performed to evaluate the impacts of three irrigation management scales and a pulsed water application method on strawberry yield and water productivity”
e5“The studied properties did not present any spatial structure that could allow establishing specific management zones”
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