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Crop water requirement at different growing stages of pineapple production in BRIS soil


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Musa, Mohamed Hanafi and Shahidullah, S. M. and Md. Niazuddin, and Abd. Aziz, Z. and Mohammud, C. H. (2010) Crop water requirement at different growing stages of pineapple production in BRIS soil. International Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment, 8 (2). pp. 914-918. ISSN 1459-0255

Abstract

The BRIS (Beach Ridges Interspersed with Swales) soils are the sandy marine deposits at the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia. The area is less suitable for usual field crops. Pineapple (Ananas comosus) may be introduced in the area for commercial cultivation. An experiment was conducted in the glass house condition of UPM. Pineapple plants were nurtured in the lysimeters, filled with BRIS soil, to assess the water requirements at different growth stages. Highest requirement of irrigation water was found 2.43 mm/day in initial stage (1). Subsequent development stage (2), mid-stage (3) and ripening stage (4) required smaller amount of irrigation water (approximately 1.55 mm/day). The daily average evapotranspiration (ETc) was 0.83 mm/day in Stage 1, followed by 0.73 mm/day in Stage 2. The lowest ETc was found 0.65 mm/day in Stage 3. The estimated crop coefficient (K ) was found maximum 0.51 in initial stage. The Kc values showed a continuous decreasing trend up harvesting time. The second highest Kc value was 0.37 in development stage followed by 0.33 in mid-stage and minimum 0.30 during ripening stage.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Agriculture
Publisher: WFL publisher
Keywords: Beach Ridges Interspersed with Swales, Pineapple, Ananas comosus
Depositing User: Norhazura Hamzah
Date Deposited: 25 Apr 2011 06:50
Last Modified: 21 Oct 2015 00:15
URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/12033
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