Influence of different irrigation management on Rabab-Neyriz pomegranate cultivar in Kazerun city of Fars province

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1 Associate Professor, Agricultural Engineering Research Department, Fars Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization(AREEO), Shiraz, Iran.

2 Assistant Professor, Horticulture Crops Research Department, Fars Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization(AREEO), Shiraz, Iran

3 Economic, Social and Extension Research Department, Fars Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization(AREEO), Shiraz, Iran

Abstract

Although pomegranate is one of the major horticultural products in Iran, little research has been done on its irrigation management. In order to investigate the effect of irrigation management on the yield and productivity of 'Rabab-Neyriz' pomegranate trees, an experiment was conducted in one of the pomegranate orchards of Kazerun city in Fars province. Experimental treatments included irrigation at different amounts of available soil moisture depletion at 35, 50, 65 and 80%. A treatment that was completely irrigated by the orchard owner was also considered as control. The experiment was performed in a randomized complete block design with three replications. Soil moisture was measured in different treatments with gypsum block moisture meter. After the soil moisture reached the desired limits, the required amount of irrigation was applied to bring the soil moisture to the field capacity. The orchard was equipped with drip irrigation system and the amount of irrigation water was measured by calibrated flow meters. The experiment was performed for two years and the amount of water used, the yield and water productivity in different treatments were estimated and evaluated by comparing the average values. By measuring the temperature of plant canopy and other required meteorological parameters, the upper and lower stress baselines were extracted by Idso method. Economic analysis was also performed by estimating cost and revenue. The results showed that with the increase of the total water to 19580 cubic meters per hectare (control), the amount of crop yield also increased to 36 tons per hectare, while at soil moisture depletion of 35%,the total used water was 10511 cubic meter and the yield was 28 tons per hectare.The total water productivity in different treatments varied from 1.82 to 3.08 kg / m3, which decreased with increasing the applied water. Differences in water productivity and yield between the 35 and 50% moisture depletion treatments were not statistically significant. Economically, the best treatment for irrigation was the 35% moisture depletion that according to the previous studies, it can be considered as the beginning of water stress in the pomegranate tree. The lower and upper stress baselines obtained in this study, which has not been reported in previous studies, can be used as a tool to manage the irrigation of pomegranate trees in the study area and other similar regions. Therefore, in general, the best treatment of experiment was irrigation at 35% soil moisture depletion. In low water areas up to 50% soil moisture depletion also brings good results.

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Iranian Journal of Irrigation & Drainage
Volume 14, Issue 6 - Serial Number 84
January and February 2021
Pages 2175-2187

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