Alternatives for increasing irrigation water use efficiency

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Irrigation is the largest consumer of available water resources and the project will act on one of the main bottlenecks of this higher water consumption through irrigation, which is the management of water that enters the producers' plots and maintains a high water demand. The objective goal is to provide alternatives for increasing the water use efficiency of banana, papaya and pineapple fruit. The alternatives to be explored are the use of plant density increase for the banana tree; the use of transpiration reduction using conjugate deficit irrigation methodologies (partial root system drying and irrigation deficit regulation); and reduction of evaporation and percolation with the use of biodegradable synthetic film (both) as soil cover and a deterrent to percolation and use of antiperspirants in the leaves.

Status: Completed Start date: Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2019 Conclusion date: Sun Jan 31 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2021

Head Unit: Embrapa Cassava & Fruits

Project leader: Eugênio Ferreira Coelho

Contact: eugenio.coelho@embrapa.br

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