Estimating the water requirements of high yielding and young apple orchards in the winter rainfall areas of South Africa using a dual source evapotranspiration model
Agricultural Water Management(2018)
Abstract
•Canopy size rather than crop load was the main driver of water use in apple orchards.•The Shuttleworth & Wallace model predicted the water use of young and mature orchards.•Model simulations were more reliable in mature than in young orchards.
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Key words
Canopy cover,Orchard floor evaporation,Transpiration,Water use model
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