Dual Crop Coefficient Approach in Vitis vinifera L. cv. Loureiro
AGRONOMY-BASEL(2021)
Abstract
Vineyard irrigation management in temperate zones requires knowledge of the crop water requirements, especially in the context of climate change. The main objective of this work was to estimate the crop evapotranspiration (ETc) of Vitis vinifera cv. Loureiro for local conditions, applying the dual crop coefficient approach. The study was carried out in a vineyard during two growing seasons (2019-2020). Three irrigation treatments, full irrigation (FI), deficit irrigation (DI), and rainfed (R), were considered. The ETc was estimated using the SIMDualKc model, which performs the soil water balance with the dual Kc approach. This balance was performed by calculating the basal coefficients for the grapevine (K-cb crop) and the active soil ground cover (K-cb gcover), which represent the transpiration component of ETc and the soil evaporation coefficient (K-e). The model was calibrated and validated by comparing the simulated soil water content (SWC) with the soil water content data measured with frequency domain reflectometry (FDR). A suitable adjustment between the simulated and observed SWC was obtained for the 2019 R strategy when the model was calibrated. As for the vine crop, the best fit was obtained for K-cb full ini = 0.33, K-cb full mid = 0.684, and K-cb full end = 0.54. In this sense, the irrigation schedule must adjust these coefficients to local conditions to achieve economically and environmentally sustainable production.
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Key words
active soil ground cover,soil water content,soil evaporation,vine plants
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