Effects of Different Irrigation Programs on Growth, Yield, and Fruit Quality of Drip-Irrigated Melon in Dardanelles (Çanakkale) Troia region

Effects of Different Irrigation Programs on Growth, Yield, and Fruit Quality of Drip-Irrigated Melon in Dardanelles (Çanakkale) Troia region

Tekiner, Murat
Öztokat, Canan
Tas, İsmail

This research was carried out under field conditions to determine the best proper irrigation interval and amount of irrigation water for pineapple type melon. Evaporations from class-A pan were taken into consideration to determine the amounts of irrigation water to be applied. Three different irrigation intervals (I1= 4 days, I2=8 days and I3=12 days) and four different pan coefficients (Kcp1= 0.50, Kcp2= 1.00, Kcp3= 1.50, Kcp4= 2.00) were used to calculate the amounts of irrigation water. Total amounts of irrigation water varied between 168 – 871 mm and yields varied between 14.20-49.04 Mg.ha-1. The highest yield was obtained from the largest irrigation interval with the lowest pan coefficient (I3Kcp1).

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2010-06

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