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Evapotranspiration for plastic-mulched production system for gradually cooling and warming seasons: measurements and modeling

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Crop evapotranspiration (ETc) and crop coefficient (K c) for drip-irrigated bell pepper grown on plastic-mulched beds for climatically different growing seasons were quantified using drainage lysimeters located in the Southwest Florida. We tested whether: (1) the literature K c (with climatic adjustment) yields accurate ETc estimates; (2) K c values are applicable across the growing seasons that are climatically different; and (3) a thermal-based generic model can be developed to accurately predict K c for gradually cooling (fall) and warming (spring) seasons. Spring ETc (229 mm) was statistically (p = 0.03) higher than fall (189 mm). Seasonal K c values were also statistically different, and average fall value (0.86) was 20 % higher than spring (0.72), confirming K c’s seasonality. The K c values for the fall were statistically higher than FAO-56 K c’s which underestimated ETc by 22 %. Use of fall K c overestimated spring ETc by 24 %, while it was 12 % underestimation for the opposite. These errors were 16–69 % of rainfall and 26–46 % of farm-scale surface flows highlighting the need for accurate ETc predictions. The seasonal differences in K c could be accurately predicted with a generic growing degree days (GDD) model (r 2 = 0.95). The results not only provide an improved ETc estimate for plastic-mulched pepper in the study area, but also for other regions using the GDD-based model that utilize readily available temperature data. The GDD model can be further improved using additional data in future.

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Shukla, S., Shrestha, N.K. Evapotranspiration for plastic-mulched production system for gradually cooling and warming seasons: measurements and modeling. Irrig Sci 33, 387–397 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00271-015-0473-5

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