Irrigation with saline water on pineapple grown in the semi-arid of bahia state
Irrigação com água salina na cultura do abacaxizeiro no semiárido baiano
Biosci. j. (Online); 35 (6), 2019
Publication year: 2019
We aimed to evaluate the effects of different irrigation depths with saline water on growth, yield, water-use efficiency, and fruit quality of ‘Pérola’ pineapple plant grown in the semi-arid of Bahia state.
The experiment was carried out in a randomized block design with five treatments which represented the irrigation depths:
100% of crop evapotranspiration (ETc) with irrigation water of 0.75 dS m-1 in electrical conductivity (ECiw); and 50, 75,100, and 125% of ETc with water of 3.6 dS m-1 in ECiw. Pineapples were grown under field conditions watered by drip irrigation in which pressure compensating emitters had 8 L h-1 flow rate. We observed that the irrigation depth 100% of ETc with water of 0.75 and 3.6 dS m-1 in ECiwprovides higher pineapple yields under the semi-arid conditions of this study, and the chemical quality of the fruits are up to commercial standards, except when applying 125% of ETc with water of 3.6 dS m-1 in ECiw.
Objetivou-se avaliar o uso de diferentes lâminas de irrigação com água salina nas características de crescimento, produtividade, eficiência de uso da água e qualidade do abacaxizeiro ‘Perola’ no semiárido baiano.