INTELLIGENT IRRIGATION IN VEGETABLE CROP (TOMATO): NOVEL APPROACH FOR WATER RESOURCE USE OPTIMIZATION
Dewidar, A., Mohammad, F., Al-Ghobari, H., Sayed-Ahmed, I., Metwally, M. (2015). INTELLIGENT IRRIGATION IN VEGETABLE CROP (TOMATO): NOVEL APPROACH FOR WATER RESOURCE USE OPTIMIZATION. EKB Journal Management System, 6(12), 1455-1466. doi: 10.21608/jssae.2015.43934
A. Dewidar; F. Mohammad; H. Al-Ghobari; I. Sayed-Ahmed; M. Metwally. "INTELLIGENT IRRIGATION IN VEGETABLE CROP (TOMATO): NOVEL APPROACH FOR WATER RESOURCE USE OPTIMIZATION". EKB Journal Management System, 6, 12, 2015, 1455-1466. doi: 10.21608/jssae.2015.43934
Dewidar, A., Mohammad, F., Al-Ghobari, H., Sayed-Ahmed, I., Metwally, M. (2015). 'INTELLIGENT IRRIGATION IN VEGETABLE CROP (TOMATO): NOVEL APPROACH FOR WATER RESOURCE USE OPTIMIZATION', EKB Journal Management System, 6(12), pp. 1455-1466. doi: 10.21608/jssae.2015.43934
Dewidar, A., Mohammad, F., Al-Ghobari, H., Sayed-Ahmed, I., Metwally, M. INTELLIGENT IRRIGATION IN VEGETABLE CROP (TOMATO): NOVEL APPROACH FOR WATER RESOURCE USE OPTIMIZATION. EKB Journal Management System, 2015; 6(12): 1455-1466. doi: 10.21608/jssae.2015.43934

INTELLIGENT IRRIGATION IN VEGETABLE CROP (TOMATO): NOVEL APPROACH FOR WATER RESOURCE USE OPTIMIZATION

Journal of Soil Sciences and Agricultural Engineering
Article 4, Volume 6, Issue 12, December 2015, Page 1455-1466  XML
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/jssae.2015.43934
View on SCiNiTO View on SCiNiTO
Authors
A. Dewidar1; F. Mohammad2; H. Al-Ghobari3; I. Sayed-Ahmed4; M. Metwally4
1Agric. Eng. Res. Inst., (AEnRI). King Saud University.
2Agric. Eng. Res. Inst., (AEnRI).
3King Saud University.
4Agric. Eng. Res. Inst., (AEnRI)
Abstract
Field experiments have been conducted in King Saud University, Riyadh- Saudi Arabia to study the weather-based irrigation controllers (WBICs) affecting agronomical characteristics and water use of irrigated. The assessed WBICs technologies were Weathermatic SL1600 and Hunter pro C controllers under subsurface drip irrigation system. The study investigated the effect of these technologies and its suitability for agricultural applications. The main results in this study can be summarized as the WBICs had significantly affected the tomato yield, water use efficiency and water savings. The WBICs could save irrigation water by 32.4 % and increased water use efficiency  greatly up to 50.8 %, while maintaining competing yield as compared to a time-based irrigation schedules (control). Furthermore, the agronomical characteristics (vegetative growth, fruit quality and fruit yield traits) confirmed the priority of the WBICs when they compared with various time-based irrigation schedules. 
Keywords
subsurface drip irrigation; water use efficiency
Statistics
Article View: 101