Volume 72, Issue 2 pp. 377-389

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Development of the crop coefficient for vertically trained cucumber vines grown in soilless media under naturally ventilated greenhouse conditions

Pooja Goyal,

Pooja Goyal

Department of Soil and Water Engineering, Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), Ludhiana, India

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Rakesh Sharda,

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Rakesh Sharda

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Department of Soil and Water Engineering, Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), Ludhiana, India

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Dr. Rakesh Sharda, Principal Scientist (Plasticulture), Department of Soil and Water Engineering, Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), Ludhiana, India.

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Mukesh Siag,

Mukesh Siag

Department of Soil and Water Engineering, Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), Ludhiana, India

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Nilesh Biwalkar,

Nilesh Biwalkar

Department of Soil and Water Engineering, Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), Ludhiana, India

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Pooja Goyal,

Pooja Goyal

Department of Soil and Water Engineering, Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), Ludhiana, India

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Rakesh Sharda,

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Rakesh Sharda

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Department of Soil and Water Engineering, Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), Ludhiana, India

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Dr. Rakesh Sharda, Principal Scientist (Plasticulture), Department of Soil and Water Engineering, Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), Ludhiana, India.

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Mukesh Siag,

Mukesh Siag

Department of Soil and Water Engineering, Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), Ludhiana, India

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Nilesh Biwalkar,

Nilesh Biwalkar

Department of Soil and Water Engineering, Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), Ludhiana, India

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First published: 27 January 2023

https://doi.org/10.1002/ird.2793

Article title in French: Developpement du coefficient cultural pour les vignes de concombre entrainees verticalement dans des milieux sans sol dans des conditions de serre naturellement ventilees

[Correction added on 10 February 2023, after first online publication: Figures 4 and 5 were published with missing legends. “60 DAT” and “75 DAT” have been added to Figure 4a. “(es-ea)in” and “(es-ea)out” have been added to Figures 5a and b in this updated version of the article.]

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Abstract

In the wake of climate change and water scarcity issues, protected cultivation combined with precise irrigation management allows effective water resource utilization. This research was intended to find the actual crop evapotranspiration (ET_c) of vertically trained cucumber vines in a soilless medium and develop crop coefficients (K_c) under greenhouse conditions. Experiments were performed in three micro-lysimeters (volume 0.015 m³) placed inside a naturally ventilated greenhouse from April to June 2018 (season I) and September to December 2019 (season II) with a planting density of 0.32 m²/plant. The FAO-56 Penman–Monteith equation was used to calculate reference evapotranspiration (ET_o), and lysimeters were used to calculate the actual ET_c. The average actual ET_c of cucumber vines in season II (147.81 mm) was almost half of the ET_c in season I (275.24 mm). The higher ET_c in season I was due to a higher ET_o of 493 mm during season I compared to 150 mm in season II inside the greenhouse. K_c values for season I were 0.3, 0.74, 1.11 and 0.68 compared to 0.3, 0.77, 1.38 and 0.79 in season II during the initial development, mid and end stages of cucumber vines, respectively, under greenhouse conditions.

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Face au changement climatique et aux problèmes de rareté de l'eau, une culture protégée combinée à une gestion précise de l'irrigation permet une utilisation efficace des ressources en eau. La recherche visait à déterminer l'évapotranspiration d'un couvert réelle (ET_c) des vignes de concombre dressées verticalement dans un milieu sans sol et à développer des coefficients culturaux (K_c) en serre. Des expériences ont été réalisées dans trois micro-lysimètres (Volume = 0,015 m3) placés à l'intérieur d'une serre naturellement ventilée entre avril-juin 2018 (saison I) et septembre-décembre 2019 (saison II) avec une densité de plantation de 0,32 m2/plante. L'équation FAO-56 de Penman-Monteith a été utilisée pour calculer l'évapotranspiration de référence (ET_o), et des lysimètres ont été utilisés pour calculer l'évapotranspiration d'un couvert réelle (ET_c). L'ET_c réelle moyenne des vignes de concombre de la saison II (147,81 mm) était près de la moitié de l'ET_c de la saison I (275,24 mm). L'ET_c plus élevé dans la saison I était dû à une ET_o plus élevé de 493 mm pendant la saison I par rapport à 150 mm dans la saison II à l'intérieur de la serre. Les valeurs de K_c pour la saison I ont varié de 0,3, 0,74, 1,11 et 0,68 par rapport aux 0,3, 0,77, 1,38 et 0,79 de la saison II au cours du développement initial, du milieu et de la fin des vignes de concombre, respectivement, dans les environnements de serre.

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Development of the crop coefficient for vertically trained cucumber vines grown in soilless media under naturally ventilated greenhouse conditions

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