scholarly journals Physiological and Biochemical Responses of Orange Trees to Different Deficit Irrigation Regimes

Plants ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 423 ◽  
Author(s):  
Puglisi ◽  
Nicolosi ◽  
Vanella ◽  
Piero ◽  
Stagno ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Deficit Irrigation ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Root Zone ◽  
Irrigation Season ◽  
Regulated Deficit Irrigation ◽  
Resistivity Tomography ◽  
Micro Irrigation ◽  
Response To Water ◽  
Orange Trees ◽  
Physiological And Biochemical

The article presents the results of research consisting of the application of deficit irrigation (DI) criteria, combined with the adoption of micro-irrigation methods, on orange orchards (Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck) in Sicily (Italy) during the irrigation season of 2015. Regulated deficit irrigation (RDI, T3) and partial root-zone drying (PRD, T4) strategies were compared with full irrigation (T1) and sustained deficit irrigation (SDI, T2) treatments in terms of physiological, biochemical, and productive crop response. A geophysical survey (electrical resistivity tomography, ERT) was carried out to identify a link between the percentages of drying soil volume in T4 with leaves abscisic acid (ABA) signal. Results highlight that the orange trees physiological response to water stress conditions did not show particular differences among the different irrigation treatments, not inducing detrimental effects on crop production features. ABA levels in leaves were rather constant in all the treatments, except in T4 during late irrigation season. ERT technique identified that prolonged drying cycles during alternate PRD exposed more roots to severe soil drying, thus increasing leaf ABA accumulation.

Using saline reclaimed water on almond grown in Mediterranean conditions: deficit irrigation strategies and salinity effects

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
pp. 1413-1421 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gaetano Alessandro Vivaldi ◽  
Salvatore Camposeo ◽  
Giuseppe Lopriore ◽  
Cristina Romero-Trigueros ◽  
Francisco Pedrero Salcedo
Keyword(s):  
Tree Growth ◽  
Deficit Irrigation ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Water Productivity ◽  
Maximum Yield ◽  
Control Treatment ◽  
Irrigation Season ◽  
Regulated Deficit Irrigation ◽  
Trunk Diameter ◽  
Almond Trees

Abstract The main objective of this study was to acquire agronomic knowledge about the effects of irrigation with saline reclaimed (RW) and desalinated DESERT (DW) water and different irrigation strategies: control full irrigation (FI) and regulated deficit irrigation (RDI) on leaf nutrients, tree growth and fruit quality and yield of almond trees in pots. Our results showed that RW had the highest concentration of some valuable agronomic nutrients such as N, but also of phytotoxic elements (Na and Cl−). Na leaf concentration on RW treatments reached toxic levels, especially under RDI, and toxicity symptoms were shown. Regarding tree growth, cumulate trunk diameter on RW-RDI was significantly lower than on the control treatment and shoot growth was reduced from the beginning of the irrigation season in RW treatments. Maximum yield was reached on RW-FI, 18% higher than the control treatment. However, RDI strategies influenced negatively on yield, being 23% less in RW and 7% less in DW although water productivity was not significantly reduced by water stress. These findings manifest that the combination of RW and RDI can be a promising future practice for almond irrigation, but long-term studies to establish suitable management practices must be developed.

scholarly journals Regulated deficit irrigation for crop production under drought stress. A review

2015 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiang Chai ◽  
Yantai Gan ◽  
Cai Zhao ◽  
Hui-Lian Xu ◽  
Reagan M. Waskom ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Drought Stress ◽  
Deficit Irrigation ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Regulated Deficit Irrigation

scholarly journals The effects of drought on the expression of TAO1, NCED and EIL1 genes and ABA content in tomato wild-type and flacca mutant

2012 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 297-306 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Milosavljevic ◽  
Ljiljana Prokic ◽  
Milena Marjanovic ◽  
Radmila Stikic ◽  
Aneta Sabovljevic
Keyword(s):  
Deficit Irrigation ◽  
Treatment Duration ◽  
Root Zone ◽  
Full Irrigation ◽  
Aba Signaling ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Regulated Deficit Irrigation ◽  
Similar Expression Pattern ◽  
Effects Of Drought ◽  
Aba Content

The effects of drought (partial root-zone drying-PRD and regulated deficit irrigation-RDI) and full irrigation (FI) on the expression of ABA biosynthetic genes (TAO1 and NCED), EIL1 gene and ABA content in the leaves of tomato wild-type (WT) and flacca mutant were investigated. Results confirmed differences in the expression of the investigated genes under the investigated treatments, during treatment duration as well as between investigated WT and flacca plants. The most significant differences between WT and flacca were found under PRD treatment. The similar expression pattern of all genes in the WT plants could indicate synergistic signaling pathways for ABA and ethylene. In flacca, reduced NCED and significant EIL1 expression might reflect the increase in ethylene production, which could influence the ABA signaling and production that occurred under PRD. Drought also induced an increase in ABA content that is most expressed in flacca under RDI.

scholarly journals Comparative effects of regulated deficit irrigation (RDI) and partial root-zone drying (PRD) on growth and cell wall peroxidase activity in tomato fruits

2008 ◽  
Vol 117 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sladjana Savić ◽  
Radmila Stikić ◽  
Biljana Vucelić Radović ◽  
Biljana Bogičević ◽  
Zorica Jovanović ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Wall ◽  
Peroxidase Activity ◽  
Deficit Irrigation ◽  
Root Zone ◽  
Regulated Deficit Irrigation ◽  
Tomato Fruits

Partial root zone drying exerts different physiological responses on field-grown grapevine (Vitis vinifera cv. Monastrell) in comparison to regulated deficit irrigation

2014 ◽  
Vol 41 (11) ◽  
pp. 1087 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pascual Romero ◽  
Juan Gabriel Pérez-Pérez ◽  
Francisco M. del Amor ◽  
Adrián Martinez-Cutillas ◽  
Ian C. Dodd ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Root Growth ◽  
Water Use ◽  
Deficit Irrigation ◽  
Fruit Set ◽  
Storage Capacity ◽  
Fine Root ◽  
Root Zone ◽  
Biomass Accumulation ◽  
Regulated Deficit Irrigation ◽  
Fine Root Growth

Regulated deficit irrigation (RDI) and partial root zone irrigation (PRI) were compared for 4 years at two irrigation volumes (110 mm year–1 (1) and 78 mm year–1 (2)) in field-grown grafted Monastrell grapevines (Vitis vitifera L.) to distinguish the effects of deficit irrigation from specific PRI effects. PRI-1 and RDI-1 vines received ~30% of the crop evapotranspiration (ETc) from budburst to fruit set, 13–15% from fruit set to veraison and 20% from veraison to harvest. RDI-2 and PRI-2 vines received around 20% of ETc from budburst to fruit set, no irrigation from fruit set to veraison, and recovery (21–24% ETc) thereafter. Compared with RDI-1, PRI-1 increased irrigation depth and total soil water (θv) availability in the root zone, and stimulated greater fine root growth and water uptake. Increased soil volume exploration supported greater canopy water use, vegetative development, biomass accumulation and internal water storage capacity. PRI-1 vines had higher stomatal conductance, lower leaf-level water use efficiency and increased leaf xylem sap concentration ([X-ABA]leaf) following reirrigation. Compared with RDI-2, PRI-2 decreased total θv availability, fine root growth and water uptake, gas exchange, leaf water status, [X-ABA]leaf, biomass accumulation and storage capacity. Xylem ABA decreased with total θv availability in PRI-2, probably from limited sap flow when θv in drying soil was low (≈20%). For this rootstock–scion combination, high irrigation volumes applied to the wet part of the roots (θv > 30%) are critical for increasing root-to-shoot ABA signalling and growth, and improving performance under semiarid conditions.

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