Effects of transition from flood irrigation to drip irrigation on leaf nutrient concentrations of apple cv. Starkrimson Delicious

In Turkey, fruit growers have started to shift from flood irrigation to drip irrigation in apple orchards in the recent years. It was thought that such a transition might have adverse effects on nutrition of the plants throughout the transition period. In this study, effects of transition from flood...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published inJournal of plant nutrition Vol. 41; no. 16; pp. 2085 - 2090
Main Authors Uçgun, Kadir, Küçükyumuk, Cenk, Bayav, Alamettin
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Philadelphia Taylor & Francis 02.10.2018
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
apple
Boron
Calcium
Drip irrigation
Flood control
Flood irrigation
Floods
Iron
Irrigation
irrigation method
Leaves
Magnesium
Manganese
Nitrogen
nutrient
Nutrient concentrations
Nutrient uptake
Nutrients
Nutrition
orchard
Orchards
Phosphorus
Potassium
uptake
Zinc
Online AccessGet full text

Cover

More Information
Summary:In Turkey, fruit growers have started to shift from flood irrigation to drip irrigation in apple orchards in the recent years. It was thought that such a transition might have adverse effects on nutrition of the plants throughout the transition period. In this study, effects of transition from flood irrigation to drip irrigation on nutrient uptake of the plants were investigated through leaf analyses for two years. Experiment was conducted in randomized blocks design with three replications and four trees in each replication. Flood irrigation (control) and drip irrigation with two different irrigation intervals (4 and 7 days) were compared. Leaf samples were collected in the middle of the growth period and their nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), potassium (K), calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), iron (Fe), manganese (Mn), zinc (Zn), and boron (B) contents were determined. Present findings revealed that transition from flood irrigation to drip irrigation did not result in any nutritional problems. On the other hand, significant increases were observed in contrary, the uptake of P, Fe, Mn, Zn, and B uptake of the plants.
ISSN:0190-4167
1532-4087
DOI:10.1080/01904167.2018.1485935