Effects of different irrigation regimes on water use and vegetative growth parameters of almond trees

Abstract

The experiment was conducted during the growing season of 2014 and 2015 to evaluatethe water use and vegetative growth parameters of almond trees under different irrigation water levels. The three different irrigation water levels applied based on the ratio of Class A pan evaporation as 50, 75 and 100% were created in the research. As a result of this study, the seasonal evapotranspiration in the treatments during the measurement period varied from 256.45 and 299.72 mm in 2014 and from 325.82 and 396.76 mm in 2015 depending on the irrigation water applied. The measured evapotranspiration increased with increasing amout of water. The effect of the vegetative growth parameters of almond trees was also examined under the different irrigation levels. According to statistical analyses, the different irrigation levels did not affect the almond trees vegetative growth parameters, statistically. © 2017 Namik Kemal University - Agricultural Faculty. All Rights Reserved.