Irrigation frequency and amount affect yield components of summer squash (Cucurbita pepo L.)

Response of grapevine cv. Syrah to irrigation frequency and water distribution pattern in a clay soil

“…Irrigation is therefore essential in those regions in order to achieve yields that make grape growing profitable and, as a consequence, a vast corpus of research has lately evaluated how it affects yield, grape, and wine quality for different varieties in semi-arid areas either focusing on comparing different amounts of irrigation water and/or water availability levels across the season (Kliewer et al, 1983;Stevens et al, 1995), or on analyzing the effects of water deficit at certain stages of berry development (Poni et al, 1993;Ginestar et al, 1998;Ojeda et al, 2002;Petrie et al, 2004;Salon et al, 2005;Bowen et al, 2011;Intrigliolo and Castel, 2010;Santesteban et al, 2011;Junquera et al, 2012). However, quite surprisingly, other irrigationrelated factors such as irrigation frequency, emitter spacing and flow rate have been scarcely studied, despite a relevant effect has been observed for annual (Goldberg and Shmueli, 1970;Freeman et al, 1976;Segal et al, 2000;Sharmasarkar et al, 2001;Ertek et al, 2004;Sensoy et al, 2007;El-Hendawy et al, 2008) and for other perennial crops such as apple (Levin et al, 1979), olive (Palomo et al, 2002) and almond (Andreu et al, 1997).…”

Effects of irrigation interval and quantity on the yield and quality of confectionary pumpkin grown under field conditions

“…Therefore, we need to supply the right amount of water required by a crop. Furthermore, it is essential to develop a suitable irrigation schedule to get the optimum yield for a particular ecological region, as plant water consumption depends mostly on plant growth, soil, and climatic conditions (Ertek et al, 2004). Al-Omran et al (2005) studied squash using surface drip irrigation (DI) and subsurface drip irrigation (SDI) methods in sandy soils with three clay deposits and found that the fruit yield shows a linear relationship with the increased irrigation level for each season under the same treatment.…”

Climatic Suitability of Growing Summer Squash (Cucurbita pepo L.) as a Medicinal Plant in Iran

“…Summer squash is sensitive to, and may be damaged by, excessive soil water from seed sowing to emergence. On the other hand, summer squash rooting depth is relatively shallow, soil water has to be maintained above 65% of the available soil water capacity in order to avoid detrimental water deficit (Ertek et al, 2004). However as a forgotten plant, measured soil data of its local natural occurrence is quite scare.…”

“…7 and 8). Mapping system 65% of the available soil water capacity in order to avoid detrimental water deficit (Ertek et al, 2004) …”