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Journal of Agricultural Engineering
Year : 2009, Volume : 46, Issue : 1
First page : ( 60) Last page : ( 64)
Print ISSN : 0256-6524. Online ISSN : 0976-2418.

Production Functions for Irrigation Water and Nitrogen Requirements of Early Cauliflower Grown in Greenhouse

Singla Chetan, Ex M-Tech student, Singh K.G., Senior Research Engineer

Department of Soil and Water Engg, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana-141004, India

Abstract

A field study on fertigation of cauliflower (Brassica Oleracea var. botrys Linn.) using drip irrigation system was undertaken with three rates of nitrogen application (100%, 75% and 50%) of recommended dose applied in three splits (50% of dose at planting time, 25% at 30 days after planting and 25% at 60 days after planting) and three levels of irrigation at IW/CPE ratio of 0.5, 0.75 and 1.0 in fan pad cooled greenhouse and naturally ventilated greenhouse respectively. Various prediction models viz. linear, quadratic, square root and three halves governing the relationship between irrigation water, nitrogen fertilizer and the yield of drip irrigated off-season cauliflower were developed. The studies revealed that the maximum yield of 1.2 t/ha and 1.05 t/ha of early cauliflower could be obtained under irrigation schedule based on IW/CPE=0.5 and 100% of recommended nitrogen dose in both the greenhouses. Square root model was the best prediction model for assessing the impact of irrigation water and nitrogen dose on crop yield, with R2 value (0.956) in fan pad cooled greenhouse (RMSE=4.18) and quadratic model with R2 value (0.901) in naturally ventilated greenhouse (RMSE=5.72). The prediction model indicated that cauliflower showed a declining response to the amount of irrigation water having negative regression coefficient. The crop response was positive to nitrogen application in its square root terms indicating its favourable influence on crop yield at higher doses.

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