Abstract
Irrigation is the only form to supply water to the plants grown in protected environment and an appropriate irrigation management is essential to the success of the enterprise. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of different irrigation depths on growth and development of two sweet pepper cultivars grown in protected environment. The experiment was conducted in an experimental area of the Engineering Departament of the Universidade Federal de Lavras, Lavras/MG. Pepper (Capsicum annuum L., cv. Konan R and cv. Magali R) was drip irrigated, in a two days interval, with four different depths. Irrigation control was carried out through the small class A tank and the water depths applied were equivalent to: 0.5; 0.75; 1.0 and 1.25 times the crop evapotranspiration (ET). Each irrigation treatment was applied to three plants rows, each one containing 10 plants. Only 8 plants located at the central row of each treatment were used for measurement. The evaluated parameters were: the plant height, stem diameter, plant production, fruit length and diameter. The plant production and plant height of both cultivars was significantly influenced by irrigation. Cultivar Konan R was more productive than the cultivar Magali R, but the fruit length and diameter of cultivar Magali R were higher than cultivar Konan R.
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