Effect of Irrigation and Mulch on the Yield and Water Use of Strawberry
Table 11
Irrigation frequency, seasonal water use, and water productivity for Burirhat, Rangpur.
Treatments
Year 1
Year 2
Average water productivity for both years (kg/m3)
Number of irrigation (number)
Seasonal total water use (mm)
Water productivity (kg/m3)
Number of irrigation (number)
Seasonal total water use (mm)
Water productivity (kg/m3)
M1I1
25
514.80
1.86
21
450.12
2.61
2.24
M1I2
12
365.90
2.16
11
279.27
3.49
2.83
M1I3
9
305.08
2.18
7
250.99
2.79
2.49
M2I1
25
553.10
1.33
21
489.80
2.15
1.74
M2I2
12
394.20
1.96
11
315.75
2.94
2.45
M2I3
9
317.30
1.87
7
262.54
3.28
2.58
M1 = black polythene mulch; M2 = rice straw mulch; I1 = irrigation up to field capacity at 5 days interval after plant establishment (PE); I2 = irrigation up to field capacity at 10 days interval after PE; I3 = irrigation up to field capacity at 15 days interval after PE.
