Effect of Different Dripper Discharge, Spacing and Lateral Spacing on Drip Irrigated Green Bean Yield and Quality Parameters

Year 2018, Volume: 32 Issue: 1, 50 - 54, 27.04.2018

İnas Jameel Abdulwahhab Albayati Ramazan Topak

Abstract

Experiments were conducted to assess the effects of different dripper discharges, dripper spacings and lateral spacings on yield and physical quality attributes of drip-irrigated green beans. Three different drip irrigation systems were arranged as: DS1, in which dripper discharge is 2 L h‒1, dripper spacings is 33 cm and lateral spacings is 50 cm (a lateral line for each plant row); DS2, in which dripper discharge is 2 L h‒1, dripper spacings is 33 cm and lateral spacings is 100 cm (a lateral line for two plant rows); DS3, in which dripper discharge is 4 L h‒1, dripper spacings is 50 cm and lateral spacings is 100 cm (a lateral line for two plant rows). In irrigations, wetted area percentage was taken as 75%. Present findings revealed that different drip irrigation treatments did not have significant effects on yield and physical quality attributes of green beans. Therefore, it was concluded that lateral spacing in drip irrigation of greenbeans could be selected as 100 cm (a lateral line for two plant rows). This will bring at least 50% saving in lateral pipe costs of drip irrigation systems.

Keywords

Green bean, Drip irrigation, Emitter flow rate and spacing, Drip line spacing, Yield and quality