Frequência de fertirrigação potássica no meloeiro e distribuição de k2o com diferentes injetores e idade de utilização do sistema de irrigação.

Abstract

It is fundamental to good management of chemigation, the irrigation system has a good distribution uniformity of irrigation water. An alternative to the use of this technique requires that the irrigation system is endowed with a gun to apply the nutrients in irrigation pipe. The study was conducted in three stages. In the first stage of research, experiment 1 aimed to: compare the uniformity of distribution of potassium in the area by a drip irrigation system, using different types of injectors. In the second step, experiment 2 was to evaluate the uniformity of distribution of potassium in different age of use of the irrigation system. In the third and final stage, Experiment 3, we evaluated the effects of potassium fertigation frequency in variable production of melon yellow Canarian Kobayashi. The experiments were conducted at the site Paraguay Cruz municipality, located in the northern state of Ceará. The experimental design used in the experiment using different types of injectors was completely randomized (CRD) with four treatments, each treatment individually placed in the field, with five repetitions. The treatments were: two injectors Venturi, a centrifugal pump and a tank pressurized. O potassium content contained in the samples was estimated via a flame photometry. In experiment 02 was used the injector Venturi (not-adjustable) for injecting fertilizer and lime has used the same methodology used in the experiment 01 for the estimation of potassium. For the experiment frequency of muskmelon in fertigation potassium, the design was a randomized block design with six treatments and four replications. The treatments corresponding to the frequencies of fertigation potassium were two (2F), four (4F), eight (8F); sixteen (16F); thirty two (32F) and sixty-four (64F) fertigation during the crop cycle being evaluated marketable yield (PC); fruit weight (MF); polar diameters (DP) and equatorial (DE), shell thickness (EC), soluble solids (SS) and firmness (FP). In experiment 1, it was concluded that the type of injector used in fertigation has significant influence on the uniformity of application of potassium through the irrigation system. The largest fertilizer injection times provide greater uniformity of distribution of potassium. In experiment 2, the uniform application of fertilizer was negatively affected after the irrigation system has a year without proper maintenance. The different frequencies of potassium fertigation along cycle yellow melon cultivation significantly affected the fruit weight, commercial yield and soluble solids content, though not exert the same influence for the variables: polar and equatorial diameters, thickness of the shell and and pulp firmness. Net revenue producer was influenced by the different frequencies of potassium fertigation, treatment 64 fertigations maximized net revenue producer.