Abstract
Abstract Summer squash ( Cucurbita pepo L. cv. Dixie hybrid) were grown in drainage lysimeters under closely controlled and monitored soil water regimes. Variables included three irrigation treatments, three growing seasons, and two soil types. Marketable fruit yield was greatest and production cost per kilogram of marketable fruit was least when squash was irrigated at 25 kPa of soil water tension. Yields were greatest for the spring season of production and least for the fall season. Regression equations are provided to describe the relationships of water use to plant age and to compute daily evapotranspiration : pan evaporation ratios (crop factors) for squash irrigated at 25, 50, and 75 kPa of soil water tension during the spring, summer, or fall production season.
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Claim · model-written summary
Squash irrigated at 25 kPa soil water tension had the greatest marketable fruit yield.
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- squashe0
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- 25 kPa of soil water tensione0
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- Marketable fruit yielde0
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- greateste0
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e0“Marketable fruit yield was greatest and production cost per kilogram of marketable fruit was least when squash was irrigated at 25 kPa of soil water tension.”
Claim · model-written summary
Irrigation at 25 kPa minimized production cost per kilogram of marketable fruit.
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- squashe0
- Treatment
- 25 kPa of soil water tensione0
- Outcome
- production cost per kilogram of marketable fruite0
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- leaste0
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e0“Marketable fruit yield was greatest and production cost per kilogram of marketable fruit was least when squash was irrigated at 25 kPa of soil water tension.”
Claim · model-written summary
Yield was highest in spring and lowest in fall.
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e0“Yields were greatest for the spring season of production and least for the fall season.”
t0“Effects of Irrigation Regimes on Yield and Water Use of Summer Squash”
Claim · model-written summary
Regression equations describe water use by plant age and crop factors across irrigation tensions and seasons.
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e0“Regression equations are provided to describe the relationships of water use to plant age and to compute daily evapotranspiration : pan evaporation ratios (crop factors) for squash irrigated at 25, 50, and 75 kPa of soil water tension during the spring, summer, or fall production season.”
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