-season cultivars, Elliott and Aurora, which usually ripen from late July to late August ( Strik et al., 2014 ). Each cultivar was exposed to water deficits at stage I, II, or III to identify the most critical periods for irrigation and to determine whether there
for SDI (0.22 and 0.31). Water savings were obtained using the deficit irrigation strategies: 35% in DI and 44% in SDI. Table 1. Total water applied in 2010, 2011 and 2012 cropping seasons and olive and oil yield for each irrigation treatment: control
intense irrigation could discourage deep rooting into the soil. A second hypothesis is that infrequent irrigations and/or deficit irrigations stimulate rapid root extension to reach layers deep in the soil that might contain stored water. Although deficit
., 2000 ), and drought stress can be regulated in irrigated orchards. With additional knowledge, it might be possible to improve irrigation practices, such as deficit irrigation, to limit the negative effects of drought while deriving a benefit from water
, 1997 ). Manifestations of controlled deficit irrigation have been studied mostly in grape ( Dry and Loveys, 1998 ) and, to a lesser extent, in other fruit crops, including apple ( Leib et al., 2006 ; Mills et al., 1994 ). There have only been a few
al., 2015 ). After reaching −20 kPa, the pots were weighed daily for 3 weeks and watered each day by hand with sufficient irrigation volume to achieve SWT of −20 kPa. Once the PA treatment ended, deficit treatments were imposed by shutting off
cultivars. Cai et al. (2012) reported that container-grown roses could use partial closure of stomata to acclimate to drought stress in a greenhouse. A deficit irrigation treatment of 20% ET O resulted in a marginally acceptable visual quality of
conductance ( B ) and transpiration rate ( C ) of ‘Crimson Giant’ red radish in response to irrigation levels and compost amendment. In this study, water deficit significantly reduced red radish growth parameters compared with well-irrigated red radish
deficit irrigation reduced biomass accumulation (Stone et al. 2000). Similarly, plant growth, development, and physiological processes of field corn ( Z. mays ) were negatively affected by water stress, which resulted in a significant reduction in biomass
irrigation water use efficiency and to maintain yield relative to deficit irrigation ( Davies and Hartung, 2004 ). Strawberry is a shallow-rooted crop and therefore it is very sensitive to soil water deficits. Studies have shown that drought stress during