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Crop yield response to water - Cra

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The orchard ET processThe ET c from an orchard is more complex than from a uniform herbaceous crop because thereare different components that contribute <strong>to</strong> the <strong>water</strong> loss from an orchard. In addition <strong>to</strong>tree Tr, there could be Tr losses from a cover crop or from weeds, and there are E losses fromthe soil. In the case of microirrigation, there are two E components that may differ in theirrates: one is the E from the soil areas wetted by the emitters, and the other is the E fromthe rest of the soil surface which is only wetted by rainfall. Figure 7 shows the four differentcomponents of <strong>water</strong> vapour that contribute <strong>to</strong> orchard ET and are further explained below.figure 7 The evapotranspiration process from an orchard under microirrigation.256crop <strong>yield</strong> <strong>response</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>water</strong>

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