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Agrometeorological support of fruit production: application in SW Slovenia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 2007

Andreja Sušnik ,
Iztok Matajc  and
Ivan Kodrič
Andreja Sušnik
Affiliation:
Environmental Agency of the Republic of Slovenia, Vojkova 1/b, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia Email: [email protected](A. Sušnik)
Iztok Matajc
Affiliation:
Environmental Agency of the Republic of Slovenia, Vojkova 1/b, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia Email: [email protected](A. Sušnik)
Ivan Kodrič
Affiliation:
Agricultural Advisory Service Nova Gorica, Pri hrastu 18, 5000 Kromberk, Slovenia
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Abstract

Fruit growing in Slovenia has become one of the more important agricultural production branches over the last two decades. Due to climate variability over a relatively small area of 20,000 km2, irrigation practices are not only important but also indispensable agrotechnical measures for obtaining permanent, high quality crop yields in the northeastern and southwestern parts of the country. Hence, accurate estimation of water consumption by agricultural crops with the inclusion of metorological monitoring is essential in the field of water management. As a decision support tool, the Slovenian Agrometeorological Information System (SAgMIS) developed by Agrometeorological Department in the Environmental Agency of the Republic of Slovenia (EARS) and introduced 10 years ago has improved significally over the last two years. Transfer of actual and forecasted agrometeorological data to the end users has been quick and accurate, with the last version of mobile data dissemination in testing use. A case study of water use by irrigated peach trees in the plantation orchards of lower Vipava valley was undertaken from 1996 to 2004. A variety of irrigation systems with diverse irrigation water applications was introduced for the purposes of studying irrigation water benefits derived from accurate weather data and forecasts. The results showed that important savings in the amount of irrigation water used, on an annual average of 20%, could be achieved with accurate and timely irrigation forecasts during the vegetation periods.

Keywords

agrometeorologyfruit productionirrigationirrigation forecastagrometeorological information system
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Research Article
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Meteorological Applications , Volume 13 , Issue S1 , December 2006 , pp. 81 - 86
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Royal Meteorological Society

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