Effect of Water Stress on the Yield of Indeterminate-Growth <i>Green Bean</i> Cultivars (<i>Phaseolus vulgaris</i> L.) during the Autumn Cycle in Southern Spain
Common bean is typically cultivated in the Mediterranean basin, an area where water scarcity could limit yield. This species has a broad range of food uses (seed or pod) and very diverse growth patterns (indeterminate or determinate), which hinders any deficit irrigation strategy. The aim of this wo...
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| description | Common bean is typically cultivated in the Mediterranean basin, an area where water scarcity could limit yield. This species has a broad range of food uses (seed or pod) and very diverse growth patterns (indeterminate or determinate), which hinders any deficit irrigation strategy. The aim of this work was to evaluate the response of the vegetative and reproductive growth stages to water stress in beans of indeterminate habit. During two consecutive Autumn seasons (2020 and 2021), two cultivars of green bean were grown in a greenhouse in Seville (Spain). The experimental design was a split plot with four replications. One of the factors considered was the cultivars Helda, and Perfección Blanca; and the other was the irrigation strategy: a control treatment, which received 100% of crop evapotranspiration, and a regulated deficit irrigation (RDI) treatment, with 30% of the water applied to the control. In both seasons, significant differences were found between cultivars, but irrigation only reduced branch development around 50%. Reproductive growth was not markedly affected, although a clear diminishing trend of approximately 25% was measured in P. Pod length and the number of non-commercial pods were not importantly impacted by irrigation in any of the cultivars. Moderate water stress conditions did not reduce the quality and quantity of the yield. Therefore, the current irrigation strategy could increase water savings with low or no yield reduction. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-94e486df46474cf0afc26063102f6b0e2023-11-30T20:44:54ZengMDPI AGAgriculture2077-04722022-12-011314610.3390/agriculture13010046Effect of Water Stress on the Yield of Indeterminate-Growth <i>Green Bean</i> Cultivars (<i>Phaseolus vulgaris</i> L.) during the Autumn Cycle in Southern SpainMunia Alomari-Mheidat0María José Martín-Palomo1Pedro Castro-Valdecantos2Noemi Medina-Zurita3Alfonso Moriana4Mireia Corell5Departamento de Agronomía, Universidad de Sevilla, ETSIA Crta. de Utrera Km 1, 41013 Seville, SpainDepartamento de Agronomía, Universidad de Sevilla, ETSIA Crta. de Utrera Km 1, 41013 Seville, SpainDepartamento de Agronomía, Universidad de Sevilla, ETSIA Crta. de Utrera Km 1, 41013 Seville, SpainDepartamento de Agronomía, Universidad de Sevilla, ETSIA Crta. de Utrera Km 1, 41013 Seville, SpainDepartamento de Agronomía, Universidad de Sevilla, ETSIA Crta. de Utrera Km 1, 41013 Seville, SpainDepartamento de Agronomía, Universidad de Sevilla, ETSIA Crta. de Utrera Km 1, 41013 Seville, SpainCommon bean is typically cultivated in the Mediterranean basin, an area where water scarcity could limit yield. This species has a broad range of food uses (seed or pod) and very diverse growth patterns (indeterminate or determinate), which hinders any deficit irrigation strategy. The aim of this work was to evaluate the response of the vegetative and reproductive growth stages to water stress in beans of indeterminate habit. During two consecutive Autumn seasons (2020 and 2021), two cultivars of green bean were grown in a greenhouse in Seville (Spain). The experimental design was a split plot with four replications. One of the factors considered was the cultivars Helda, and Perfección Blanca; and the other was the irrigation strategy: a control treatment, which received 100% of crop evapotranspiration, and a regulated deficit irrigation (RDI) treatment, with 30% of the water applied to the control. In both seasons, significant differences were found between cultivars, but irrigation only reduced branch development around 50%. Reproductive growth was not markedly affected, although a clear diminishing trend of approximately 25% was measured in P. Pod length and the number of non-commercial pods were not importantly impacted by irrigation in any of the cultivars. Moderate water stress conditions did not reduce the quality and quantity of the yield. Therefore, the current irrigation strategy could increase water savings with low or no yield reduction.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/13/1/46cultivar vigorphenological stagespod qualityregulated deficit irrigationvegetative growth |
| spellingShingle | Munia Alomari-Mheidat María José Martín-Palomo Pedro Castro-Valdecantos Noemi Medina-Zurita Alfonso Moriana Mireia Corell Effect of Water Stress on the Yield of Indeterminate-Growth <i>Green Bean</i> Cultivars (<i>Phaseolus vulgaris</i> L.) during the Autumn Cycle in Southern Spain Agriculture cultivar vigor phenological stages pod quality regulated deficit irrigation vegetative growth |
| title | Effect of Water Stress on the Yield of Indeterminate-Growth <i>Green Bean</i> Cultivars (<i>Phaseolus vulgaris</i> L.) during the Autumn Cycle in Southern Spain |
| title_full | Effect of Water Stress on the Yield of Indeterminate-Growth <i>Green Bean</i> Cultivars (<i>Phaseolus vulgaris</i> L.) during the Autumn Cycle in Southern Spain |
| title_fullStr | Effect of Water Stress on the Yield of Indeterminate-Growth <i>Green Bean</i> Cultivars (<i>Phaseolus vulgaris</i> L.) during the Autumn Cycle in Southern Spain |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effect of Water Stress on the Yield of Indeterminate-Growth <i>Green Bean</i> Cultivars (<i>Phaseolus vulgaris</i> L.) during the Autumn Cycle in Southern Spain |
| title_short | Effect of Water Stress on the Yield of Indeterminate-Growth <i>Green Bean</i> Cultivars (<i>Phaseolus vulgaris</i> L.) during the Autumn Cycle in Southern Spain |
| title_sort | effect of water stress on the yield of indeterminate growth i green bean i cultivars i phaseolus vulgaris i l during the autumn cycle in southern spain |
| topic | cultivar vigor phenological stages pod quality regulated deficit irrigation vegetative growth |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/13/1/46 |
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