The probes in the irrigation of stone fruits of MURCIA, peach, Paraguayan, nectarine, apricot and plum that cover some 30,000 hectares of cultivation is one of the last revolutions of the precision farming.
Stone fruit in Murcia
One of the main crops in the Murcia region are stone fruits. Exports are an important source of income for the region.
Probes in stone fruit irrigation
Probes in the irrigation of stone fruit have notably modernized this crop.
Cómo ya hemos comentado, la falta de lluvias primaverales y el clima caluroso y seco de verano, favorecen su crecimiento, pero a su vez el fruto, para mejorar su calidad y cantidad, necesita formarse con un riego controlado y sin estrés hídrico.
The Plantae probe equipment that measures:
- La humedad de los ciclos de riego, cantidad, frecuencia y duración, para aportar al frutal el agua que necesita dentro de la zona de Agua Fácilmente Asimilable (AFA).
- La lectura de conductividad, permite mantener los niveles de salinidad por debajo de los umbrales perjudiciales para las plantas.
- La temperatura superficial, ayuda a tomar medidas frente a heladas y otras aplicaciones.
- La temperatura de subsuelo, (hasta 60cm de profundidad), refleja el estado de la actividad radicular del cultivo y mejora la aplicación de abonos y tratamientos.
Factors that favor its production
The Murcia region is especially favorable for the cultivation of stone fruits due to:
- The dry climate with little rain in spring that would spoil the flowers.
- Many sunny days a year.
- The mostly frank terrain type.
- Drip irrigation plantations.
- Good infrastructures.
Ground
Stone fruit varieties
Within the wide range of stone fruits , the peach is the most widely cultivated variety, especially the traditional or red, which seeks to improve the color because it is a claim of sales.
Also get it commercialized earlier.
The production of pavia or yellow peach decreases a little, due to water problems. The red variety is more commercial.
Peach varieties
A mutation of the peach is the nectarine , more juicy and refreshing, and another variety is the Paraguayan flatter and very tasty.
Plums
The plum has two varieties domestic and the Japanese . Very important in the jam industry.
Apricot
The apricot is a very tasty and appreciated fruit. Same as the important plum in the canning industry and in syrup.
Highly recognized for its beneficial properties.
Conferencia sobre riego controlado por sondas en la fruta de hueso
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