- Surface: 2.0 has
- Crop: Maize
- Type of soil: Deep and clayey
- Location: La Melusa – Tamarite de Litera (Huesca)
- Irrigation system: Drip irrigation – 40 cm below ground surface.
- Irrigation flow rate: 56 m3/h
DEMONSTRATION PLOT
Drip irrigation in La Melusa
DATA OF THE DEMONSTRATION FIELD
Results of the first campaign - 2018
- Type of maize: Cycle 500
- Sowing: 21/07/2018
- Base dressing: –
- Side dressing: Pig slurry liquid fraction –113 kg N-NH4+/ha
- Yield: 7.400 kg/ha (14%)
- Ammonia emission reduction related to the reference plot: 97%
Results of the second campaign - 2019
- Type of maize: Cycle 700
- Sowing: 29/04/2019
- Base dressing: –
- Top dressing: Pig slurry liquid fraction –224 kg N-NH4+/m3
- Yield: 4.240 kg/ha (14%)
- Ammonia emission reduction related to the reference plot: pending
Results of the third campaign – 2020
- Type of maize:
- Sowing:
- Base dressing:
- Top dressing:
- Yield:
- Ammonia emission reduction related to the reference plot: