DEMONSTRATION PLOT

Drip irrigation in Torremira

DATA OF THE DEMONSTRATION FIELD


  • Surface: 2.0 has
  • Crop: Maize
  • Type of soil: Stony and shallow
  • Location: Torremira – Tauste (Zaragoza)
  • Irrigation system: Drip irrigation – 40 cm below ground surface.
  • Irrigation flow rate: 46 m3/h

Results of the first campaign - 2018

  • Type of maize: Cycle 500
  • Sowing: 08/07/2018
  • Base dressing: –
  • Side dressing: Pig slurry liquid fraction –154 kg N-NH4+/ha
  • Yield: 6.200 kg/ha (14%)
  • Ammonia emission reduction related to the reference plot: 95%

Results of the second campaign - 2019

  • Type of maize: Cycle 700
  • Sowing: 27/06/2019
  • Base dressing: –
  • Top dressing: Pig slurry liquid fraction –250 kg N-NH4+/m3
  • Yield: 12.555 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:

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