Zucchini
Spain
Region of Trial | Viator, Almeria, Spain
Trial Duration | 10 weeks
Co-operators | Agroliner and TECNOVA Foundation
47%
Saving on water
About the Trial
In the summer Engage Crop Solutions and Agroliner commissioned Technova to evaluate of the effects of Integrate water saving liquid for the improvement of wetting of agricultural soils under water deficit conditions.
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The trial was made during a zucchini crop developed under greenhouse production in south-east of Spain where summer temperatures are the most extreme in Europe.
Location
Both trials areas were successful in proving Integrate could successfully be applied via irrigation to reduce the level of water required to grow plants. The level of 50% reduction was reached in 14 weeks however with moisture levels higher in the established area it is clear that 50% could have been reached earlier.The trial was conducted in the Experimental Centre of the National Technological Centre of the Auxiliary Industry of Agriculture, TECNOVA Foundation, located in Majada Ortigas, Viator, in the province of Almería.
Trial Conclusion
Although the charts show that both fruit weight and number have increased under the use of Integrate they were not considered to be statistically differences in the accumulated fresh weights in the different graded parameters compared the toe commercial control nor was it significantly different between the two Integrate plots of T1-28% saving irrigation and T2-47% saving in irrigation.
This official independent trial has proved that monthly application of Integrate water saving technology allows the realisation of a sustainable reduced management of water and nutrients, without producing losses of quality and production in the zucchini crop.
