Resumo: O presente trabalho objetivou avaliar o desenvolvimento da planta e a produtividade de bulbos de dois híbridos de cebola quando submetidas a doses de nitrogênio e potássio em diferentes populações de plantas e a influência desses fatores na classificação do bulbo. O estudo foi conduzido no município de São José do Rio Pardo-SP. Avaliaram-se a altura da planta, número de folhas, diâmetro do pseudocaule, comprimento do pseudocaule, ciclo das plantas, massa do bulbo, massa seca da parte aérea, massa seca de bulbos, produtividade, classificação de bulbos, acúmulo e exportação de macronutrientes. O nitrogênio foi o fator que mais influenciou no crescimento da parte aérea e do bulbo das duas cultivares. O ciclo foi menor quanto maior a dose de nitrogênio aplicada e quanto maior a população de plantas. A massa do bulbo foi altamente influenciada pela população de plantas. O fator população de plantas e doses de potássio não influenciaram significativamente a produtividade, mas houve incrementos significativos na produção com a aplicação das doses de nitrogênio. / Abstract: The objective of this paper was to study the effects of nitrogen and potassium fertilizer doses on plant growth, yield and bulb quality of two onion cultivars, growing in different plants population. The experiment was carried out in São José do Rio Pardo in São Paulo State, Brazil. Parameters studied were: plant height, leaf number, pseudostem diameter and length, growing season duration, bulb and aereal part dry matter, bulb mass, yield and bulb classification, nutrient accumulation and exportation. The cicle was less in the higher nitrogen dose and higher plant density. Higher nitrogen fertilizer doses increased bulb yield. Plant population and potash doses did not influence yield, but its was bigger with nitrogen application. / Orientador: Arthur Bernardes Cecílio Filho / Coorientador: José Carlos Barbosa / Banca: Leila Trevizan Braz / Banca: Paulo César Tavares de Melo / Banca: Rumy Goto / Banca: Joaquim Adelino de Azevedo Filho / Doutor

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Traditional irrigation was practiced in Ethiopia since time immemorial. Despite this, water productivity in the sector remained low. A survey on the Godino irrigation scheme revealed that farmers used the same amount of water and intervals, regardless of crop species and growth stage. In an effort to improve the water productivity, two traditional irrigation scheduling methods were compared with two scientific methods, using furrow irrigation. The growth performance and tuber yield of potato (cv. Awash) revealed that irrigation scheduling using a neutron probe significantly outperformed the traditional methods, followed by the SWB model Irrigation Calendar. Since the NP method involves high initial cost and skills, the use of the SWB Calendar is suggested as replacement for the traditional methods. SWB is a generic crop growth model that requires parameters specific to each crop, to be determined experimentally before it could be used for irrigation scheduling. It also accurately describes deficit irrigation strategies where water supply is limited. Field trials to evaluate four potato cultivars for growth performance and assimilate partitioning, and onions' critical growth stages to water stress were conducted. Crop-specific parameters were also generated. Potato and onion crops are widely grown at the Godino scheme where water scarcity is a major constraint. These crop-specific parameters were used to calibrate and evaluate SWB model simulations. Results revealed that SWB model simulations for Top dry matter (TDM), Harvestable dry matter (HDM), Leaf area index (LAI), soil water deficit (SWD) and Fractional interception (FI) fitted well with measured data, with a high degree of statistical accuracy. The response of onions to water stress showed that bulb development (70-110 DATP) and bulb maturity (110-145) stages were most critical to water stress, which resulted in a significant reduction in onion growth and bulb yields. SWB also showed that onion yield was most sensitive to water stress during these two stages. An irrigation calendar, using the SWB model, was developed for five different schemes in Ethiopia, using long-term weather data and crop-specific parameters for potatoes and onions. The calendars revealed that water depth varied, depending on climate, crop type and growth stage. / Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2009. / Plant Production and Soil Science / unrestricted