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<journal-id>1405-3195</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Agrociencia]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Agrociencia]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1405-3195</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Colegio de Postgraduados]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1405-31952006000100013</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Programación integral del riego en maíz en el norte de Sinaloa, México]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Integral programming for corn irrigation in northern Sinaloa, México]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ojeda-Bustamante]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Waldo]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Sifuentes-Ibarra]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ernesto]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Unland-Weiss]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Helene]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Mexicano de Tecnología del Agua  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Jiutepec Morelos]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa Escuela Superior de Agricultura del Valle del Fuerte ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Sinaloa]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>02</month>
<year>2006</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>02</month>
<year>2006</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>40</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>13</fpage>
<lpage>25</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1405-31952006000100013&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1405-31952006000100013&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1405-31952006000100013&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen La calendarización de la irrigación para grandes zonas de riego requiere modelos de fácil implantación en sistemas computacionales. Una calendarización efectiva debe permitir el ajuste de la frecuencia y cantidad del riego basada en factores del suelo, ambiente, planta y manejo del riego. Con objeto de mejorar la calendarización del riego en maíz, se midieron variables meteorológicas estándares y del balance de energía en una parcela de maíz en el Valle del Fuerte, Sinaloa, México. La ventaja es generar automáticamente los programas de riego del maíz de acuerdo con la fenología del cultivo usando el concepto días grado crecimiento. Los resultados obtenidos sirvieron para verificar y actualizar los parámetros usados para calendarizar el riego en función de los días grado crecimiento: coeficiente de cultivo, profundidad radical y factor de abatimiento hídrico. El presente estudio muestra que el uso de modelos para expresar los parámetros de calendarización del riego en función de los días grado es una alternativa viable cuando se aplica a grandes zonas de riego. Se estudia el efecto de la fecha de siembra sobre el programa de riegos considerando la fenología del maíz, y se presenta una aplicación a programas de riegos con baja disponibilidad de agua. Por el tipo de suelo y la baja eficiencia de aplicación de la zona, fue posible reducir y redistribuir el número de riegos sin una merma en los rendimientos usuales, prediciendo la fenología del cultivo mediante el concepto de días grado. Se calculó un consumo de agua para maíz de 44 cm; un valor máximo del coeficiente de cultivo de 1.25 y un valor acumulado de 1451 días grado crecimiento de siembra a madurez fisiológica, para variedades intermedias de maíz sembradas en el norte de Sinaloa.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract Irrigation scheduling for large irrigation zones requires models that are easily implemented in computer systems. An effective scheduling should allow for adjusting the frequency and quantity of water applied based on soil, environmental, crop and irrigation management factors. In order to improve irrigation scheduling in corn, the standard meteorological variables and energy balance components were measured to estimate the crop water requirement for corn grown in the Valle del Fuerte, Sinaloa, México. The advantage is to generate automatically the corn irrigation programs according to the phenology of the crop, using the growing-degree day concept. The results obtained were applied to verify and update the following parameters, used to generate irrigation schedules as a function of growing-degree days: crop coefficient, rooting depth, and factor of soil water depletion. The present study shows the feasibility of using models to express irrigation scheduling parameters as a function of degree days when applied to large irrigation districts. The effect of varying planting dates on the irrigation schedule was studied, considering the phenology of the maize crop. An irrigation scheduling application for low water availability is also presented. Due to the soil type and low irrigation efficiency of the area of study, it was possible to reduce and redistribute irrigations without a noticeable decrease in the normal yields, with phenology forecasting using the degree-day concept. A corn water consumption of 44 cm was calculated, with a maximum crop coefficient of 1.25 and a cumulative value of 1451 growing-degree days from planting to maturity, for intermediate corn varieties sown in northern Sinaloa.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Calendarización del riego]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[coeficiente de cultivo]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[consumo de agua]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[días grado]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[profundidad radical]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Irrigation scheduling]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[crop coefficient]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[water consumption]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[degree days]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[rooting depth]]></kwd>
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