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. 2021 Sep 9;10(9):1865. doi: 10.3390/plants10091865

Table 1.

Crop evapotranspiration (ETc) and applied water amount between two irrigation regimes in a Merlot vineyard in Denair, California in 2014 and 2015.

2014 2015
SDI RDI SDI RDI
ETc a (mm) Applied Water (L/vine) ETc a (mm) Applied Water (L/vine) ETc a (mm) Applied Water (L/vine) ETc a (mm) Applied Water (L/vine)
bud break-fruit set 29.72 181.16 29.72 181.16 n/a b n/a b n/a b n/a b
fruit set-veraison 122.19 862.20 72.37 477.70 101.64 726.57 71.18 454.11
veraison-harvest 61.49 439.60 61.49 439.60 97.50 696.99 97.50 696.99
total 213.40 1482.96 163.58 1098.46 199.13 1423.55 168.68 1151.09

a SDI utilized 80% ETc from bud-break to harvest, for RDI utilized 80% ETc from bud-break to fruit set, 50% ETc from fruit set to veraison, and 80% ETc from veraison to harvest. b Irrigation was not applied before the leaf water potential reached −1 MPa. Hence, there was no water applied prior to fruit set in 2015.