applied experiences focused on citrus nutrition and water
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Applied experiences focused on citrus nutrition and water management for
mitigating HLBExperiencias aplicadas en la nutriciÓn
de cÍtricos y manejo de agua para mitigar del HLB
Davie Kadyampakeni
University of Florida
Citrus Research and Education Center
Lake Alfred, FL33850.
2o CIL, Quadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico 11 October, 2019
Outline
Status of HLB in FL: What we know now
Irrigation studies for managing HLB: Examples
Nutrition studies for managing HLB: Highlights
Summary
Acknowledgements
Current Status of HLB
• Citrus accounts for $10 billion in economic activity
• Pre-HLB 240 million boxes (10 billion tons)
• Current 80 million boxes (3.3 billion tons), about 67% reduction in
production
• Production costs up to $2100 per acre due to HLB
• Significant reduction in production area
• Declined tree performance, root loss and significant defoliation
Irrigation strategies for managing HLB• Preventative measures: HLB negative (healthy trees)
• Frequent irrigation (daily or multiple times a day) e.g. Citrus Under Cover Production System• Regulated deficit irrigation • Partial root zone dryingPlus Asian psyllid control
• Curative management of HLB positive trees (asymptomatic trees)• Daily irrigation plus Asian psyllid control• Managing pH to optimum levels for nutrient availability• Improved nutrition programs via fertigation
• Remediation/Management of HLB affected trees (symptomatic trees)• Daily irrigation plus Asian psyllid control• Managing pH to optimum levels for nutrient availability• Fertigation practices
Irrigation strategies for managing HLB
Field studies on irrigation conducted in:
• Irrigation studies at 3 sites: Ave Maria, Avon Park, Arcadia (2013-2014)
Comparison of Daily, IFAS (recommended by UF) and Intermediate Irrigation Schedules based on Florida Automated Weather Network (FAWN) evapotranspiration
• Advanced Citrus Production Systems (ACPS) studies:
Two Sites: Immokalee at UF/IFAS, SWFREC, and Lake Alfred (2008 to 2011)Comparison of drip and modified microsprinkler irrigation with grower
practices
• Greenhouse studies conducted at Immokalee, SWFREC (2014-2015)
Comparison of HLB vs non-HLB affected citrus
Irrigation studies
Water use of HLB affected trees in south west and central Florida
• Daily > Intermediate > IFAS irrigation scheduling
• Daily irrigation could help in managing HLB affected trees, reduce tree water stress
Irrigation studiesTotal available water (%) in southwest and central Florida
• Increasing TAW with depth, greater uptake in the top 6 inches.
• Greater TAW in in top 15 cm than lower 15-45 cm for Daily than Intermediate and IFAS irrigation schedule.
Irrigation treatment
Soil depth (cm)
Commercial site
Arcadia Avon Park Immokalee
Daily
0-15 68.9dc 80.7b 68.1bc
15-30 72.2c 58.7c 75.3b
30-45 98.2a 87.8a 97.9a
Intermediate
0-15 52.2fg 56.3cd 64.5c
15-30 58.9ef 61.4c 46.6d
30-45 98.8a 74.3b 42.3d
IFAS
0-15 48.1g 49.7d 46.6d
15-30 80.9b 50.4d 32.1e
30-45 62.3de 61.9c 69.3bc
ANOVA
Arcadia Avon Park Immokalee
Source of variation Pr > F Pr > F Pr > F
Irrigation treatment <.0001 <.0001 <.0001
Soil depth <.0001 <.0001 <.0001
Irrigation treatment x Soil depth <.0001 <.0001 0.0876
Irrigation studies in central and southwest Florida
Avon Park
Vol
umet
ric w
ater
con
tent
(m
3 m-3
)
0.00
0.02
0.04
0.06
0.08
0.10
0.12 IFAS
Intermediate
Daily
Immokalee
Soil depth (cm)
0-15 15-30 30-45
Vol
umet
ric w
ater
con
tent
(m
3 m-3
)
0.00
0.02
0.04
0.06
0.08
0.10
0.12 IFAS
Intermediate
Daily
ArcadiaV
olum
etric
wat
er c
onte
nt (
m3 m
-3)
0.00
0.02
0.04
0.06
0.08
0.10
0.12IFAS
Intermediate
Daily
Arcadia
0.10 0.15 0.20 0.25
Sap
flow
(g
m-2
h-1
)
18
20
22
24
26
28
30
Syx = 0.2794
P = 0.02
r2 = 0.999***
Y = 13.62 + 57.4x
Avon Park
0.04 0.06 0.08 0.10
Sap
flow
(g
m-2
h-1)
20
22
24
26
28
30
32
34
36
38
Syx = 0.5719
P = 0.0353
r2
= 0.999***
Y = 12.7 + 276.6x
Immokalee
Volumetric water content (m3 m
-3)
0.04 0.06 0.08 0.10 0.12 0.14
Sap
flow
(g
h-1 m
-2 h
-1)
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
Y = -27.5 + 534.3x
Syx = 1.523
P = 0.0488
r2= 0.994***
Moisture contents and significant relationships with sapflow
Water use of HLB affected trees in southwest Florida under greenhouse conditions
• 22 to 35% greater water use for Non-HLB affected trees
• Inter-season and annual variability in water use
• Comparable water use between varieties
Month -year ETo
(mm d-1)
ETc (mm d-1) ETc diff. (%)‡
Hamlin-Non HLB Hamlin-HLB
Jan-Jun-14 3.57 2.97 2.23 23.73
Jul-Dec-14 4.42 4.16 2.63 34.82
Jan-Jun-2015 3.38 4.08 2.83 29.82
Jun-Oct-15 3.73 4.94 3.18 35.20
Overall Average 3.79 4.00a** 2.69b** 30.75
Valencia-Non HLB Valencia-HLB
Jan-Jun-14 3.57 2.83 2.22 22.28
Jul-Dec-14 4.42 3.97 2.83 28.85
Jan-Jun-2015 3.38 3.85 2.69 30.98
Jun-Oct-15 3.73 4.79 3.56 26.42
Overall Average 3.79 3.82a** 2.80b** 26.99**
Citrus Crop Coefficients between HLB and Non-HLB affected Citrus Trees
• Patterns of Kc similar for HLB affected and non-affected trees
• Non-affected tree Kc similar to those found to field trees prior to greening
• Infected trees consistently with lower Kc
• 35.2% in 2014 and 20.8% in 2015
0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1
1.2
Dec-13 Feb-14 Apr-14 Jun-14 Aug-14 Oct-14 Dec-14
Cro
p C
oe
ffic
ien
t (K
c)
Date
Hamlin Hamlin - HLB Valencia Valencia - HLB IFAS
0.0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1.0
1.2
Dec-14 Feb-15 Apr-15 May-15 Jul-15 Sep-15 Oct-15 Dec-15C
rop
Co
eff
icie
nt
(Kc)
Date
Hamlin Hamlin - HLB Valencia Valencia - HLB IFAS
Crop coefficient (Kc) for HLB affected trees in southwest Florida under greenhouse conditions
Nutrition studies for managing HLB: Highlights• Advanced Citrus Production Systems (ACPS) studies:
Two Sites: Immokalee at UF/IFAS, Immokalee, and Lake Alfred (2008 to 2011)
Comparison of drip and modified microsprinkler fertigationsystems with Conventional grower practices
Two ACPS systems: drip (DOHS) and microsprinkler (RM, MOHS), and conventional microsprinkler practice (CMP)
Leaf NPK concentration
ACPS Nutrition Studies
Fertigation practice
CMP DOHS MOHS
Lea
f co
nc.
(%)
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
3.5
N
P
K
Leaf NPK conc. were in
optimum or high range.
CMP needs more fertilizer and
water per ha at 1 to 2.5 years than
ACPS (Schumann et al. 2010)
Nutrient efficiency (m3/kg N)
Fertilization method
CMP MOHS DOHS-S DOHS-C35
Eff
icie
ncy
(cu
bic
m/k
g N
)
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
After 1 year
After 2.5 years
N and P accumulation on Immokalee sandFertigation
methodCMP Drip RM CMP Drip RM
Tissue N (kg ha-1) P (kg ha-1)
Leaves 24.00 49.78 37.10 1.34 1.69 1.48
Fruits 22.40 15.78 29.98 2.68 1.03 2.28
Branches/trunk 20.70 28.38 26.44 4.76 3.80 4.22
Roots 11.60 20.82 20.20 2.85 2.98 2.96
Total 78.70 114.78 113.72 11.64 9.52 10.95
ACPS Nutrition Studies (2)
High N accumulation with ACPS than CMP but P
accumulation similar for all practices.
ACPS Nutrition Studies (3)
Leaf NPK concentration (%) determined in
June 2009 at Immokalee.
• Sufficient NPK concentrations.
• Drip OHS was effective in
enhancing N uptake compared with
the other two irrigation methods
studied.
• Leaf P concentration was high
(0.17-0.30%) in all treatments
• Leaf K concentration was within
optimum and high ranges (1.2-
2.4%) suggesting no significant
differences between ACPS and
Conventional method.
ACPS Nutrition Studies (4)
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
Irrigated Non-irrigated Irrigated Non-irrigated
Ammonium N Nitrate N
Con
cen
trati
on
(m
g/k
g)
Conventional practice Drip OHS Microsprinkler OHS
Ammonium and nitrate distribution in the irrigated and non-irrigated zone
• Greater inorganic
N in irrigated than
non-irrigated
zones
• Better N contents
in irrigated zones
of ACPS than
Conventional.
ACPS Nutrition Studies (5)
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
Co
nce
ntr
atio
n (
mg/
kg)
Mehlich 1 P Irrigated
Mehlich 1 P Non-irrigated
Soil P distribution in the irrigated and non-irrigated zones
• Greater P in
irrigated than non-
irrigated zones
• Soil P contents in
irrigated zones of
Drip greater than
Conventional.
ACPS Nutrition Studies (6)
Lateral ammonium-N (mg/kg) distribution in July 2010 at the Lake Alfred site using drip fertigation.
Cross-row (cm)
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
With
in ro
w (c
m)
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.9
D
T
Higher NPK conc.
in irrigated vs.
non-irrigated zones
of drip fertigation.
D=area below
dripper, T=tree
ACPS Nutrition Studies (7)
Mehlich 1 P (mg kg-1)
20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160
Depth
(cm
)
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
DOHS-Swingle
CMP
DOHS-C35
MOHS
Mehlich 1 P (mg kg-1)
0 10 20 30 40 50
Depth
(cm
)
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
CMP
DOHS
MOHS
Immokalee
Candler
Vertical P distribution at Immokalee and Lake
Alfred sites in 2010
Less P leaching with OHS than CMP in 2010.
High P at Lake Alfred than Immokalee
ACPS Nutrition Studies (8)
Canopy volume as a function of fertilization practice at the Lake Alfred site
ACPS fertigation
had greater tree size
than conventional
practice
Date
11/1/09 1/1/10 3/1/10 5/1/10 7/1/10
Can
opy
volu
me
(m3 )
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
DOHS-Swingle
CMP
MOHS
DOHS-C35
ACPS Nutrition Studies (9)
Lateral RLD (cm cm-3) distribution using CMP
Lateral RLD (cm cm-3) distribution using DOHS
Cross-row (cm)
0 10 20 30 40
With
in r
ow
(cm
)
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
0.07
0.08
0.09
0.10
0.11
MT
Cross-row (cm)
0 10 20 30 40
With
in r
ow
(cm
)
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
0.15
0.20
0.25
0.30 T
D
D
T=tree, M=microsprinkler
Roots uniformly distributed
around the tree
T=tree, D=dripper, Roots
concentrated below the
drippers
Positions in the irrigated zones of showed higher root density than non-irrigated zones
M=microsprinkler
T=tree
Cross-row (cm)
0 10 20 30 40
With
in r
ow
(cm
)
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
0.08
0.10
0.12
0.14
0.16
0.18
0.20
0.22
0.24
MT
ACPS Nutrition Studies (7)
Lateral root density (cm cm-3) distribution
using ACPS microsprinkler
Summary
Daily, frequent irrigation critical for improved tree performance, soil moisture distribution and water use.
HLB affected trees use 22 to 35% less water than the non-affected trees.
ACPS practices could be adapted to grower practices for vigorous tree growth, water use, greater root density and nutrient accumulation.
Acknowledgements
• Dr. Morgan, Dr. Schumann, Dr. Ebel, Dr. Hamido – University of Florida
• Grove/Orchard Space: • UF/IFAS SWFREC, Immokalee, FL
• Gapway Groves, Auburndale, FL
• Pacific Inc., Ave Maria, FL
• Orange Co, Arcadia, FL
• Ben Hill Griffin, Avon Park, FL
• Funding: Southwest FL WMD, FDACS, UF/IFAS
• Thanks to Mrs. Ana Villalpando and Dr. Medina for the invitation. Muchas Gracias!
Muchas gracias!!