Field performance of alternate wetting and drying furrow irrigation on tomato crop growth, yield, water use efficiency, quality and profitability

Sustainable irrigation method is now essential for adaptation and adoption in the areas where water resources are limited. Therefore, a field experiment was conducted to test the performance of alternate wetting and drying furrow irrigation (AWDFI) on crop growth, yield, water use efficiency (WUE), fruit quality and profitability analysis of tomato. The experiment was laid out in randomized complete block design with six treatments replicated thrice during the dry seasons of 2013–2014 and 2014–2015. Irrigation water was applied through three ways of furrow: AWDFI, fixed wetting and drying furrow irrigation (FWDFI) and traditional (every) furrow irrigation (TFI). Each irrigation method was divided into two levels: irrigation up to 100 and 80% field capacity (FC). Results showed that plant biomass (dry…