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An Evapotranspiration Model For Nursery Plants Grown In A Lysimeter Under Field Conditions, Hali̇l Kirnak, Ted Henry Short Jan 2001

An Evapotranspiration Model For Nursery Plants Grown In A Lysimeter Under Field Conditions, Hali̇l Kirnak, Ted Henry Short

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

A modified combination model that used ambient temperature,relative humidity,solar radiation,air velocity and leaf area index (LAI) as inputs was developed for nursery plants, and its prediction was compared to the measured ET of the plant. A nursery plant of red maple (Acer rubrum) grown in a lysimeter under field conditions was used to test it. This modified combination model was shown to accurately estimate the evapotranspiration (ET) of a potted red maple (R^2=0.79). The most significant driving parameters for ET were solar radiation level and vapor pressure deficit (VPD). An exponential relationship between stomatal resistance and solar radiation for red …