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    Evaluación de las necesidades hídricas de plantas frutales en zonas de la Provincia de Cotopaxi.
    (Ecuador: Latacunga: Universidad Técnica de Cotopaxi: (UTC), 2024-08) Burgos Farias, Steven Mauricio; Zambrano Navarrete, Xiomara
    The objective of research is to evaluate water needs of fruit crops in Cotopaxi province, considering climatological and edaphological conditions where fruit crop agricultural production is implemented. The methodology uses climatological data such as temperature, relative humidity, heliophany, winds, and precipitation, as well as edaphological data such as field capacity, permanent wilting point, apparent density, and saturated soil electrical conductivity. Later, the different climatological variables were used to establish the Penman-Monteith method for estimating reference evapotranspiration values, and crop coefficient values were obtained from the FAO. Finally, based on soil conditions, irrigation schedules were established for dry seasons. The results show that water needs of banana crop range from 152.586 mm/month to 619.163 mm/month; cocoa crop ranges from 90.77 mm/month to 812.665 mm/month; the sugar cane crop ranges from 128.835 mm/month; tree tomato crop ranges from 193.251 mm/month to 593.8025 mm/month; blackberry crop ranges from 259.896 mm/month to 813.376 mm/month; citrus crop ranges from 239.286 mm/month to 607.583 mm/month; and guava crop ranges from 623.6825 mm/month to 1441.624 mm/month. The results are due to plant, soil, and climatological conditions, and their evapotranspiration values are high due to their dry seasons.