Agricultural Water Management 238 (2020) 106173

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Effect of irrigation cut-off strategies on yield, water productivity and gas T

exchange in a drip-irrigated hazelnut (Corylus avellana L. cv. Tonda di
Giffoni) orchard under semiarid conditions
Samuel Ortega-Fariasa,*, Emilio Villalobos-Soublettb, Camilo Riveros-Burgosa, Mauricio Zúñigac,
Luis E. Ahumada-Orellanad
a
Research and Extension Center for Irrigation and Agroclimatology (CITRA) and Research Program on Adaptation of Agriculture to Climate Change (A2C2), Faculty of
Agricultural Sciences, Universidad de Talca, Campus Talca, Chile
b
Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (INIA) Intihuasi, Colina San Joaquín s/n, La Serena, Chile
c
Department of Agricultural Sciences, Universidad Católica del Maule, Curicó, Chile
d
C. Abud & Cia., Departamento de investigación, desarrollo e innovación. Curicó, Chile

A R T I C LE I N FO A B S T R A C T

Keywords: An experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of irrigation cut-off (ICO) strategies on yield components,
Regulated deficit irrigation water productivity (WP), and gas exchange in drip-irrigated hazelnut (Corylus avellana L., cv. Tonda di Giffoni)
Plant-water relations trees during two consecutive growing seasons. The experimental design was completely randomized, with four
Water productivity ICO treatments and four replicates per treatment based on threshold values of the midday stem water potential
(Ψstem). In the T1 treatment, Ψstem was maintained around –0.7 MPa, while T2, T3, and T4 treatments did not
receive irrigation from the beginning of stage III (fruit growth curve) until trees reached approximately the
following Ψstem thresholds: –1.0 MPa in T2, –1.3 MPa in T3 and –1.6 MPa in T4. Once reached the specific
thresholds, irrigation was restored and maintained according to T1 in all treatments until harvest. Besides,
measurements of Ψstem, stomatal conductance (gs), net CO2 assimilation rate (An), transpiration rate (E), yield
components, α-tocopherol kernel content, and WP were evaluated in this study. Results indicated that values of
Ψstem, An, gs, and E observed in T3 and T4 were between 24–29, 15–37, 15–40, and 11–32 % lower than those
found in T1, respectively. T4 significantly decreased yield (kg tree–1), kernel (KW), and fruit (FW) weights, but
KW/FW ratio and the α-tocopherol kernel content (μg g–1) were not significantly different among treatments.
Also, this study indicated that the T2, T3, and T4 treatments had 10, 17, and 25 days without irrigation, which
produced water savings of 19, 24, and 29 % in comparison with T1, respectively. Finally, WP was significantly
affected by ICO strategies, with the minimum and maximum values observed in T1 (0.51 kg m–3) and T4
(0.86 kg m–3), respectively.

1. Introduction traditional production areas having mean annual rainfall between

800–1000 mm, distributed evenly throughout the year (Cristofori et al.,
Hazelnut (Corylus avellana L.) is one of the most important nut crops 2014), the new hazelnut plantations are located in Mediterranean cli-
in the world, as its kernel plays an essential role in nutrition and human mate zones with rainfall mostly distributed during the winter and early
health. The composition of its nut is rich in monounsaturated fatty acids spring (Deitch et al., 2017; Stolpe and Undurraga, 2016; Uribe et al.,
and α–tocopherol content, which makes it desirable for direct con- 2012). In this regard, water scarcity in Mediterranean areas due to
sumption in addition to cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries climatic change has become the main limitation to maintaining ha-
(Ghirardello et al., 2016; Liu et al., 2018; Pannico et al., 2017). For zelnut production (Garreaud et al., 2017; Roco et al., 2016; Ustaoglu
these reasons, the worldwide surface area planted with hazelnut orch- and Karaca, 2014). Under this scenario, it is necessary to develop irri-
ards has increased significantly during recent years, especially in gation strategies to increase water productivity (WP, yield per unit of
southern hemisphere countries such as Chile, whose cultivated area has water applied by irrigation) and maintain adequate yield (Fereres and
increased by approximately 80 % (FAOSTAT, 2016). Unlike to the Soriano, 2007; Medrano et al., 2015; Ruiz-Sanchez et al., 2010).

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Table 1 blueberry (González-Altozano and Castel, 2000; Lobos et al., 2018).

Mean and standard deviation values for the canopy width, tree height, leaf area This technique consists of reducing the volume of water applied during
index and stem-shrubs diameter obtained at the at the beginning of the ex- a less–sensitive phenological stage to water stress (Adu et al., 2018;
periment (second week of Dicember 2016). Chai et al., 2016; Keen and Slavich, 2011; Ortega-Farias et al., 2012).
Treatment Width (m) Height (m) Leaf area index Stem-shrubs Several authors have noted that RDI strategies can reduce water
(m2 m−2) diameter (cm) application between 20–30 % with minimal impact on pistachio, olive
and vineyard production (Carbonell-Barrachina et al., 2015; Girona
T1 5.1 ± 0.11 4.6 ± 0.76 2.5 ± 0.13 9.7 ± 0.22
T2 5.1 ± 0.16 4.6 ± 0.71 2.5 ± 0.52 9.2 ± 0.56
et al., 2006; Gómez-del-Campo, 2013; Iniesta et al., 2009; Romero
T3 5.0 ± 0.03 4.8 ± 0.59 2.9 ± 0.65 9.6 ± 0.42 et al., 2015). In addition, the RDI strategy using irrigation cut-off (ICO)
T4 5.1 ± 0.09 4.7 ± 0.37 2.5 ± 0.64 9.2 ± 0.55 has been suggested to be applied in prunes, vineyards and olive orch-
significance 0.59 0.91 0.55 0.32 ards (Ahumada-Orellana et al., 2017, 2018; Girona et al., 2006;
Lampinen et al., 2001; Moriana et al., 2012; Trentacoste et al., 2015).
Data are mean ± standard deviation (n = 3); T1 (control) indicates that ha-
The ICO strategy consists of suppressing irrigation completely during a
zelnut trees were irrigated according to 100 % of actual evapotranspiration
which maintained a midday stem water potential (Ѱstem) > -0.7 MPa; T2, T3, less–sensitive phenological period to water deficit and replenishing it
and T4 indicate that irrigation was re-established when trees reached ap- once a predefined threshold of water deficit is reached. The correct
proximately a Ψstem threshold of -1.0, -1.3 and -1.7 MPa, respectively. application of the ICO strategy requires maintaining tree water status
and gas exchange within an optimal range (Flexas et al., 2004; Galindo
Regulated deficit irrigation (RDI) has been demonstrated to be an ef- et al., 2018; Girona et al., 2006) so that when water stress occurs, the
fective management strategy to improve WP with nonnegative effects reduction of stomatal conductance (gs) does not cause a significant
on yield and quality in different soft fruit species such as citrus and decrease in CO2 net assimilation rate (An), (Cifre et al., 2005; Medrano

Fig. 1. Seasonal evolution of the reference evapotranspiration (ET0) and effective rainfall (R) during the 2016–2017 (A) and 2017–2018 (B) growing seasons (“Río
Claro” Valley, Maule Region of Chile).

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Fig. 2. Maximum, minumum and average daily values of relative humidty (%) and air temperature (°C) during the irrigation cut-off period in the 2016–2017 (A and
B) and 2017–2018 (C and D) growing seasons. (“Río Claro” Valley, Maule Region of Chile).

et al., 2002). For this reason, the stem water potential (Ψstem) has been August) may not have adverse effects on the yield (Grau and Sandoval,
suggested as a tool for monitoring irrigation management in a wide 2009; Tombesi and Rosati, 1997).
range of species such as sweet cherry, peach, pecan, pistachio, olive, Considering climate change, the expansion of hazelnut cultivation
and grapes (Abrisqueta et al., 2015; Acevedo-Opazo et al., 2010; in areas other than those of origin, and the need to know how to save
Ahumada‑Orellana et al., 2019; Blanco et al., 2018; Jara-Rojas et al., water without reducing the yield, the principal aim of this work was to
2015; Marino et al., 2018; Memmi et al., 2016; Othman et al., 2014; evaluate the effect of three ICO strategies based on Ψstem thresholds on
Williams and Trout, 2005). In this matter, several reports have in- yield, water productivity and gas exchange of a drip-irrigated hazelnut
dicated that the Ψstem is accurate enough to detect small but statistically orchard under semiarid conditions.
significant differences among irrigation treatments compared to both
predawn and leaf water potential measurements (Choné, 2001;
Hernandez-Santana et al., 2016; Spinelli et al., 2017). 2. Materials and methods
Several studies indicated that ICO strategies using Ψstem as a
threshold increased both water savings and WP between 20–30 and 2.1. Experimental site and plant material
25–40 %, respectively, in prunes, vineyards, and olives (Girona et al.,
2006; Lampinen et al., 2001; Moriana et al., 2012; Trentacoste et al., The experiment was carried out during the 2016–2017 and
2015). Furthermore, the cumulative effects of water deficit throughout 2017–2018 growing seasons in a drip-irrigated commercial hazelnut (cv
the growing season can be determined using the water stress integral Tonda Di Gifonni) orchard located in Río Claro, Maule Region, Chile
(SIΨ) that has been well-correlated with the WP in loquats, olives and (35°18′21.1″ S 71°21′33.4″ W; 219 m.a.s.l.). The climate for this region
vineyards (Ahumada-Orellana et al., 2017; Fernández et al., 2010; is classified as Mediterranean semiarid with an average daily tem-
Myers, 1988; Zúñiga et al., 2018). However, there are no studies for perature of 17 °C and a mean annual rainfall of 516 mm (Poblete-
hazelnut trees regarding the application of ICO strategies in combina- Echeverría et al., 2012). The summer period is usually cloudless, dry
tion with the monitoring of Ψstem. Additionally, the majority of studies and hot, and only 3 % of the annual rainfall occurs during this period,
about deficit irrigation in hazelnut trees has established the threshold as while spring is considered wet (16 % of the annual rainfall occurs
a percentage of the replenishment of the actual evapotranspiration during this period). The soil of the hazelnut orchard is classified as the
(ETa) (Bignami et al., 2009; Dias et al., 2005; Girona et al., 1994; San Rafael series (Mollisols, fine, mixed, thermal from the Aquic dur-
Tombesi and Rosati, 1997). ixerolls) with a clay loam texture. For the effective rooting depth
A sigmoid curve represents the growth of both fruits and kernels of (0–50 cm), the volumetric soil water content at field capacity (θFC) and
hazelnut trees with three consecutive stages (I = Beginning of fruit wilting point (θWP) were 32.4 % and 19.8 %, respectively.
(ovary) growth; II = The ovary attains full size and kernel growth The hazelnut orchard was established in 2009 with a spacing of
starts; and III = The growth of fruit becomes steady and the kernel 5 m × 6 m (333 tree ha–1) and trained on a multiple stem-shrub system.
begins to evolve rapidly, reaching its final volume between 2–3 weeks) Two drip lines irrigated each tree with emitters supplying water at a
(Valentini et al., 2015). In this sense, RDI strategy is required because rate of 1.8 l h–1 spaced at 1.0 m (10 emitters per tree). The experimental
severe water stress from stage I to near the harvest (stage III) can reduce site was managed according to conventional agricultural practices used
the final fruit size (Girona et al., 1994; Marsal et al., 1997; in commercial hazelnut orchards in terms of fertilization, pest and
Mehlenbacher et al., 1993; Tombesi and Rosati, 1997). Also, Cincera disease control, and pruning during the two seasons. The orchard irri-
et al. (2019) reported that the stomatal regulation by water stress gation was scheduled to replenish 100 % of actual evapotranspiration
causes the decrease of photosynthetic activity and the early cessation of (ETa = ET0 x Kc, where ET0 and Kc are reference evapotranspiration
the kernel–filling. Some authors suggest that late water stress (July and (mm day–1) and crop coefficient (dimensionless), respectively) from
October (bud break) to March (leaf fall). ET0 was estimated using the

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Fig. 3. Cumulated water application (m3 ha−1) in each treatment during 2016-2017 (A), and 2017-2018 (B) growing seasons. T1 (control) indicates that hazelnut
trees were irrigated according to 100 % of actual evapotranspiration which maintained a midday stem water potential (Ѱstem) > −0.7 MPa; T2, T3, and T4 indicate
that irrigation was re-established when trees reached approximately a Ψstem threshold of −1.0, −1.3 and −1.7 MPa, respectively. The black arrow indicates the
beginning of the irrigation restriction of T2, T3, and T4.

Penman–Monteith equation, which uses as input air temperature (Ta), and the observation unit were the two central trees. For treatment T1,
relative humidity (RH), solar radiation (Rs), and wind speed (Ws) the trees were irrigated according to 100 % of ETa, which maintained a
(Allen et al., 1998). Near the experimental site, an automatic weather Ψstem around –0.7 MPa. The three remaining treatments corresponded
station (A733, Adcon Telemetry, Klosterneuburg, Austria) was installed to an RDI, where the irrigation was cut-off from the beginning of stage
over a reference grass to measure Ta, RH, Rs, Ws, and precipitation III (fruit growth curve) until trees reached approximately the following
(Pp). The Kc values used in this study were 0.7 from September to Ψstem thresholds: –1.0 MPa in T2, –1.3 MPa in T3 and –1.6 MPa in T4.
November and 0.8 from December to April. These values were obtained Once the treatments reached their respective Ψstem thresholds, the ir-
using an eddy-covariance system installed above the commercial ha- rigation was re–established. In this case, the irrigation cut–off started
zelnut orchard (Ortega-Farias et al.; unpublished data). Finally, the on December 27th and December 21th for the first and second season,
effective rainfall (R, mm) was calculated as R = [Pp – 5]∗0.75 where R respectively.
and Pp are in mm day−1 (Goodwin and Victoria, 1995). Stage III in the fruit growth curve was determined according to
Valentini et al. (2015), and the stabilization of shell growth was ob-
served on the day of the year (DOY) 349 (December 14th) in
2.1.1. Experimental design
2016–2017 and DOY 353 (December 19th) in 2017–2018. A completely
The experiment was conducted with four treatments and four re-
randomized experimental design was used since the tree canopy and
plications, where four continuous trees formed the experimental unit,

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Fig. 4. Effect of irrigation cut-off (ICO) strategies on

the seasonal evolution of the midday stem water po-
tential (Ѱstem) during 2016-2017 (A) and 2017-2018
(B) growing seasons. T1 (control) indicates that ha-
zelnut trees were irrigated according to 100 % of ac-
tual evapotranspiration which maintained a midday
stem water potential (Ѱstem) > −0.7 MPa; T2, T3,
and T4 indicate that irrigation was re-established
when trees reached approximately a Ψstem threshold
of −1.0, −1.3 and −1.7 MPa, respectively. Vertical
bars represent the standard error. Black and white
arrows indicate the beginning and replenishment of
irrigation, respectively, in T2, T3 and T4. “n.s” = non
significance difference; “*” = significative difference,
and “**” = highly significant differences according to
the Tukey multiple comparison test (P < 0.05).

soil conditions in the experimental site were homogeneous. In this case, where Ψ̄ stem is the average stem water potential for any interval (MPa-
Table 1 indicated that there were no significant differences among day), c is the maximum value of stem water potential during the season,
treatments for the tree height, canopy width, leaf area index (LAI), and and n is the number of days in each interval (Moriana et al., 2007). The
diameters of the stem-shrubs. This data was collected at the beginning measured values of c were –0.45 and –0.6 MPa for the first and second
of the experiment (second week of Dicember 2016). growing season, respectively.
Values of gs, E, and An were measured between 12:00 and 14:00 h
(Coordinated Universal Time UTC–3) using a portable infrared gas
2.2. Measurements of stem water potential and gas exchange parameters analyzer (LI–6400, LICOR Inc., Lincoln, Nebraska, USA) equipped with
a 6 cm2 transparent leaf chamber. Moreover, water use efficiency
The Ψstem was measured weekly at solar noon (between 12:00 and (WUE) was calculated as a ratio of An to E. Values of gs, E, and An were
15:00 h; Coordinated Universal Time UTC–3) from November to March simultaneously measured with Ψstem, using completely sunny, fully
using a pressure chamber (PMS Instrument Co., model 600, Corvallis, mature, and healthy leaves (two per replication) located in the middle
Oregon, USA). The used samples corresponded to fully mature and third of the trees. Finally, the molar air-flow rate was set at
healthy leaves (two per replication) located in the middle third of the 500 μmol s−1, and the CO2 concentration was kept constant at
tree. The leaves were covered with completely hermetic aluminum foil 400 μmol s−1 using a CO2 injector system provided by the manu-
bags for at least 2 h before the measurement time. The leaves were cut facturer.
and immediately placed in the chamber. Additionally, in order to de-
scribe the accumulated effect of the deficit irrigation treatments, the
water stress integral (SIΨ) was calculated as follows (Myers, 1988): 2.2.1. Yield components, α-tocopherol kernel content, and water
productivity
SIΨ= ∑ (Ψ̄stem − c) n
The fruit was harvested on DOY 96 (April 6th) and DOY 85 (March

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500 g from the same two harvested trees per replication was used to
determined α-tocopherol kernel content (vitamin E) using high-per-
formance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with electrochemical detec-
tion (Podda et al., 1996; Wang et al., 2018).

2.3. Data analysis

A two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to test the

treatment as well as the season and its interaction effects on tree water
status, gas exchange, and yield components. Also, the effects of dif-
ferent treatments on yield parameters for both seasons were evaluated
by covariance analysis using fruit load (number of fruits per tree) as a
covariate. Significant differences between treatments or seasonal means
were evaluated with Tukey’s honestly significant difference (HSD) test
(α = 0.05). Data analyses was done using the student version of the
statistical software Infostat (Di Rienzo et al., 2017). Finally, a regression
analysis was performed to determine the relationship between SIΨ
versus FW, KW, and WP.

3. Results

3.1. Climatic conditions

In general, the atmospheric conditions during both study seasons

were dry and hot without significant rainfall events. The values of an-
nual precipitation were 353 and 679 mm, while those of seasonal
rainfall (from September to April) were 35 and 56 mm for the
2016–2017 and 2017–2018 seasons, respectively (Fig. 1). The daily
values of Ta ranged between 5–32 and 5–29 °C while those of RH were
between 24–95 and 22–94 % for the first and second season, respec-
tively (Fig. 2). The cumulative ET0 ranged between 860−891 mm
during the two growing seasons, with maximum values observed during
December and January (Fig. 1). Under these atmospheric conditions,
the mean water applications for T1, T2, T3, and T4 treatments were
5494, 4462, 4201, and 3906 m3 ha−1 season−1 for the two seasons,
respectively (Fig. 3). In this case, the water savings were 19 % in T2, 24
% in T3 and 29 % in T4.

3.2. Physiological responses

For both seasons, there were no significant differences for Ψstem

among treatments at the beginning of the water restriction period.
However, significant differences in Ψstem were observed after a week of
applying the ICO treatment (Fig. 4). Throughout the two growing sea-
sons, the Ѱstem values in T1 ranged between –0.90 and –0.54 MPa, with
minimum values observed on DOY 24 for the first season and DOY 10
for the second season. For T2, T3, and T4 treatments, Ѱstem decreased
until reaching the mean values of –1.0, –1.3, and –1.6 MPa after 10, 17,
and 25 days without irrigation, respectively. The lowest values of Ѱstem
were observed in the T4 treatment on DOY 18 and 20 for the first and
Fig. 5. Relationship between the water stress integral and fruit weight (A),
kernel weight (B), and water productivity (C). T1 (control) indicates that ha-
second seasons, respectively. The SIΨ also reflects the effect of water
zelnut trees were irrigated according to 100 % of actual evapotranspiration stress experienced by trees during the ICO period. SIΨ was significantly
which maintained a midday stem water potential (Ѱstem) > -0.7 MPa; T2, T3, increased by ICO treatments with mean values (at harvest) of 105, 98
and T4 indicate that irrigation was re-established when trees reached ap- and 89 MPa for T4, T3, and T2, respectively (Table 3). Besides, SIΨ
proximately a Ψstem threshold of -1.0, -1.3 and -1.7 MPa, respectively. presented a significant linear relationship with KW (R2 = 0.77) and FW
(R2 = 0.75) which decreased as irrigation cut-off was increased (Fig. 5A
26th) for the 2016–2017 and 2017–2018 growing seasons, respectively. and B). Finally, Fig. 5C indicates that there was a significant linear
For this activity, the two central trees of each replication were har- correlation between WP and SIΨ indicating that WP improved by the
vested separately using a specialized machine. The yield components water restriction.
were yield per tree, fruit weight (FW), kernel weight (KW), and KW/FW Significant differences were observed for the mean seasonal values
ratio. The measured yield per tree (kg tree–1) was weighing the fruit in of An, gs, and E. The T1 presented higher values than other treatments
the field immediately after being harvested. The KW and the KW/FW with 10.5 μmol CO2 m–2 s–1, 0.20 mol H2O m–2 s–1 and 5.7 mmol H2O
ratio were estimated using a sample of 50 fruits per replication (200 m–2 s–1, respectively. Additionally, An, gs and E in T3 and T4 were
fruits per treatment), which were randomly collected to weigh them significantly lower than those in T1 with mean values ranging between
individually in the laboratory. Additionally, a composite sample of 7.5–6.6 μmol CO2 m–2 s–1, 0.16–0.12 mol H2O m–2 s–1 and 4.8–3.9 mmol
H2O m–2 s–1, respectively. The mean seasonal values of An, gs, and E for

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Table 2
Effect of different irrigation treatments on mean seasonal values of gas exchange parameters and water stress integral.
Net assimilation rate of CO2 Stomatal conductance Transpiration rate Water stress integral Water use efficiency (μmol
(μmol CO2 m−2 s−1) (mol H2O m−2 s−1) (mmol H2O m−2 s−1) (MPa) CO2 mmol H2O−1)

Treatment T1 10.5 a 0.20 a 5.7 a 78.1 a 1.86

T2 8.9 ab 0.17 ab 5.1 ab 89.3 b 1.85
T3 7.5 bc 0.16 b 4.8 bc 98.3 c 1.66
T4 6.6 c 0.12 c 3.9 c 104.8 d 1.69
Season 2016−2017 8.3 0.17 5.0 95.4 1.90 a
2017−2018 8.5 0.15 4.7 89.9 1.58 b

Treatment 2016−2017 2017−2018 2016−2017 2017−2018 2016−2017 2017−2018 2016−2017 2017−2018 2016−2017 2017−2018
x
Season
T1 10.5 9.9 0.21 0.20 5.8 5.5 79.9 76.2 1.96 1.72
T2 8.6 9.1 0.18 0.16 5.0 5.2 92.1 86.6 2.01 1.62
T3 7.5 7.3 0.18 0.14 5.1 4.4 101.9 94.6 1.82 1.43
T4 6.4 7.3 0.13 0.11 4.0 3.8 107.6 102.1 1.80 1.54

Analysis of variance (P- values)

Treatment < 0.0001 < 0.0001 0.0002 < 0.0001 0.4378
Season 0.6154 0.0612 0.3337 0.0002 0.0035
Treatment 0.9465 0.8955 0.0827 0.7920 0.9373
x
Season

T1 (control) indicates that hazelnut trees were irrigated according to 100 % of actual evapotranspiration which maintained a midday stem water potential (Ѱstem) > -
0.7 MPa; T2, T3, and T4 indicate that irrigation was re-established when trees reached approximately a Ψstem threshold of -1.0, -1.3 and -1.7 MPa, respectively.

T2 did not show significant differences with T1 and T3, but they were between 124–315 mm and 89–537 mm, respectively.
significantly higher than those observed for T4. (Table 2). In addition, The Ψstem values presented significant differences among treatments
there were not a significant effect of treatments on WUE; however, the during the ICO application. For T1, Ψstem remained higher than the
lowest mean seasonal values were observed during the 2017/18 other treatments and almost constant during both seasons with values
growing season. For a 3-year-old hazelnut trees (cv. Tonda di Giffoni) greater than –0.7 MPa (Fig. 4). Similarly, Grau and Sandoval (2009)
grown in pots, Tombesi (1994) observed that WUE was between observed values greater –0.9 MPa for three-year-old hazelnut trees
0.82−0.84 μmol CO2/mmol H2O from field capacity to 60 % of avail- under nonwater restriction. For T2 treatment, Ψstem was reduced up to
able water, after which, it decrease to 0.57 μmol CO2/mmol H2O. –1.0 MPa during the ICO application, which reduced the total irrigation
volume by about 19 % respect to T1. Moreover, a decrease up to 24 and
3.3. Yield parameters, α-tocopherol kernel content, and water productivity 29 % of the full irrigation treatment led to a minimum Ψstem equal to
–1.7 and –1.3 MPa for T4 and T3, respectively. The results of this study
The statistical analysis indicates that there was a significant effect of showed a decline of 27 % in tree water status, which agrees with lit-
ICO strategies on yield with the highest and lowest values observed in erature, that shows water status reduction between 12–50 % when
T1 (8.1 kg tree–1) and T4 (7.5 kg tree–1), respectively. Additionally, using the Ψleaf and ΨPD (Awada and Josiah, 2007; Catoni et al., 2017;
yields were significantly similar among T1, T2, and T3 and there was Dias et al., 2005; Girona et al., 1994; Marsal et al., 1997).
not significant interaction among treatments and growing seasons. About the response of gas exchange, the ICO treatments sig-
The KW and FW were significantly affected by ICO treatments, nificantly reduced the An, gs, and E values between 15–37, 15–40, and
where T1 and T4 presented the highest and lowest values, respectively. 11–32 % of T1, respectively. In this case, the lowest gs and An values
In this case, the KW of T1 (1.52 g) and T2 (1.46 g) did not present observed in T4 were 0.12 mol H2O m–2 s–1 and 6.6 μmol CO2 m–2 s–1,
significant differences, but they were statistically higher than those of respectively. Similar pattern was reported by Marsal et al. (1997), who
T4 (1.37 g) and T3 (1.41 g). The FW only demonstrated significant observed that an application of 20 % of ETa during the fruit growing
differences between T1 and T4, whose average values were 3.32 g and period (from DOY 190–240) for hazelnut trees reduced gs and An from
3.04 g, respectively (Table 3). 0.25 to 0.05 mol H2O m–2 s–1 and 8.8 to 1.4 μmol CO2 m–2 s–1, respec-
The KW/FW ratios ranged between 0.42–0.45, and there was no tively. Moreover, the average values of An and gs obtained in T2 were
significant effect among treatments and seasons. Moreover, the season not significantly different than those in T1, but they were significantly
had a significant effect on α-tocopherol content, with values of 223 and higher than those observed in T4. These results can explain the non-
602 μg g−1 for the first and second season, respectively. Finally, the WP significant differences between T2 and T1 for yield, FW and KW
was significantly higher during the first growing season, and average (Table 3). Instead, with a longer water stress period (T3 and T4), An, gs
values of WP were significantly higher in T3 (0.76 kg m–3) and T4 and E were reduced significantly. This gas exchange response supports
(0.86 kg m–3) in comparison with T1 (0.51 kg m–3) (Table 3). the reduction in the KW seen in T3 (1.41 g) and T4 (1.37 g). Several
studies have noted that this response is related to stomatal closure
4. Discussion preventing water loss, which reduces gs, An, and, therefore, the yield
(Flexas et al., 2004; Flexas and Medrano, 2002; Marino et al., 2018).
The weather conditions during the two study seasons agreed with However, the T3 treatment, having even reduced its gas exchange
those of the expected climatic description of the area with a negligible parameters and water status, did not result in a significant loss of yield,
level of precipitation (less than 60 mm) during the two growing sea- FW or KW/FW ratio, which contrasts with previous studies carried out
sons. In these seasons, the cumulative ETa from October to March was on hazelnut trees (Bignami et al., 2009; Cristofori et al., 2008).
between 628–686 mm, which was higher than those reported by Özmen Grau and Sandoval (2009) suggested that the impact of water re-
(2016) on rainfed conditions (251–289 mm) and those published by striction during stage III would be minimized since there is only a
Cristofori et al. (2014), who observed ETa and precipitation ranging translocation of dry matter. However, Cristofori et al. (2015) reported

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Table 3
Effect of different irrigation treatments on yield, kernel weight, fruit weight, ratio of kernel to fruit, α-tocopherol kernel content and water productivity (WP).
Yield (kg tree−1) Kernel weight (g) Fruit weight (g) Kernel/Fruit (%) α-tocopherol (μ g−1) WP (kg m−3)

Treatments T1 8.1 a 1.52 a 3.32 a 44.5 392.3 0.51 c

T2 8.0 ab 1.46 ab 3.25 ab 42.2 418.1 0.68 b
T3 7.8 ab 1.41 b 3.14 ab 41.6 409.2 0.76 ab
T4 7.5 b 1.37 b 3.04 b 42.6 428.8 0.86 a
Seasons 2016−2017 7.9 1.47 a 3.20 42.8 222.7 b 0.82 a
2017−2018 7.8 1.41 b 3.18 42.7 601.5 a 0.59 b

Treatment 2016−2017 2017−2018 2016−2017 2017−2018 2016−2017 2017−2018 2016−2017 2017−2018 2016−2017 2017−2018 2016−2017 2017−2018
x
Season

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T1 8.9 7.3 1.54 1.59 3.17 3.27 44.8 44.2 190.9 592.4 0.57 0.45
T2 8.9 7.2 1.46 1.49 3.05 3.22 42.6 41.9 226.6 605.2 0.85 0.50
T3 8.5 6.8 1.39 1.38 2.97 3.12 41.5 41.7 223.7 599.2 0.92 0.61
T4 7.9 6.4 1.36 1.34 2.73 2.93 42.2 42.9 238.4 619.8 0.92 0.79

Analysis of covariance (P-values)

Treatments 0.0148 0.0015 0.0048 0.0905 0.5481 < 0.0001
Seasons 0.4295 0.0325 0.7844 0.6984 < 0.0001 0.0001
Treatment 0.7774 0.2808 0.8429 0.8734 0.9490 0.0810
x
Season
Covariate < 0.0001 0.6328 0.2808 0.2122 0.4631 0.2205

T1 (control) indicates that hazelnut trees were irrigated according to 100 % of actual evapotranspiration which maintained a midday stem water potential (Ѱstem) > -0.7 MPa; T2, T3, and T4 indicate that irrigation was
re-established when trees reached approximately a Ψstem threshold of -1.0, -1.3 and -1.7 MPa, respectively.
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that the KW increased a lot due to oil accumulation during stage III, Acknowledgments
affecting the final yield. In this study, the physiological and yield re-
sponses suggested that T2 applied during stage III could be used to save This study was supported by the Research Program on Adaptation of
water without reducing significantly the hazelnut yield. Guerrero et al. Agriculture to Climate Change (A2C2, Universidad de Talca, Chile).
(2006) indicated that the application of RDI based on Ψstem (–1.5 MPa) Additionally, the authors would like to thank Camilo Scocco (General
during the dry matter translocation stage of pistachio trees did not Manager) and Maria José Lisperguer (Research Associate) from the
cause a significant decrease in yield respect to well-watered trees. Ac- Agrichile Company, for their technical support and allowing the trials
cording to Catoni et al. (2017), a Ψstem threshold of –1.7 MPa (T4 for to be conducted in their hazelnut orchard.
this study) resulted in a prolonged delay in the recovery of gs, with
concomitant negative effects on long-term hazelnut FW and KW. Ad- Appendix A. Supplementary data
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