Water productivity into biomass and energy for Brazilian sugar cane varieties as a function of soil water availability: experimentation and simulation

• Grant number: 12/50083-7
• Support Opportunities: Program for Research on Bioenergy (BIOEN) - Research Partnership for Technological Innovation (PITE)
• Start date: March 01, 2013
• End date: March 31, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Agricultural Engineering - Soil and Water Engineering
• Agreement: Odebrecht Agroindustrial
• Principal Investigator: Rubens Duarte Coelho
• Grantee: Rubens Duarte Coelho
• Host Institution: Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALQ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Piracicaba , SP, Brazil
• City of the host institution: Piracicaba
• Company: ETH Bioenergia

Abstract

Sugar cane crop stands out as one of the main crops explored in Brazil. In new areas of expansion of the sugarcane industry (SP west, MS, MT, GO, MG, BA, AM, MA and PI) it is observed periods of more intensive drought in the soil throughout the year, being of fundamental importance to consider the water-plant relations to obtain economic productivity. So the project to be developed in Biosystems Engineering Department at ESALQ / USP, aims to present to sugar cane breeding programs in Brazil, the current rates of water productivity into Biomass conversion (biomass kg / m3 evapotranspired H20) and Energy conversion (MJ of energy / m3 H20 evapotranspired) for the main varieties under different maturation strategies and water levels in soil. The development of this project will also identify the maximum sucrose content for different varieties and parameterized the physiological model CANEGRO, aiming its application to the production environments of ETH Bioenergy Clusters. It is proposed in this research project the development of the research platform called "PAC-CANA" where it will be possible to quantify in a continuous and automated way the Productivity of Biomass Conversion into Water and Energy of any commercial crop, to serve as a support tool for breeding programs in Brazil and also to optimize water use in irrigation projects (expansion agriculture areas). (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

OSCAR BIANCIOTTO; FERNANDO ARAS MARTIN; MARÍA ELENA ARCE; LUCIANO SELZER; JESÚS ORTEGA GARCÍA; GEA PAULO; LEONOR ANGELICA GALINDO CÁRDENAS; ALDO ROBLEDO; EDGAR OMAR RUEDA PUENTE. Farming with drip sea water irrigation for Salicornia production in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. Biotecnia, v. 23, n. 1, p. 77-85, 2021-06-18. (12/50083-7)

COSTA, JEFFERSON DE O.; COELHO, RUBENS D.; BARROS, TIMOTEO H. DA S.; FRAGA JUNIOR, EUSIMIO F.; FERNANDES, ANDRE L. T.. PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES OF COFFEE TREE UNDER DIFFERENT IRRIGATION LEVELS. Engenharia Agrícola, v. 38, n. 5, p. 648-656, SEP-OCT 2018. (12/50083-7)

SANTOS, LUCAS C.; COELHO, RUBENS D.; BARBOSA, FERNANDO S.; LEAL, DANIEL P. V.; FRAGA JUNIOR, EUSIMIO F.; BARROS, TIMOTEO H. S.; LIZCANO, JONATHAN V.; RIBEIRO, NATHALIA L.. Influence of deficit irrigation on accumulation and partitioning of sugarcane biomass under drip irrigation in commercial varieties. Agricultural Water Management, v. 221, p. 322-333, JUL 20 2019. (12/50083-7)

DE ALMEIDA, AILSON MACIEL; COELHO, RUBENS DUARTE; DA SILVA BARROS, TIMOTEO HERCULINO; COSTA, JEFFERSON DE OLIVEIRA; QUILOANGO-CHIMARRO, CARLOS ALBERTO; MORENO-PIZANI, MARIA ALEJANDRA; FARIAS-RAMIREZ, ASDRUBAL JESUS. Water productivity and canopy thermal response of pearl millet subjected to different irrigation levels. Agricultural Water Management, v. 272, p. 9-pg., 2022-07-16. (12/50083-7)

COSTA, JEFFERSON DE OLIVEIRA; COELHO, RUBENS DUARTE; DA SILVA BARROS, TIMOTEO HERCULINO; FRAGA JUNIOR, EUSIMIO FELISBINO; TEIXEIRA FERNANDES, ANDRE LUIS. Leaf area index and radiation extinction coefficient of a coffee canopy under variable drip irrigation levels. Acta Scientiarum. Agronomy, v. 41, 2019. (12/50083-7)

DA SILVA BARROS, TIMOTEO HERCULINO; DE ARAUJO PEREIRA, ARTHUR PRUDENCIO; DE SOUZA, ADIJAILTON JOSE; RIBEIRO, NATHALIA LOPES; BRAN NOGUEIRA CARDOSO, ELKE JURANDY; COELHO, RUBENS DUARTE. Influence of Sugarcane Genotype and Soil Moisture Level on the Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Community. SUGAR TECH, v. 21, n. 3, p. 505-513, JUN 2019. (12/50083-7)

COSTA, JEFFERSON DE OLIVEIRA; COELHO, RUBENS DUARTE; BARROS, TIMOTEO HERCULINO DA SILVA; FRAGA JUNIOR, EUSIMIO FELISBINO; FERNANDES, ANDRE LUIS TEIXEIRA. Canopy thermal response to water deficit of coffee plants under drip irrigation. IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE, v. 69, n. 3, MAR 2020. (12/50083-7)

RAFAEL MASCHIO; RUBENS DUARTE COELHO; TIMÓTEO HERCULINO DA SILVA BARROS; JÉFFERSON DE OLIVEIRA COSTA; SERGIO NASCIMENTO DUARTE. Water rights in sugarcane irrigation: influence of irrigation criteria and probability levels adopted for ETo and rainfall. Scientia Agricola, v. 81, 2024-05-13. (12/50083-7)

COSTA, JEFFERSON DE OLIVEIRA; COELHO, RUBENS DUARTE; DA SILVA BARROS, TIMOTEO HERCULINO; FRAGA JUNIOR, EUSIMIO FELISBINO; TEIXEIRA FERNANDES, ANDRE LUIS. Leaf area index and radiation extinction coefficient of a coffee canopy under variable drip irrigation levels. Acta Scientiarum. Agronomy, v. 41, p. 8-pg., 2019-01-01. (12/50083-7)