Assessing and modelling water use and the partition of evapotranspiration of irrigated hop ( Humulus Lupulus ), and relations of transpiration with hops yield and alpha-acids

This study was conducted during three seasons (2012–2014) in an experimental hop yard at Mabegondo, Galicia, NW Spain. The research aimed at calibrating and validating the soil water balance model SIMDualKc for Humulus lupulus L. cv. ‘Nugget’. The model computes the soil water balance using the dual Kc approach, thus partitioning crop evapotranspiration (ETc) into crop transpiration, ground cover transpiration and soil evaporation. Calibration...