Abstract:
A field experiment was conducted in a banana-cultivation screenhouse to study the change and relationship between crop evapotranspiration and reference crop evapotranspiration (
ET0). The effects of microclimatic factors inside the screenhouse on
ET0 were also analyzed. Results show that
ET0 and Class-A pan-evaporation inside the screenhouse respectively decrease by 39% and 42% in comparison with those in the open field. Also, banana transpiration in the screenhouse decreases by 53% in comparison with those in the open field. Reductions in banana transpiration,
ET0 and pan-evaporation inside the screenhouse are mainly due to the decreases in net radiation and wind speed. Air temperature and vapor pressure, on the other hand, exert a minimal reduction effect on
ET0. A regression relation exists between screenhouse and open-field
ET0 and pan-evaporation. The statistical Class-A pan-coefficient for the study area is 0.84.