Zużycie wody przez rośliny truskawek w uprawie pod osłonami

The experiment was conducted during two seasons (2002, 2003) t o investigate water consumption by three strawberry cultivars (‘Elsanta’, ‘Elkat’, ‘Salut’) grown under greenhouse conditions. Strawberry plants were grown in pots filled with a peat substrate. The pots were placed on top of glass containers filled with a nutrient solution. Each pot was connected with the container below by two pieces of water absorbing material immersed in the nutrient solution. The amount of the nutrient solution taken up by the plants was recorded every day. The highest water consumption was recorded for ‘Elsanta’, and the lowest one for ‘Salut’ plants. Water use efficiency calculated as a ratio of the total amount of water consumed by the plant and the size of the fruit crop produced ( cm 3 H 2 O g - 1 of fruit) was similar for the cultivars ‘ Salut’ and ‘Elsanta’. The highest level of water consumption recorded for ‘Elsanta’ plants indicates that it was caused by the high production potential of this cultivar.