Irrigation Scheduling Tips for Tropical Fruit Groves in South Florida

Haimanote Bayabil , Kati Migliaccio, Jonathan Crane, andYuncong Li

Release Date: 9/12/2022

Reviewed At: 12/15/2025

DOI: 10.32473/edis-tr001-2022

Water Resources

Abstract

This fact sheet provides irrigation scheduling tips to growers of tropical fruit (e.g., avocado, mango, papaya, etc.) in south Florida. Written by Haimanote K. Bayabil, Kati W. Migliaccio, Jonathan H. Crane, and Yuncong Li, and published by the UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, revised September 2022.

About this Publication

This document is TR001, one of a series of the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date May 2000. Revised December 2008, February 2012, and September 2022. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

How to Cite

Bayabil, H. K., Migliaccio, K., Crane, J., & Li, Y. (2022). Irrigation Scheduling Tips for Tropical Fruit Groves in South Florida. EDIS, 2022(5). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-tr001-2022

Authors

Haimanote Bayabil

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University of Florida

associate professor, water resources, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, UF/IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center, Homestead, FL

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Kati Migliaccio

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University of Florida

dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and professor of water conservation, UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering

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Jonathan Crane

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University of Florida

professor emeritus, tropical fruit crop specialist, Department of Horticultural Sciences, UF/IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center, Homestead, FL

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Yuncong Li

Specialist

University of Florida

professor, soil and water quality, Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences, UF/IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center, Homestead, FL

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