This work aimed to evaluate the susceptibility of several dripline models against the clogging process when exposed to potassium chloride (white and red), applied through different water qualities (fertigation). The experiment was accomplished in three phases, at the Laboratory of Irrigation of the Department of Rural Engineering at ESALQ/USP, for a period of nine months, by analyzing the performance of eight conventional drip models, with four treatments and ten repetitions, being each repetition a dripper. The applied treatments were: (T1-Lg/B) water of the lake x chloride of white potassium; (T2-Lg/V) water of the lake x chloride of red potassium; (T3Lb/B) water of the laboratory x chloride of white potassium and (T4-Lb/V) water of the laboratory x chloride of red potassium. The dripline models presented variable performance, suggesting that internal architecture of emitters is a major factor related to clogging resistance for imposed treatments. It was not observed high clogging with the application of white or red potassium chloride, under different water quality conditions, showing that it is possible to use the red potassium chloride for fertigation without problems.
fertigation; uniformity of distribution; localized irrigation
