ABSTRACT
The research had as its objective the provision of alternatives to reduce costs of drip irrigation systems without affecting the irrigation management and to compare subsurface drip to surface drip in terms of crop yield. The experiment was carried out in a cohesive sand from coastal tablelands. The experiment followed a split-split plot design, in random blocks, with five replications. The treatments consisted of a combination of four irrigation intervals (1, 2, 3 and 4 days) with drip lines in crop rows and drip lines between alternate rows on surface drip line and buried at 0.25 m. The irrigation intervals and drip line location in crop rows did not affect melon yields.
Key words:
surface drip; subsurface drip; irrigation management