The crop coefficient is necessary for estimating the water requirement in irrigation planning and management. This work aimed to evaluate a mathematical model to predict crop coefficient versus days after planting. The model provides a quite good performance in estimating the crop coefficient. The time in that maximum Kc occurred didn't vary with the treatments. However there had been alterations in values of maximum Kc and maximum absolute growth rate. Positive correlation was observed between the time for Kc maximum and Kc maximum, between time of maximum absolute growth rate and maximum absolute growth rate, as well as between Kc maximum and time of maximum absolute growth rate and maximum absolute growth rate, and between time of maximum absolute growth and maximum absolute growth rate.
modelling; salinity; mulching
