THE WATER CONSUMPTION AT RAPE IN THE SOMES PLAIN’S CONDITIONS

Abstract

The paper presents the results regarding the water consumption at rape crop, irrigated and unirrigated, in the conditions of the Satu Mare (Romania) area. Data analysis on the average monthly consumption of three years shows that the total value is higher for irrigated culture (5154.66 m3) compared with non-irrigated variant (4678.66 m3). During the growing culture of rapeseed, the highest values of total water consumption were recorded during May, June and July.