290
S. Ouda
Table 15 The projected values of Kc of the studied vegetable crops in the fourth and fifth agroclimatic zone in 2030
Crop
Kc in the fourth agro-climatic
zone
Kc in the fifth agro-climatic zone
Kc ini
Kc mid
Kc end
Kc ini
Kc mid
Kc end
Cucumber
0.21
0.84
0.84
0.19
0.85
0.84
Eggplant
0.18
0.89
0.84
0.18
0.90
0.84
Onion
0.25
1.21
0.54
0.23
1.22
0.50
Pea
0.16
1.01
1.01
0.15
1.02
1.00
Pepper
0.18
1.02
0.86
0.18
1.00
0.85
Potato (winter)
0.23
1.07
0.65
0.22
1.00
0.70
Potato (summer)
0.18
1.11
0.69
0.16
1.10
0.70
Squash
0.20
0.89
0.68
0.19
0.90
0.70
Strawberry
0.17
0.70
0.70
0.15
0.70
0.70
Sweet potato
0.20
1.08
0.67
0.18
1.10
0.70
Tomato (winter)
0.19
1.12
0.66
0.18
1.01
0.65
Tomato (summer)
0.20
1.09
0.64
0.19
1.01
0.65
Watermelon
0.24
1.00
0.75
0.22
1.00
0.75
0.00
0.20
0.40
0.60
0.80
1.00
1.20
1.40
2016 Kcini 2030 Kcini 2016 Kcmed 2030 Kcmed 2016 Kcend 2030 Kcend
Fig. 6 Comparison between Kc values in 2016 and 2030 for studied vegetable crops in the first,
second and third agro-climatic zones of Egypt
5.4 The Value of ETc for the Selected Vegetable Crops
Similar to field and fruit crops, Table 16 showed that there would be an increasing
trend in the values of ETc from the first agro-climatic zone to the fifth agro-climatic
zone of Egypt in 2030.