ABSTRACT Carrot cultivation has increased within vegetable production because of its benefits to human health. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of different irrigation using magnetically treated water and potable water on a carrot crop. The experiment was conducted in the Department of Rural Engineering of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences (FCA-UNESP), Botucatu-SP Campus (Brazil), from September to December, 2015. A randomized complete block with a 2x5 factorial and 10 repetitions was adopted. Thus, the treatments included 2 types of water (potable and magnetically treated) and 5 spare blades that corresponded to the percentage of evapotranspiration (25, 50, 75, 100 and 125% ETc), with drip irrigation. The magnetically treated water irrigation yielded an increase in green root biomass, and the highest production was seen with 100 and 125% ETc, verifying the possibility of increased carrot productivity. There was a significant increase in the number of leaves, bulb length and diameter when the carrot crop was irrigated with magnetically treated water. | RESUMO A cultura da cenoura vem aumentando sua representatividade na produção de hortaliças devido a seus benefícios para a saúde humana. Objetivou-se neste trabalho analisar a consequência de diferentes lâminas de irrigação utilizando água tratada magneticamente e potável para a cultura da cenoura. O experimento foi conduzido na Faculdade de Ciências Agronômicas (FCA-UNESP), Campus de Botucatu-SP (Brasil), entre os meses de setembro a dezembro de 2015. Adotou-se o delineamento experimental em blocos casualizados, em esquema fatorial de 2x5 com 10 repetições. Assim, os tratamentos foram 2 tipos de água (água tratada magneticamente e potável), e 5 lâminas de reposição que corresponderam aos percentuais da evapotranspiração (25, 50, 75, 100 e 125% da Etc), utilizando a irrigação por gotejamento. Constatou-se que a irrigação com água tratada magneticamente proporcionou um incremento na massa de matéria fresca, sendo que a lâmina que obteve a maior produção foi a de 100 e 125% da Etc, assim verificando a possibilidade do aumento da produtividade da cenoura. Se constatou aumento significativo para a o número de folhas, comprimento de bulbo e diâmetro para a cultura da cenoura quando irrigada com água tratada magneticamente.

In most arid areas, due to scarce hydrogeological data, it is a challenge to locate groundwater sources and to meet water demand for residential, irrigation, and mining uses. In this study, an innovative method is presented, using magnetic resonance sounding (MRS), to detect areas suitable as groundwater sources on the Mongolian Plateau. First, a target investigation area was identified with a small number of MRS surveys of potential areas by determining whether aquifers exist, whether the aquifers have relatively large water contents and relaxation times, and whether there are hydraulic connections among the aquifers. Next, an intensive MRS survey (158 points in total) was conducted in the target investigation area, and eight boreholes were drilled. A comparison of the borehole data and MRS data showed that when the MRS data had a high signal-to-noise ratio, the aquifer depth and transmissivity estimated by MRS were associated with a deviation of only 4.85 m from the measured depth, and an uncertainty in transmissivity of 15.53%, respectively. These values indicated that the proposed method is highly accurate. Finally, a kriging interpolation method was used to construct distribution maps of groundwater levels, aquifer thickness, transmissivity, and water yield, based on the borehole and MRS data. The reliability of the results was assessed from several perspectives. The findings showed that this step-by-step approach is an effective method of groundwater source detection in arid areas with scarce hydrogeological data.