Experiments regarding use of saline water for cultivation in greenhouse. WP6, Action 6.5. Deliverable 6.5.3

This report contains a description of the activities carried out by CNR-ISPA (P4) in the framework of WP6 - Specialized research actions, Deliverable 6.5.3 - Experiments regarding the use of saline water for cultivations in greenhouse. The activities focused on testing sensor-based irrigation management strategies in greenhouse in saline conditions, with the aim to provide tools for irrigation decision and rational leaching control. We implemented both laboratory and on-field activities, focusing on tomato as the most important greenhouse vegetable crop in Mediterranean environment. Beside an introductive examination of the state of the art and of the concepts at the base of the carried out activities, a description of the experiments and of the results is included in this report. We outline that the full dataset from the experiments is at the moment under use or consideration for publication in scientific international journals, with the aim to present the outcomes of the IRMA project to the wide scientific community. Therefore, in order to be compliant with the universal requirement for scientific publication (the material should not have been previously published elsewhere, except in a preliminary form) the repornt does not include the full set of data; however, an exhaustive overview of the findings of the project activities is provided. All the publications that will arise from the activities carried out in the project will clearly refer to the IRMA project as source of funding for the conducted research.