تلخیص
A net greenhouse experiment was conducted on tomato to test the performance of two drip irrigation methods; buried diffuser (BD) versus surface drip (SD) under three irrigation levels, namely 100% (recommended irrigation), 75 and 50% of the full irrigation. The effects of irrigation methods were inconsistent during the two seasons because results were assessed significant only in the 2016/2017 season. In this season buried diffuser (BD) has significantly increased plant length, stem diameter (girth), fruit weight, fruit clusters (bunches), and fruit number but significantly decreased number of plant leaves, and total soluble solids (TSS). The increase in plant length and diameter of the stem (girth) was 16.7% and 14.3%, respectively, but number of plant leaves decreased by 4.3%. The fruit weight, fruit clusters (bunches), and fruit number increased by 45.8, 18.6, and 34.8%, respectively while TSS decreased by 12%. The highest reduction in crop yield was recorded with 50% of recommended irrigation due to decrease in plant length, girth, number of leaves, fruit cluster and fruit number by 13.9, 11.7, 10.9, 14.8 and 19.1%, respectively which were evaluated significant as well whereas the 75% irrigation level proved better than 50% level. The combinations of the two factors did not indicate any assessable impact on crop growth, yield or quality. In the 2017/18, all the treatment effects remained as non-significant