PHENOLOGY OF FIG (Ficus carica L.) WITH INDUCED HYDRIIC DEFICIT INDUCED

The fig tree (Ficus carica L) is a crop that despite being very remote and used for a long time as a non-commercial species has been gradually taking place in world production. Mexico has climatic conditions and advantages to become an important producer internationally however its annual production is low and this could be due among other things to the little information and experimentation on the influence of irrigation on the production of this species. Worldwide research has been done on water deficit on yield and fruit quality but the influence it has on the phenological development of the crop has been ignored. The objective of this research was to evaluate the phenology of vitroplants and plants per fig stake with water deficit induced by drip irrigation in greenhouse with a 3x2 factorial arrangement resulting in 6 treatments; T1 In vitro 2.3 mm/day T2 Stake 2.3 mm/day T3 In vitro 1.7 mm/day T4 Stake 1.7 mm/day T5 In vitro 1.1 mm/day T6 Stake 1.1 mm/day.