Evapotranspiração real da cultura de milho nas condições de irrigação tradicional no Vale de Punata (Bolívia).

Abstract

In this research the manage of water in cultivates of corn was performed, to determine the actual evapotranspiration ETR in conditions of traditional irrigation, in a arid region of the Cochabamba - Bolivian. It was noted that ETR and other hydric balance parameters are influenced not only by technical factors as soil, climate, irrigation methods and others but also by social and cultural facts that influenced the operation of the system, consequently the balance of water of corn cultivates.