: Field experiments were conducted to investigate the effects of three drip irrigation regimes
17 [G1: 120% crop evapotranspiration (ETc), G2: 100% ETc, and G3: 80% ETc] and four nitrogen (N)
18 sources treatments (S0: non-fertilized; S1: urea, S2: ammonium nitrate, and S3: ammonium sulfate on
19 water consumption use, water utilization efficiency, chlorophyll, yield and tubers quality of potato
20 (Solanum tuberosum L.; cv Diamond) under drip irrigation system during two successive winter
21 seasons (2015/16 and 2016/17). Nitrogen fertilization was applied at 380 kg ha-1 as standard
22 application for potato in the investigated area. The highest tubers yield was obtained from potato
23 grown with G1 S2 (65.8 Mg ha-1), G1 S3 (63.6 Mg ha-1), G2 S2 (64.1 Mg ha-1) and G2 S3 (62.4 Mg ha-1),
24 while the lowest tubers yield was obtained from potato grown with G3 S0 (10.1 Mg ha-1) and G2S0
25 (17.4 Mg ha-1). Different treatment of N sources resulted in a significant increase for water use
26 efficiency (WUtE) compared with unfertilized treatment. For the interaction effect, the highest WUtE
27 was obtained from potato grown with G3 S2 (18.1 kg m-3) followed by G3 S3 (17.6 kg m-3), while the
28 lowest WUtE was obtained from plants grown with G3S0 (3.0 kg m-3). On the other hand, the highest
29 chlorophyll content was obtained from plants grown with G1 and any N sources, followed by G2S3,
30 while the lowest chlorophyll content was obtained from those grown with G3S9. The highest N, S,
31 protein and P contents in tubers were obtained from plants grown with G3S3, G3S2 and G2S2, while
32 the highest K content in tubers was obtained from plants grown with G1S1 and G1S2. In concussion,
33 the integrative effects of G1 or G2 with S2 or S3 is recommended for high productivity, while
34 integrative effects of G3S3 and G3S2 are recommended for high quality tubers.
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