The present work was carried out at the Fazenda Experimental de Sooretama of the Instituto Capixaba de Pesquisa, Assistência Técnica e Extensão Rural - INCAPER, in Sooretama county, ES, over the period from November 22, 1996 to January 15, 1998. The soil of the area is a distrophic Yellow Red Latosol with a moderate A horizon. The objective was to study the effects of the interaction between the applied water depth and application frequencies upon the commercial production and production components of the papaya tree. A lineal growth of productivity was obtained with the increment in the applied water depth. However, it was verified that the largest productivity was obtained for irrigation frequency varying between three and five days. It was still observed that the average weight of the fruits was practically not affected by the interval among irrigations, but this effect was observed for the number of commercial fruits for plant, although both have grown with the increase of the applied water amount.
Irrigation; Microsprinkling; Management; Papaya
