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Deficit Irrigation Technique to Improve Water Productivity of Avocado Grown on Mulched Sandy Soi

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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A field experiment was conducted in new reclaimed areas to improve avocado trees water productivity cultivated under deficit irrigation and mulching. The deficit irrigation treatments were 90, 80, 70, and 60% of reference evapotranspiration (ETo). Results revealed that The average water requirements during different avocado trees physiological growth stages were 613, 1509, 1755, 1391, and 632 m3 /fed for flowering to end of fruit set, fruit set to approximately 50% of the expected market fruit size, during the fruit growth stage, during the fruit ripening stage, and during the flower bud formation stage, respectively. These values represent approximately 10.4%, 25.6%, 29.7%, 23.6%, and 10.7% of the total yearly water requirement. The averages irrigation frequency were 2.45, 2.61, 2.72, 2.87, and 3.91day for 100, 90, 80, 70 and 60% ETo treatments, respectively. The highest crop water productivity value of 1.24 kg/m3 water was attained at 70% ETo followed by 1.18 kg/m3 water at 80% ETo while the least crop water productivity (1.06 kg/m3 water) was realized at 100% ETo. The crop water requirement of 5110 m3 /fed/year with high irrigation frequency is recommended for mulched sandy soil cultivated with avocado trees.

DOI

10.21608/ajs.2022.120218.1462

Keywords

Avocado crop, Drip irrigation, soil mulching, Deficit Irrigation, water productivity

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First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

Ibrahim

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Soils Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, P.O. Box 68, Hadayek Shoubra 11241, Cairo, Egypt

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ahmed_abdelfatah@agr.asu.edu.eg

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Cairo

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0000-0003-4765-5672

First Name

Mostafa

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Sokkar

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-

Affiliation

PICO for Modern Agriculture Company, Zamalek, Cairo, Egypt

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mostafasokkar7@gmail.com

City

South of Tahreer, El-Boheira Gov.

Orcid

29310061700356

First Name

Eslam

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Farg

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-

Affiliation

Agriculture Applications, Soils, and Marine Division, National Authority For Remote Sensing Space Sciences (NARSS), Cairo, Egypt

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efargnarss@gmail.com

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Cairo

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First Name

Manal

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Mohamed

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Soils Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, P.O. Box 68, Hadayek Shoubra 11241, Cairo, Egypt

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manalmubarak1@agr.asu.edu.eg

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Cairo

Orcid

0000-0001-9029-0600

First Name

Mona

Last Name

Nosseir

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-

Affiliation

Soils Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, P.O. Box 68, Hadayek Shoubra 11241, Cairo, Egypt

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mona_nossier@agr.asu.edu.eg

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Cairo

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0000-0001-9029-0600

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30

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2

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37090

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2022-12-01

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2022-02-05

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2022-12-01

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1

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13

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1110-2675

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2636-3585

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668

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Arab Universities Journal of Agricultural Sciences

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Deficit Irrigation Technique to Improve Water Productivity of Avocado Grown on Mulched Sandy Soi

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22 Jan 2023