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Effect of irrigation scheduling on canopy cover development and crop-water management related parameters of O.ficus-indica under prolonged drought conditions.

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Abstract

Opuntia ficus-indica is gaining scientists' and policy makers' interest worldwide as drought tolerant crop adopted to marginal low fertile soils. Few studies were conducted to estimate its water management parameters under different soil-climate conditions. O.ficus-indica was planted in the experimental farm of City of Scientific Research and Technological Applications (SRTA-City, Alexandria, Egypt) under different irrigation scheduling applications. The study aimed to understand the effect of severe water deficit on crop development and water management related parameters. First irrigation scheduling (T1) applied irrigation with fixed amount of water (7.2 m3 ha-1 week-1). The second (T2), was applied when soil water content (SWC) became below 35% of field capacity (Ɵfc) in effective root zone. The third (T3), was conducted when SWC was below 30% of Ɵfc. The results revealed higher yield under T1 than T2 and T3. Water productivity was the lowest in T1 (0.62 kg m-3) and the highest in T3 (18.13 kg m-3). Actual crop evapotranspiration (ETa) was significantly higher in T3 (4.80 mm day-1), than T2 (4.56 mm day-1) and T1 (3.84 mm day-1). No significant difference was found in soil water content, canopy cover, crop coefficient among the applied irrigation scheduling. Average canopy cover was 13.63%, 11.08%, and 10.22% for T1, T2, and T3, respectively indicating early crop development stage. The corresponding crop coefficient (kc) was between 0.19 in T1 to 0.23 in T2 and 0.24 in T3. Further study is recommended to confirm obtained results and estimate ETa and kc under middle and end crop development stages.

DOI

10.21608/sjas.2020.50551.1061

Keywords

cactus pear, water management, actual evapotranspiration, crop coefficient, Digital image processing

Authors

First Name

Maha

Last Name

Elbana

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Affiliation

Soil and Water Science Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef 62511, Egypt

Email

maha.elbana@agr.bsu.edu.eg

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First Name

Eman

Last Name

El-Gamal

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H

Affiliation

Land and Water Technologies Department, Arid Lands Cultivation Research Institute, City of Scientific Research and Technological Applications (SRTA-City), New Borg Elarab, Alexandria, Egypt

Email

eman.elgamal@yahoo.com

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First Name

Abdallah

Last Name

Mohamed

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-

Affiliation

Land and Water Technologies Department, Arid Lands Cultivation Research Institute, City of Scientific Research and Technological Applications (SRTA-City), New Borg Elarab, Alexandria, Egypt

Email

abdallahelsayed44@gmail.com

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Orcid

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First Name

Ana Luisa

Last Name

Fernando

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

University Nova de Lisboa, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Biomass Science and Technology, Environmental Biotechnology Unit, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal

Email

ala@fct.unl.pt

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First Name

Luigi

Last Name

Pari

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-

Affiliation

Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Center for Engineering and Agro-Food Processing (CREA-IT), Via della Pascolare, 16, 00015 Monterotondo, Italy

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luigi.pari@crea.gov.it

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First Name

Abdelkader

Last Name

Outzourhit

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-

Affiliation

Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco

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aoutzour@uca.ma

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Orcid

-

First Name

Mahmoud

Last Name

Elwakeel

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Food Science Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef 62511, Egypt

Email

mahmoud.elwakeel@agr.bsu.edu.eg

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Orcid

-

First Name

Wael

Last Name

El-Sheikh

MiddleName

E.A.

Affiliation

Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef 62511, Egypt

Email

wael78egy@yahoo.com

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First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Rashad

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Land and Water Technologies Department, Arid Lands Cultivation Research Institute, City of Scientific Research and Technological Applications (SRTA-City), New Borg Elarab, Alexandria, Egypt

Email

marashad2@gmail.com

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2

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2

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2020-12-01

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2020-11-21

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2020-12-01

Page Start

113

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122

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2535-1796

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2535-180X

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SJAS_Volume 2_Issue 2_Pages 113-122.pdf

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Publication Title

Scientific Journal of Agricultural Sciences

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https://sjas.journals.ekb.eg/

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Effect of irrigation scheduling on canopy cover development and crop-water management related parameters of O.ficus-indica under prolonged drought conditions.

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22 Jan 2023