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ASSESSMENT OF LOW HEAD IRRIGATION SYSTEMS AND SOIL MULCHING TO SAVE WATER FOR MAIZE CULTIVATION

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Last updated: 26 Dec 2024

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Agricultural Irrigation and Drainage Engineering

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Irrigation techniques are critical in reducing water consumption while maintaining or improving yield. A simple low-head bubbler with a high-water application uniformity (CU) of greater than or equal to 85 % was developed as an alternative to traditional furrow irrigation for producing intensive crops. For the evaluation of four bubbler designs with drip and furrow irrigation systems for maize production, a 20m lateral length was employed. The bubblers had two inside diameters (ID) of 8.8 and 13.6mm, each at a distance of 2 and 4m. The field application efficiency (Ea) of the different irrigation systems was estimated. For drip irrigation, it was (92.3%), while for furrow irrigation, it was only (63%). The two bubbler sizes, 8.8mm and 13.6mm, had better application efficiency at a short interval distance of 2m (80 and 82%), respectively. Then, compare the effects of different plastic mulch (M) and plastic mulch plus straw (M+S) soil covers to uncovered (Un) soil in terms of maize crop yield and water use efficiency (WUE). with (M), the WUE of grain and straw were for instance, under drip, bubbler 13.6mm at 2, bubbler 8.8mm at 2m, bubbler 13.6mm at 4m, furrow, and bubbler 8.8mm at 4m, in descending order, (0.92 and 0.98), (0.89 and 0.93), (0.79 and 0.91), (0.77 and 0.89), (0.72 and 0.87), and (0.70 and 0.85kg/m3, respectively. With the evaluated irrigation systems, the WUE values for (Un) and covered by (M+S) exhibit the same pattern as covered by M. 

DOI

10.21608/mjae.2023.209600.1097

Keywords

drip, bubbler, furrow, Maize, Soil covers

Authors

First Name

M. A.

Last Name

Rashad

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Affiliation

Prof. of Irrig. and Drain. Eng., Ag. Eng. Dept., Fac. of Ag., Suez Canal U., Egypt.

Email

mohamed_rashad@agr.suez.edu.eg

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First Name

A.

Last Name

Zedan

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Prof. of Irrig. and Drain. Eng., Ag. Eng. Dept., Fac. of Ag., Zagazig U., Egypt.

Email

mto252000@yahoo.com

City

Zagazig City

Orcid

0000-0001-8560-3633

First Name

M.

Last Name

Salman

MiddleName

S.

Affiliation

Researcher at the Plant Protection Institute, Agricultural Research Center (A.R.C.), Cairo, Egypt.

Email

mohamed_selmy@yahoo.com

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First Name

A.

Last Name

Khedr

MiddleName

F.

Affiliation

Assoc. Prof. of Irrig. and Drain. Eng., Ag. Eng. Dept., Fac. of Ag., Suez Canal U., Egypt.

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afathi2100@yahoo.com

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Volume

40

Article Issue

3

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42190

Issue Date

2023-07-01

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2023-05-07

Publish Date

2023-07-01

Page Start

161

Page End

172

Print ISSN

1687-384X

Online ISSN

2636-3062

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MJAE_Volume 40_Issue 3_Pages 161-172.pdf

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1,326

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Publication Title

Misr Journal of Agricultural Engineering

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https://mjae.journals.ekb.eg/

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ASSESSMENT OF LOW HEAD IRRIGATION SYSTEMS AND SOIL MULCHING TO SAVE WATER FOR MAIZE CULTIVATION

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26 Dec 2024