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Water Conservation and Productivity Improvement of "Le Conte" Pear Trees Utilizing a Partial Root-Zone Drying Technique Combined with Anti-Transpiration Materials and Polyethylen

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Horticulture

Abstract

Irrigation water scarcity is a major issue that reduces horticultural crop output and productivity. As a result, efforts must be made to improve irrigation technologies, irrigation management techniques, and the usage of water-saving materials. As a result, the goal of this research is to justify the use of water in irrigating "Le-Conte" pear plants under desert soil 
conditions while minimizing the negative influence on production and fruit quality. The partial root drying (PRD) technique, as well as antitranspiration products and plastic mulch, are used to accomplish this aim. During the study seasons, trees were irrigated with PRD technology at levels of 75 or 50 % of the irrigation requirement (IR) without any 
additives, or with kaolin or green miracle as anti-transpiration, or by covering the soil surface with black polyethylene, as opposed to irrigation with 100 % of the IR by the traditional way. The results showed that under the drip irrigation system, water can be conservation by reducing irrigation amounts by 25% of the optimal rate using PRD technique, especially when combined with the use of mulching or the use of anti-transpiration materials, it gave superior or similar results to the results achieved with the use of full irrigating rate in the normal way without any additional treatments for studied traits such as total leaf macro nutrient content, total chlorophyll content, carbohydrates, and IAA and GA3 content which achieved the highest yield with the best fruit characteristics in terms of fruit weight and a good percentage of fruits with red cheek.

DOI

10.21608/sjas.2023.228623.1325

Keywords

"Le Conte", pear trees, Conservation of Water, Partial Drying Technique (PRD), Anti-Transpiration Materials, Plastic mulch

Authors

First Name

Abdel-Mohsen

Last Name

M.A.

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Affiliation

Pomology Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.

Email

mael.shazly@gmail.com

City

giza

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Volume

5

Article Issue

3

Related Issue

43273

Issue Date

2023-09-01

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2023-08-11

Publish Date

2023-09-01

Page Start

1

Page End

18

Print ISSN

2535-1796

Online ISSN

2535-180X

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916

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Publication Title

Scientific Journal of Agricultural Sciences

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

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Water Conservation and Productivity Improvement of "Le Conte" Pear Trees Utilizing a Partial Root-Zone Drying Technique Combined with Anti-Transpiration Materials and Polyethylen

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30 Dec 2024