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Sustainable Deficit Irrigation Technique to Enhance “KEITT” Mango Productivity in a Semi-Arid Climate Region

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Last updated: 13 Jan 2025

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Water scarcity necessitates the implementation of various strategies to manage irrigation processes, aiming to optimize water usage for sustainable development, particularly in Semi-Arid regions. This research investigates the impact of using a sustainable deficit irrigation (SDI) technique alongside a drip irrigation system on the efficiency of water use and the growth and productivity of "KEITT" mango trees. The experiment examined four levels of irrigation requirements (IR) at 50%, 60%, 75% and 100%, using four different dripper spacing distances (60, 50, 40 and 30 cm). The average tree productivity during the 2022 season was 26.060, 24.100, 25.740 and 24.330 kg/tree, respectively, while in the 2023 season, it was 25.940, 24.760, 25.250 and 24.380 kg/tree. The average water use efficiency (WUE) values were 4.950, 3.880, 3.240 and 2.320 kg/m³ for the 50%, 60%, 75% and 100% IR treatments, respectively. The results indicated no significant differences in the growth and productivity of the mango crop across different irrigation levels. It was found that irrigating at 50% IR achieved the highest water use efficiency, saving more than 3500 m³ of water per fedden per season. These findings suggest that policymakers can adopt sustainable deficit irrigation techniques to enhance WUE without compromising crop productivity.  

DOI

https://doi.org/10.21608/AJS.2024.300199.1576

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Drip irrigation, Irrigation require-ments, Mango fruit productivity, Sustainable deficit irrigation SDI, Water use efficiency WUE

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First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

Kamal

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T.

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Agric. Engineering Dept, Fac of Agric, Ain Shams Univ, P.O. Box 68, Hadayek Shubra 11241, Cairo, Egypt

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ahmednatron2008@gmail.com

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Abdel Ghany

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El-Gindy

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M.

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Agric. Engineering Dept, Fac of Agric, Ain Shams Univ, P.O. Box 68, Hadayek Shubra 11241, Cairo, Egypt

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elgindy47@gmail.com

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Cairo

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Khaled

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elbagoury

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faran

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Agric. Engineering Dept, Fac of Agric, Ain Shams Univ, P.O. Box 68, Hadayek Shubra 11241, Cairo, Egypt

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khaledelbagoury@yahoo.com

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Cairo

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Bahaa

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Sayed

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M.

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Pomology Dept, Fac. of Agric., Cairo Univ., El-Gamaa Street/Orman, Giza, 12613, Cairo, Egypt

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bahaa.900@hotmail.com

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Cairo

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32

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2

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52591

Issue Date

2024-12-01

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2024-06-29

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2024-12-01

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189

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198

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1110-2675

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2636-3585

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Arab Universities Journal of Agricultural Sciences

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Sustainable Deficit Irrigation Technique to Enhance “KEITT” Mango Productivity in a Semi-Arid Climate Region

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13 Jan 2025