422102

Sustainable biochar outperforms hydrogel in alleviating water stress, enhancing Zebda mango yield and water use efficiency

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Last updated: 27 Apr 2025

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Soil physics and water conservation

Abstract

Water scarcity in arid regions is common, but deficit irrigation is a challenge to address climate change and growing water needs. Effective water conservation management is crucial for addressing climate change sustainability and mitigating water scarcity. So, the aim of this study to evaluate the effectiveness of biochar at 7 and 14 kg/tree, hydrogel at 50 and 100 g/tree as water-saving agents in mitigating the negative effects of deficit irrigation at 70% and 85% of irrigation requirements (IR) in Zebda mango variety. The results indicated that reducing the irrigation level from 85% IR to 70% IR led to a significant reduction in plant growth, fruit retention, yield, and quality, as well as water use efficiency (WUE). However, biochar and hydrogel, particularly at high levels, successfully alleviated water stress in mango Zebda trees. Moreover, biochar significantly outperformed the impact of hydrogel in alleviating water stress by enhancing plant growth, fruit set and fruit quality. Treatment of 14kg biochar increased fruit yield by 35.1% and 54.5 % as well as improvement in WUE by 34.7% and 54.9% for 85%IR and 70% IR as mean of both seasons. Furthermore, biochar at 14kg surpasses hydrogel at100g by 21.16% and 20.99% in terms of yield and WUE under 70% IR. Biochar and hydrogel successfully mitigated deficit irrigation effects, suggesting future research use 100% or 85% deficit irrigation during flowering, fruit set, and growth, and 70% at other stages.

DOI

10.21608/ejss.2025.353391.1968

Keywords

Mangifera indica, Chlorophyll, fruit, Irrigation, proline

Authors

First Name

Ayman

Last Name

Shaban

MiddleName

El-Sayed Ahmed

Affiliation

Professor at the Pomology Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.

Email

aymsh70@yahoo.com

City

giza

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First Name

Mahmoud

Last Name

Abd El-Migeed

MiddleName

Mohamed Mahamoud

Affiliation

Professor at Horticultural Crop Technology Department, National Research Center, Dokki, Giza, Egypt

Email

mahmoud_mohamed5350@yahoo.com

City

giza

Orcid

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First Name

Hossam

Last Name

Moawad

MiddleName

Mohamed

Affiliation

PhD student at Horticultural Crop Technology Department, National Research Center, Dokki, Giza, Egypt

Email

hm.moawad@gmail.com

City

giza

Orcid

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First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

AbdelHady Rashedy

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-

Affiliation

Pomology department, Faculty of Aggriculture, Cairo University, Egypt.

Email

ahmed.rasheedy@agr.cu.edu.eg

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-

Orcid

0000-0002-0297-1594

Volume

65

Article Issue

2

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51050

Issue Date

2025-06-01

Receive Date

2025-01-15

Publish Date

2025-06-01

Print ISSN

0302-6701

Online ISSN

2357-0369

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19

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Egyptian Journal of Soil Science

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https://ejss.journals.ekb.eg/

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Sustainable biochar outperforms hydrogel in alleviating water stress, enhancing Zebda mango yield and water use efficiency

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27 Apr 2025