Sustainable and Traditional Irrigation and Fertigation Practices for Potato and Zucchini in Dry Mediterranean Regions
Sustainability,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
17(5), С. 1860 - 1860
Опубликована: Фев. 21, 2025
Transforming
irrigation
practices
is
essential
to
address
aquifer
depletion
and
food
security
in
Mediterranean
regions
facing
climate
change
water
scarcity.
Developing
local
national
resilience
requires
capacity
building
boost
soil
health
adaptation
drought.
Recent
attempts
undertaken
by
the
SEALACOM
Project
reduced
rates
protected
agriculture.
The
purpose
of
this
work
enhance
traditional
farmer’s
promote
potential
advanced
fertigation
field
crops
(i.e.,
potato
zucchini)
cultivated
under
two
different
pedo-climatic
conditions
improve
nutrient
use
efficiency.
Results
showed
yield
zucchini
on
plots
with
continuous
was
22%
17.8%,
respectively,
which
higher
than
fertilization
practices.
Elite
tuber
size
40%
(p
<
0.05).
farmer
applied
359
L
produce
1
kg
fresh
compared
225
Project,
indicating
a
significant,
60%
saving
practice.
Compared
production,
achieved
more
50%
productivity.
In
farmers
19.5%
nitrogen
19.6%
phosphorus
fertilizers.
58
N
farmers,
38
ton
Zucchini,
showing
34%
major
application.
To
cultivate
tubers,
utilized
4.06
g
1.34
phosphorus,
practice,
required
13.2
2.25
phosphorus.
Water
productivity
commerciality
final
product
have
high
positive
impact
income
attitude
towards
adoption
modern,
sustainable
Язык: Английский
Maximizing crop yield and economic benefit through water and nitrogen optimization in bell pepper
Agricultural Water Management,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
312, С. 109447 - 109447
Опубликована: Март 30, 2025
Язык: Английский
Effects of Irrigation Interval and Irrigation Level on Growth, Photosynthesis, Fruit Yield, Quality, and Water-Nitrogen Use Efficiency of Drip-Fertigated Greenhouse Tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum L.)
Agronomy,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
15(5), С. 1068 - 1068
Опубликована: Апрель 28, 2025
The
inefficient
irrigation
strategy
is
an
important
factor
affecting
the
yield
and
water
productivity
of
tomatoes
in
greenhouses,
seriously
hindering
development
cultivation
industry.
While
impact
level
on
tomato
growth
has
been
extensively
studied,
interval,
another
crucial
component
schedule,
as
well
their
interaction,
remain
poorly
explored.
There
were
four
levels
(W1:
125%
ETc,
W2:
100%
W3:
75%
W4:
50%
ETc;
ETc
represented
crop
evapotranspiration)
three
intervals
(D1:
4-day
D2:
7-day
D3:
10-day
interval),
aiming
to
explore
effects
different
performance
tomatoes.
Here,
we
showed
that
moderate
increases
interval
promoted
root
growth,
improved
nitrogen
uptake
distribution,
enhanced
plant
height,
stem
diameter,
leaf
area
index,
aboveground
biomass,
thereby
promoting
net
photosynthetic
rate
plants
fruit
yield.
quality
indicators
total
soluble
solids,
vitamin
C,
sugar
decreased
with
increasing
but
increased
decreasing
interval.
Higher
consumption
resulted
lower
water-nitrogen
use
efficiency.
Overall,
compared
W2D2
W2D3,
W2D1
by
8.0%
26.1%,
respectively,
5.7%
19.3%,
7.1%
17.5%,
respectively.
In
addition,
organs
then
increase
level,
while
it
consistently
At
harvest
period,
followed
order
>
stem.
Taken
together,
(100%
interval)
recommended
for
this
experiment,
which
can
provide
a
theoretical
basis
technical
support
sustainable
production
greenhouse
drip
Язык: Английский