Polymer and deficit irrigation influence on water use efficiency and yield of muskmelon under surface and subsurface drip irrigation
Water scarcity is a major constraint facing vegetable production sustainability in open field farming of arid regions like the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This study was carried out in an open field of the Research and Training Station of King Faisal University in the eastern region of the Kingdom. The...
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| description | Water scarcity is a major constraint facing vegetable production sustainability in open field farming of arid regions like the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This study was carried out in an open field of the Research and Training Station of King Faisal University in the eastern region of the Kingdom. The objective was to assess the influences of the polymer addition (PA), deficit irrigation regime (DIR), and their combination on the production and water use efficiency (WUE) of muskmelons. PA treatments of 0.0, 0.2 and 0.4% and the irrigation treatments of 100, 75 and 50% of reference evapotranspiration (ETo), were imposed throughout the growth stages of muskmelons under surface drip irrigation (DI) and subsurface drip irrigation (SDI). The polymer addition of 0.4% enhanced the field water holding capacity of the medium sandy soil within the locality of the emitters by 43.6%. The soil water content of the surface layer within the vicinity of the polymer amended soil layer increased in a range of 72.4 to 99.4% to the combined influences of the 0.4% PA with the DI and SDI, but were marked more under the SDI. The combination of the 100% ETo DIR with polymer additions significantly (P < 0.05) enhanced the muskmelon fruit yield (MFY) under the SDI compared to DI. The PA of 0.4% improved WUE and MFY by 67.7, 70.4% under the SDI, and 58.6, 24.2% under the DI, respectively. Without the polymer addition (0.0% PA), the MFY significantly (P < 0.05) decreased with the increase of the DIRs under both DI and SDI. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-073d3a0fb2be4f5aba0ce90b137b7b2e2023-02-23T03:48:47ZengCzech Academy of Agricultural SciencesSoil and Water Research1801-53951805-93842021-09-0116319120310.17221/94/2020-SWRswr-202103-0006Polymer and deficit irrigation influence on water use efficiency and yield of muskmelon under surface and subsurface drip irrigationFaisal I. Zeineldin0Yousef Al-Molhim1Water Studies Center, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Environmental and Natural Resources, College of Agriculture and Food Sciences, Al-Ahsa, Saudi ArabiaWater scarcity is a major constraint facing vegetable production sustainability in open field farming of arid regions like the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This study was carried out in an open field of the Research and Training Station of King Faisal University in the eastern region of the Kingdom. The objective was to assess the influences of the polymer addition (PA), deficit irrigation regime (DIR), and their combination on the production and water use efficiency (WUE) of muskmelons. PA treatments of 0.0, 0.2 and 0.4% and the irrigation treatments of 100, 75 and 50% of reference evapotranspiration (ETo), were imposed throughout the growth stages of muskmelons under surface drip irrigation (DI) and subsurface drip irrigation (SDI). The polymer addition of 0.4% enhanced the field water holding capacity of the medium sandy soil within the locality of the emitters by 43.6%. The soil water content of the surface layer within the vicinity of the polymer amended soil layer increased in a range of 72.4 to 99.4% to the combined influences of the 0.4% PA with the DI and SDI, but were marked more under the SDI. The combination of the 100% ETo DIR with polymer additions significantly (P < 0.05) enhanced the muskmelon fruit yield (MFY) under the SDI compared to DI. The PA of 0.4% improved WUE and MFY by 67.7, 70.4% under the SDI, and 58.6, 24.2% under the DI, respectively. Without the polymer addition (0.0% PA), the MFY significantly (P < 0.05) decreased with the increase of the DIRs under both DI and SDI.https://swr.agriculturejournals.cz/artkey/swr-202103-0006_polymer-and-deficit-irrigation-influence-on-water-use-efficiency-and-yield-of-muskmelon-under-surface-and-subsu.phpdeficit irrigation regimedrip irrigation methodsk-highly crossed-linked polyacrylamidemelon water productivityopen field farming |
| spellingShingle | Faisal I. Zeineldin Yousef Al-Molhim Polymer and deficit irrigation influence on water use efficiency and yield of muskmelon under surface and subsurface drip irrigation Soil and Water Research deficit irrigation regime drip irrigation methods k-highly crossed-linked polyacrylamide melon water productivity open field farming |
| title | Polymer and deficit irrigation influence on water use efficiency and yield of muskmelon under surface and subsurface drip irrigation |
| title_full | Polymer and deficit irrigation influence on water use efficiency and yield of muskmelon under surface and subsurface drip irrigation |
| title_fullStr | Polymer and deficit irrigation influence on water use efficiency and yield of muskmelon under surface and subsurface drip irrigation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Polymer and deficit irrigation influence on water use efficiency and yield of muskmelon under surface and subsurface drip irrigation |
| title_short | Polymer and deficit irrigation influence on water use efficiency and yield of muskmelon under surface and subsurface drip irrigation |
| title_sort | polymer and deficit irrigation influence on water use efficiency and yield of muskmelon under surface and subsurface drip irrigation |
| topic | deficit irrigation regime drip irrigation methods k-highly crossed-linked polyacrylamide melon water productivity open field farming |
| url | https://swr.agriculturejournals.cz/artkey/swr-202103-0006_polymer-and-deficit-irrigation-influence-on-water-use-efficiency-and-yield-of-muskmelon-under-surface-and-subsu.php |
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