Early sowing and irrigation to increase barley yields and water use efficiency in Mediterranean conditions

Yau, S. K.; Nimah, M. N.; Farran, M. T.

doi:10.1016/j.agwat.2011.07.009

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“…Rainfed barley yields depend upon conditions favouring water infiltration and soil water storage, namely related with the adoption of no-tillage (Lampurlanés et al, 2002;Morell et al, 2011), that was adopted in the current application. However, due to the uncertainty of rainfall amount and distribution along the crop season, which constitute a main constraint for high yields, supplemental irrigation is often required, especially at the most critical crop growth stages (Yau et al, 2011). diseases that reduce grain quality required for malting, thus irrigation has to cease a few weeks before harvesting.…”

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Modeling malt barley water use and evapotranspiration partitioning in two contrasting rainfall years. Assessing AquaCrop and SIMDualKc models

Pereira

Paredes²,

Rodrigues

et al. 2015

Agricultural Water Management

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Modeling malt barley water use and evapotranspiration partitioning in two contrasting rainfall years. Assessing AquaCrop and SIMDualKc models

Pereira

Paredes²,

Rodrigues

et al. 2015

Agricultural Water Management

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“…[72,73], Brazil [32], Nigeria [74], Burkina Faso [75], Tanzania [74], South Africa [74,76], Zimbabwe [77], Egypt [78], Hungary [79], Syria [80], Lebanon [81], Nepal [69], Iran [82] Reduces the effects of yield loss due to temporal rainfall variability Timing of the start of planting dates…”

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Crop Upgrading Strategies and Modelling for Rainfed Cereals in a Semi-Arid Climate—A Review

Silungwe

Graef

Bellingrath-Kimura

et al. 2018

Water

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Spatiotemporal rainfall variability and low soil fertility are the primary crop production challenges facing poor farmers in semi-arid environments. However, there are few solutions for addressing these challenges. The literature provides several crop upgrading strategies (UPS) for improving crop yields, and biophysical models are used to simulate these strategies. However, the suitability of UPS is limited by systemization of their areas of application and the need to cope with the challenges faced by poor farmers. In this study, we reviewed 187 papers from peer-reviewed journals, conferences and reports that discuss UPS suitable for cereals and biophysical models used to assist in the selection of UPS in semi-arid areas. We found that four UPS were the most suitable, namely tied ridges, microdose fertilization, varying sowing dates, and field scattering. The DSSAT, APSIM and AquaCrop models adequately simulate these UPS. This work provides a systemization of crop UPS and models in semi-arid areas that can be applied by scientists and planners.

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“…The highest rate of seedling emergence was recorded in lines FLIP 03-71C, FLIP 03-64C and FLIP 98-106C (Table 2). In rain-fed Mediterranean areas, a high rate of seedling emergence in spring crops, which leads to prompt plant establishment and early maturity to escape terminal heat and drought, tends to produce larger grain yields (Yau et al 2011). In highland semi-arid zones, irrigation immediately after sowing can ensure early germination and greater use of spring rains improves crop yield (Tavakkoli & Oweis 2004).…”

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Evaluation of genotypic response of kabuli chickpea (cicer arietinum l.) cultivars to irrigation regimes in northwest of iran

Pasandi¹,

Janmohammadi²,

Karimizadeh³

2014

Agriculture (Pol'nohospodárstvo)

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Agriculture (Poľnohospodárstvo), 60, 2014 (1): 22−30 DOI: 10.2478/agri-2014 Water deficiency is commonly the most important yield -restraining factor in semi-arid and Mediterranean environments. Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.), which is one the main legume crops of the region, often experiences terminal drought. To investigate the response of chickpea genotypes to different irrigation levels, experiments were conducted in Maragheh, Northwest Iran. Three levels of irrigation including zero (rain-fed condition), full irrigation (enough water to fill the root zone profile) and two supplement irrigations (SIs) during flowering and grain filling stages were evaluated over 2013 growing season. Results revealed that plant height, canopy spread, primary and secondary branches, chlorophyll content, day to maturity, grain yield and yield components were significantly affected by irrigation regimes. However, there was no statistically significant difference between full irrigation and SI for number of pods per plant, number of seeds per pod, 100-grain weight, grain yield per unit area and grain filling rate. The seed yield of the genotypes when grown under the full irrigation condition increased at a rate of 58% over those in rain-fed condition. Investigation of grain yield and drought resistance indices revealed that FLIP 98-106C and Arman can be selected as the best tolerant genotypes to rain-fed condition. In general, under semi-arid conditions and where some limited water resources are available, SI could be an efficient management practice for alleviating the unfavourable effects of soil moisture stress on the yield of rain-fed chickpea during crucial reproductive growth stages.

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Early sowing and irrigation to increase barley yields and water use efficiency in Mediterranean conditions

Cited by 24 publications

References 17 publications

Modeling malt barley water use and evapotranspiration partitioning in two contrasting rainfall years. Assessing AquaCrop and SIMDualKc models

Modeling malt barley water use and evapotranspiration partitioning in two contrasting rainfall years. Assessing AquaCrop and SIMDualKc models

Crop Upgrading Strategies and Modelling for Rainfed Cereals in a Semi-Arid Climate—A Review

Evaluation of genotypic response of kabuli chickpea (cicer arietinum l.) cultivars to irrigation regimes in northwest of iran

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