Subsurface Drip Irrigation for Date Palm Trees to Conserve Water

Al-Amoud, Ahmed I.

doi:10.17660/actahortic.2010.882.11

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“…They are also characterised by weed species that prefer moist soil and can tolerate salt, such as C. cretica , E. chamaecyse and S. maritimus . Salt is a result of the high evaporation rate characterising arid and semiarid climates, an effect that causes salt to accumulate in the top layer of the soil (Al‐Amoud, ). It can also come from irrigation with marginal groundwater resources and from a rise in the water table (Bouarfa et al ., ).…”

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Changes in weed species composition in irrigated agriculture in Saharan Algeria

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Summary This work characterises the changes in composition of the weed flora commonly associated with certain south‐eastern Algerian crops over a 20‐year period. Vegetation sampling was carried out between 1990 and 2010 in three 1 ha date palm plantations that do not have understory crops, six 400 m² glasshouses used for market gardening and three 30 ha cereal centre‐pivot irrigation plots. In total, 162 species belonging to 40 families were recorded. As in many other agroecosystems around the world, the dominant families were Poaceae, Asteraceae, Brassicaceae and Amaranthaceae representing 45.1% of the species identified. The weed communities were characterised by a set of species from various origins: species with biregional, triregional and multiregional origins, and Saharo‐Arabian and Mediterranean species were particularly well represented. Overall, the most common weed species were as follows: Chenopodium murale, Lolium multiflorum, Melilotus indicus, Lysimachia arvensis, Sonchus oleraceus, Setaria verticillata, Polypogon monspeliensis and Erigeron canadensis, all of which are therophytes. The weed flora differed among the three sampled agroecosystems, which is to be expected, as their respective management sequences are quite different. Weed monitoring over the 20 years showed that weed composition changed over time, particularly in the palm plantations and the cereal plots. For a better understanding of the drivers of weed composition and changes over time and better weed management, studying weed provenance (crop seed purchase and organic fertilisation) as well as agricultural practices is necessary.

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Changes in weed species composition in irrigated agriculture in Saharan Algeria

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“…Date palm trees are often irrigated by flood irrigation system which uses a huge amount of water; it was expected that a huge quantity of water will be required to irrigate the date palms. Because of the limited water resources in the Kingdom, it is necessary to use some water conservation techniques such as drip irrigation [5]. Countries in the West Asia and North Africa regions suffer from severe water shortages, with some 16 countries below the internationally accepted 'water poverty limit' of 500 m 3 /year/person.…”

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“…The number of trees may be more than 23 million, also it may be expanding consistently. The production has expanded to one million in 2007, occupy area of 156,000 ha [5]. World production of dates might have been around 7 million tones and the main producing countries were Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iran, united Emirates, Pakistan, Algeria, Sudan, Oman, Libya, and Tunisia [8].…”

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A Review: Date Palm Irrigation Methods and Water Resources in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

El-Feky

Elfaki

2019

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Date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.), from Saudi Arabia, is a main tree particularly at arid areas. It plays an essential role in both food and food security. 75% of date production worldwide (approx. 5,096.99 tones) were come from Arab countries. Reduction of water opposite the increasing in the population are one of the future challenges for the country so, we focused in this study depending on the literatures to predict the novel approaches that can we used.

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“…After several decades of research and development, the subsurface drip irrigation system becomes one of the systems characterized by high efficiency and productivity (Al Amoud, 2010). Through extensive research, most of the subsurface drip irrigation system problems were solved including; clogging of emitters by small roots, lateral installation, and fertigation.…”

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Economic and Technical Evaluation of Different Irrigation Systems for Date Palm Farming System in the GCC Countries: Case of Oman

Dhehibi¹,

Salah²,

Frija³

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In the frame of the ICARDA project "Development of sustainable date palm production systems in the GCC countries of the Arabian Peninsula", researchers succeeded to introduce one promising technology (subsurface drip irrigation -SDI) in the date palm farming system in the Gulf region, defined as the poorest in the word in terms of water resources. In the light of these challenges, the main objective of this study is to evaluate the effect of the irrigation water volumes on the date palm productivity and water use efficiency under several conventional and improved irrigations systems.Three intervention levels on SDI have been used: at the rate of 60% 40% and 20% of water requirement. Results of this experimental study showed that SDI under the three intervention/options uses water more efficient in comparison to BI. Indeed, a considerable quantity of water for about 3545.554, 5726.45, and 7565.473 m 3 /ha could be saved by using SDI at the rate of 20%, 40 and 60% of water requirements, respectively. Thus, the WUE indicator is for about 2.0, 2.7, and 4.7 kg/m 3 , respectively. These figures are much higher when are compared to BI system where WUE is around 1.3 kgm -3 .The economic evaluation suggests that under BI system, the total return, total variable costs, water costs and net profit were 20211. 36, 5857.81, 1224.29, and 13129.25 $ ha -1 , respectively. From another hand, by using SDI at the rate of 60% of water requirements, we note a slight difference in net profit when using this irrigation system, which is about US$12825.02/ha. Economic findings suggest that using SDI method versus BI method have additional cost but is economical at the long term as the SDI found to sustain the date palm farming system in this region where arid conditions acts as natural constraints for expansive agriculture.

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Subsurface Drip Irrigation for Date Palm Trees to Conserve Water

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Changes in weed species composition in irrigated agriculture in Saharan Algeria

Changes in weed species composition in irrigated agriculture in Saharan Algeria

A Review: Date Palm Irrigation Methods and Water Resources in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Economic and Technical Evaluation of Different Irrigation Systems for Date Palm Farming System in the GCC Countries: Case of Oman

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