Determination of water requirement and its Impact on the productivity of Peanut crop using different irrigation systems


Abstract in English

The experiment was conducted for one growing season 2011 at Teezen Research Station in Hama Research Center-GCSAR in order to determine water requirements, crop coefficient (Kc) and the effect of different irrigation systems on productivity of peanut crop. Four methods of irrigation were used (drip، sprinkler، mini sprinkler and surface irrigation) with three replications for each . Experiment was designed on the basis of randomized complete block with one water treatment (75% out of the field capacity). The results showed superiority of drip irrigation in terms of water consumption, and total water consumption (6522 m 3/h), which led to savings in irrigation water by (60.14%), compared with traditional surface irrigation, with a consumption (13495 m 3/ h). It also outperformed drip irrigation when (p<0.05) in crop yield, reaching productivity 5920 kg/ha, an increase of 22.57%, and total water use efficiency 1.91 kg/m3, compared with the (control) surface irrigation, reaching productivity (4820) kg/ha. Followed by methods for: irrigation sprinkler sprays small, with a water requirement (8999 and 9396 m 3/ h), and the efficient use of water (0.67 and 0.58) kg/ m3, and the percentage of savings in water (36.65 and 31.98%), respectively, compared with surface irrigation traditional Phonology developing did not show significant differences between irrigation methods in terms of the dates of germination, flowering and maturity.

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