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Effects of Biochar on Irrigation Management and Water Use Efficiency for Three Different Crops in a Desert Sandy Soil

2020

This paper aimed at investigating if the application of biochar (BC) to desert sand (DS) from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), characterized by a very poor soil-water retention (SWR) and by a very low value of the maximum water available for crops (AWmax), could positively affect soil water balance, by reducing the irrigation needs (VIRR) and improving the irrigation water use efficiency (IWUE) and the water use efficiency (WUE). The analysis was performed for three crops, i.e., wheat (Triticum aestivum), sorghum (Sorghum vulgare) and tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum). BC was applied to the DS at different fractions, fBC (fBC = 0, 0.091, 0.23 and 0.33). Drip irrigation was adopted as a highly…

IrrigationGeography Planning and DevelopmentDeficit irrigationlcsh:TJ807-830lcsh:Renewable energy sourcesDrip irrigation010501 environmental sciencesManagement Monitoring Policy and Law01 natural sciencesdesert sandAQUACROP Biochar Desert sand Irrigation managementBiocharSettore AGR/08 - Idraulica Agraria E Sistemazioni Idraulico-ForestalibiocharWater-use efficiencyIrrigation managementlcsh:Environmental sciences0105 earth and related environmental sciencesAQUACROPlcsh:GE1-350Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environmentlcsh:Environmental effects of industries and plantsIrrigation scheduling04 agricultural and veterinary sciencesirrigation managementlcsh:TD194-195AgronomySoil water040103 agronomy & agriculture0401 agriculture forestry and fisheriesEnvironmental scienceSustainability
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