Wheat production under supplementary irrigation with treated sewage water
2002
Al-Arawi, S. I.
This experiment is aimed at evaluating the effects of treated wastewater reuse on soil characteristics, plant growth and development, grain yield, and straw yield of bread wheat, but the main objective is to define the most critical growth stage. The field trial was carried out at Drarga wastewater treatment plant (Agadir -Morocco), on a loamy soil. The idea is to use supplementary irrigation by applying two doses of irrigation water. The variation in irrigation schedule took place when the plant approached flowering. The experimental units that received a higher amount of water at the flowering stage produced the highest grain yield and number of spikes per m2 that means that the flowering stage is the most critical growth stage in bread wheat. One of the conclusions is that, bread wheat crop must receive at least 50 mm of water at the flowering stage.
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