Can deficit irrigations be an optimum solution for increasing water productivity under arid conditions? A case study on wheat plants

ABSTRACT: Water scarcity is of growing concern in many countries around the world, especially within the arid and semi-arid zones. Accordingly, rationalizing irrigation water has become an obligation to achieve the sustainable developmental goals of these countries. This may take place via using deficit irrigation which is long thought to be an effective strategy to save and improve water productivity. The current study is a trial to evaluate the pros and cons of using 50 and 75 % of the irrigation requirements (IR) of wheat (deficit irrigations) versus 100 %IR, while precisely charting changes in wheat growth parameters, antioxidant enzymes in plant shoots and the overall nutritional status of plants (NPK contents). Accordingly, a field experiment was conducted for two successive seasons, followed

SUBMITTER: Saad A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9800629 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature