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Acta Agraria Debreceniensis

No. 2 (2023)
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Effect of sufficient and deficit irrigation with different salt inputs on the yield of cucumber

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December 1, 2023
DOI Linkhttps://doi.org/10.34101/actaagrar/2/12421
Authors
Ibtissem Balaout,
Györgyi Kovács,
Géza Tuba,
József Zsembeli
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Keywords
saline water deficit irrigation secondary salinization
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Balaout, I., Kovács, G., Tuba, G., & Zsembeli, J. (2023). Effect of sufficient and deficit irrigation with different salt inputs on the yield of cucumber. Acta Agraria Debreceniensis, 2, 19-25. https://doi.org/10.34101/actaagrar/2/12421
Received 2023-02-13
Accepted 2023-06-12
Published 2023-12-01
Abstract

Soil salinisation is considered one of the major environmental hazards threatening agricultural productivity and can be accentuated by climate change as well as the use of low-quality water in irrigation. This is the case in our study area which is affected by secondary salinisation due to the use of saline irrigation water for horticultural production. Deficit irrigation technique is implemented especially in arid and semiarid regions due to its potential to optimise water productivity while maintaining or increasing crop yield. The main objective of this study was to compare the effect of irrigation with sufficient (SD) and deficit (DD) doses. This research was carried out in Karcag in 2020. Cucumber was grown on a meadow chernozem soil and was irrigated with SD and DD of two irrigation water qualities. Soil moisture was monitored and crop yields were recorded. Despite the differences in quality and quantity of water, the application of less water by DD maintained the same yield as SD. We found a non-significant difference between the average soil moisture contents under the treatments (15.5 v/v% for SD and 13.5 v/v% for DD). Deficit irrigation can be an efficient technique due to its potential for improving water use efficiency, maintaining sufficient soil moisture content favourable for proper crop development and yield.

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