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2023
Innovative Solutions for Drought: Evaluating Hydrogel Application on Onion Cultivation (Allium cepa) in Morocco
Innovative Solutions for Drought: Evaluating Hydrogel Application on Onion Cultivation (Allium cepa) in Morocco
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Throughout the last decade, and particularly in 2022, water scarcity has become a critical concern in Morocco and other Mediterranean countries. The lack of rainfall during spring was worsened by a succession of heat waves during the summer. To address this drought, innovative solutions, including the use of new technologies such as hydrogels, will be essential to transform agriculture. This paper presents the findings of a study that evaluated the impact of hydrogel application on onion (Allium cepa) cultivation in Meknes, Morocco. The treatments investigated in this study comprised two different types of hydrogel-based soil additives (Arbovit® polyacrylate and Huminsorb® polyacrylate), applied at two rates (30 and 20 kg/ha), and irrigated at two levels of water supply (100% and 50% of daily crop evapotranspiration; ETc). Two control treatments were included, without hydrogel application and with both water amounts. The experiment was conducted in an open field using a completely randomized design. The results indicated a significant impact of both hydrogel-type dose and water dose on onion plant growth, as evidenced by various vegetation parameters. Among the hydrogels tested, Huminsorb® Polyacrylate produced the most favorable outcomes, with treatment T9 (100%, HP, 30 kg/ha) yielding 70.55 t/ha; this represented an increase of 11 t/ha as compared to the 100% ETc treatment without hydrogel application. Moreover, the combination of hydrogel application with 50% ETc water stress showed promising results, with treatment T4 (HP, 30 kg, 50%) producing almost the same yield as the 100% ETc treatment without hydrogel while saving 208 mm of water.
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Water, 15 (2023), 11, 1972.
https://doi.org/10.3390/w15111972.
ISSN: 2073-4441
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@article{El Bergui2023,
url = {https://hohpublica.uni-hohenheim.de/handle/123456789/16255},
doi = {10.3390/w15111972},
author = {El Bergui, Omnia and Abouabdillah, Aziz and Bourioug, Mohamed et al.},
title = {Innovative Solutions for Drought: Evaluating Hydrogel Application on Onion Cultivation (Allium cepa) in Morocco},
journal = {Water},
year = {2023},
volume = {15},
number = {11},
}