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E3S Web Conf.
Volume 492, 2024
International Conference on Climate Nexus Perspectives: Toward Urgent, Innovative, Sustainable Natural and Technological Solutions for Water, Energy, Food and Environmental Systems (I2CNP 2023)
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| Article Number | 03009 | |
| Number of page(s) | 8 | |
| Section | Food Systems “Sustainable Agri Food-Agriculture” | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202449203009 | |
| Published online | 20 February 2024 | |
Optimization of the deficit irrigation management for strawberry production in the Loukkos region
1 Ecole nationale d’agriculture de Meknès, Morocco
2 Institut agronomique et vétérinaire Hassan II, Morocco
* Corresponding author: kenza.elmidaoui@gmail.com
The Moroccan red fruit sector has undergone remarkable development over the last decade, driven by the increase in demand from international markets and promoted by the national agricultural strategy. However, this development calls for the sustainability of water resources, especially in the current context of climate change which makes the future availability of water uncertain. In this sense, deficit irrigation (DI) is one of the promising techniques to improve the efficiency of crop water use. Strawberry is one of the most sensitive red fruits to water deficit. Sufficient and correct irrigation is critical to successful production. Therefore, growers often bring in quantities that exceed the needs of the crop, especially in areas where the cost of water is relatively negligible. In this paper, we studied the response of the two strawberry varieties (Sabrina, Victory) to four water treatments ranging from 50% to 125% of crop evapotranspiration (ETc). The two varieties differed significantly in yield and water consumption, with significant reductions in yield under DI treatments (50%ETc) for Sabrina. However, the fully irrigated treatment (100% ETc), and the DI treatments (75% and 50% ETc) did not show significant differences in yield for Victory.
Key words: Deficit irrigation / irrigation management / strawberry / berries
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