Improvement of water Productivity in Wheat Production for a Mediterranean climate

cg.contactanais.barisani@outlook.comen_US
cg.contributor.centerInternational Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas - ICARDAen_US
cg.contributor.centerUniversity of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Center for Development Research - BOKU - CDRen_US
cg.contributor.centerUniversity of Natural Resources and LIfe Science - BOKUen_US
cg.contributor.crpCGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security - CCAFSen_US
cg.contributor.funderArab Fund for Economic and Social Development - AFESDen_US
cg.contributor.projectSustainability and Operation of the Regional Research Centers in a Number of Arab Countries (Phase II)en_US
cg.contributor.project-lead-instituteInternational Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas - ICARDAen_US
cg.date.embargo-end-dateTimelessen_US
cg.subject.agrovocmediterranean climateen_US
dc.creatorBarisani, Anaisen_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-28T09:23:29Z
dc.date.available2019-07-28T09:23:29Z
dc.description.abstractClimate change is a pertinent topic of discussion in everyday life and exerts a massive impact on the social and economic status of many countries. Especially in dry areas of the Mediterranean region, extreme weather conditions – enhanced by climate change – are a major problem for agriculture and water storage. With the purpose of adapting the use of water resources to specific environmental conditions, the aim of this master thesis was to evaluate the effect of supplemental irrigation (SI) on wheat production in Morocco. The impact of different irrigation management methods on water productivity (WP) in wheat production, two trials – examining different genotypes of bread wheat and durum wheat –, was investigated at Merchouche Experimental Station. From May to July 2018 the soil water content were regularly measured. With the collected data of soil water content and the trial’s harvest results, a comparison between growing season 2017/18 and 2016/17 was conducted. The development of selected wheat genotypes was simulated in the crop growth model AquaCrop. The obtained results from this thesis lead to the assumptions that while crops produced higher yields under cool and wet weather conditions, their WP decreased and showed better results during drier seasons. Due to the exceptional weather conditions of the growing season 2017/18, SI did not show any significant effect on yield and WP. The observation of durum wheat’s development lead to the conclusion that late sowing should not only be favoured under wet and cool weather but can also be taken into consideration for drier seasons. The gained knowledge on crop performance under different environmental conditions can not only enhance the security of a stable yield, but also provide a base for a crop development model. It can be concluded that the preference should be given to crops that have similar results under different environmental conditions, rather than a crop that performs well in a specific environment.en_US
dc.formatPDFen_US
dc.identifierhttps://mel.cgiar.org/dspace/limiteden_US
dc.identifier.citationAnais Barisani. (1/6/2019). Improvement of water Productivity in Wheat Production for a Mediterranean climate.en_US
dc.identifier.statusTimeless limited accessen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/10128
dc.languageenen_US
dc.languagedeen_US
dc.subjectimproving water productivityen_US
dc.subjectwheat productionen_US
dc.titleImprovement of water Productivity in Wheat Production for a Mediterranean climateen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dcterms.available2019-06-01en_US
mel.project.openhttps://mel.cgiar.org/projects/216en_US

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