HERBIGATION MANAGEMENTS FOR MAXIMIZING GREEN BEANS CROP PRODUCTIVITY UNDER DRIP IRRIGATION SYSTEM

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Agric. Engineering Dept., Fac. of Agric., Ain Shams Univ., P.O. Box 68 Hadyek Shoubra 11241, Cairo, Egypt

2 Agric. Engineering Research Institute, Agriculture Research Center, Giza, Egypt

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted at the Experimental Farm at Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University (loam soil); to study herbigation managements for maximizing green beans crop productivity under drip irrigation system. Two application techniques were used for weed control with pre-emergence Pendimethalin herbicide (Stomp 50% EC), the first application technique was injection herbicide through drip irrigation systems (surface and sub-surface) with three concentrations (100%, 75% and 50%) of herbicide recommendation dose (1.7 L/ fed) using venture device, secondly by conventional spraying using knapsack sprayer and control without treatment. The results showed that the best water application efficiency was (96%) and the highest value of water distribution uniformity was (95%) achieved with Sub surface-drip irrigation system. The best weeds control efficiency was (82%) achieved with injection herbicide through sub surface-drip irrigation system with 75% - (1.28 L/fed) - of the herbicide recommendation dose in compare with other treatments, which maximized the benefit from the applied herbicides and obtained high productivity and an export product with high quality. According to the obtained results herbigation with sub-surface irrigation system is an excellent method of controlling weeds for the growers with good management.

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Arab Universities Journal of Agricultural Sciences
Volume 27, Issue 1
March 2019
Pages 135-146

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