Fertirrigation Wastewater Use for the Irrigation of Tomato and Eggplant Seedlings

Alves, Rita de Cássia; Oliveira, Kevein Ruas; Júnior, Gilmar da Silveira Sousa; Oliveira, Francisco de Assis de; Silva, Ricardo Carlos Pereira da; Gratão, Priscila Lupino

doi:10.1080/00103624.2021.2016808

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“…The reuse of domestic effluents in irrigation brings numerous agronomic and environmental advantages. It can provide water for agricultural crops, reducing water stress and saving of available drinking water; it can also supply and recycle nutrients, which reduces input costs (Alves et al., 2022). In addition, it can reduce environmental impacts because it prevents the inadequate disposal of effluents in soils and groundwater extensions.…”

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Intercropping forage cactus genotypes with wood species in a semi‐arid environment

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Forage cactus (Opuntia spp. and Nopalea spp.) is a crop tolerant to drought, high temperatures, and less fertile soils, which favors its cultivation in arid and semiarid regions and production of cladodes to animal feed. Intercropping may improve water use efficiency and increase agricultural production sustainability. The aim of this research was to evaluate the growth and yield of forage cactus genotypes intercropped with timber species under semi-arid conditions. Three forage cactus genotypes, erect prickly pear 'Orelha de Elefante Mexicana' [O. stricta (Haw.) Haw.], 'Miúda' [N. cochenillifera (L.) Salm-Dyck: syn. O. cochenillifera (L.) Mill.], and 'Baiana' [N. cochenillifera (L.) Salm-Dyck] in three cropping systems (monocropping; intercropped with Prosopis juliflora (Sw.) DC.; and intercropped with Mimosa caesalpiniifolia Benth.) were studied. All species were irrigated with treated domestic effluent water. Plants were evaluated after 2 yr of cultivation. The forage cactus intercropped with timber species had lower cladode weight, dry matter yield, and lower carrying capacity than forage cactus in monocropped system regardless of genotype. These results suggest that timber species may inhibit the yield of forage cactus, and intercropping is not recommended. In addition, there was no significant difference in the performance of forage cactus when intercropping with M. caesalpiniifolia and P. juliflora. The P. juliflora had greater growth performance when compared with M. caesalpiniifolia intercropped with Miúda and Orelha de Elefante Mexicana. However, when intercropped with the Baiana, the growth of P. juliflora and M. caesalpiniifolia are similar to each other.

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