The effect of domestic sewage effluent and planting density on growth and yield of prickly pear cactus in the semiarid region of Brazil

Lemos, Marcírio de; Neto, Miguel Ferreira; Fernandes, Cleyton dos Santos; Lima, Yuri Bezerra de; Dias, Nildo da Silva; Medeiros, José F. de; Brito, Raimundo Fernandes de; Sá, Francisco Vaniés da Silva

doi:10.1016/j.jaridenv.2020.104372

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“…This is probably because the AMF hyphae increase the area of water absorption by the roots and by an increase in the permeability of the cell membrane in the root due to the increase in the hyphal entry points and for a correlation between soil properties, carbohydrate utilization and yield (Garg, & Cheema, 2021;Matos et al, 2021). AMF improve host water relations, providing competitive advantages over nonmycorrhizal plants and thus increasing the chances of seedling survival when they are subjected to continuous water stress, such as that prevailing in arid zones (de Lemos et al, 2021).…”

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Effect of endomycorrhiza (Glomus intrarradices) and organic matter on the growth of cactus pear (Opuntia albicarpa) in two soil types

Gardezi

Berber

Flores-Magdaleno

et al. 2022

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Most of the farmers who grow cactus pear (Opuntia albicarpa) use manure as a fertilizer. This practice increases the problems of pests. The use of endomycorrhiza (Glomus intraradices) is almost unknown to farmers. Therefore, the objective of this research was to study the effect of the application with organic matter (OM) and inoculation with endomycorrhiza in cactus pear. The study was conducted under greenhouse conditions at the Montecillo Campus of the Postgraduate College, Mexico. Two types of soil from San Luis Potosí, Mexico were used, one of reddish coloration (xerosol) and another gray (lithosol). The results show that there were significant differences (p ≤ 0.05) in all the variables by the inoculation with endomycorrhiza, and in the majority of those by the application of OM. Both the mycorrhiza and the application of OM, as vermicompost, promoted a greater growth of the stem and the root. The types of soils used did not affect the growth of the plants. The mycorrhiza can be useful to improve mineral nutrition, and thus increase yields in the cactus pear plantations. In addition, these fungi can increase yields, and help reduce production costs. The application of 50 t ha-1 of vermicompost is a better alternative to add nutrients and OM to this crop.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

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Effect of endomycorrhiza (Glomus intrarradices) and organic matter on the growth of cactus pear (Opuntia albicarpa) in two soil types

Gardezi

Berber

Flores-Magdaleno

et al. 2022

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“…In addition to irrigation, plant density and the orientation of the plantation are practices to improve agricultural resilience, optimizing the efficiency of water and soil use, through the ideal number of plants per unit of area (Silva et al, 2019;Meng et al, 2020) and improve interception of solar radiation by the plants, with a direct influence on dry matter production and translocation of photoassimilates, respectively (Oliveira et al, 2012;Tonini et al, 2019;Buesa et al, 2020). Studies show that there is a productive increase in forage cactus when subjected to higher densities (Cavalcante et al, 2014;Lemos et al, 2021;Silva et al, 2014a) and east-west orientation (Peixoto et al, 2018).…”

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How to enhance the agronomic performance of cactus-sorghum intercropped system: planting configurations, density and orientation

Alves

Jardim

Júnior

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“…Furthermore, political and ecological factors should be considered in water resources management, as is highlighted by [10], where research was conducted on crop production in Brazil, combining the economy of scale and the hydropolitics and geographic approaches. Using wastewater for irrigation is a promising alternative to improving food production in semiarid zones, as widely reported in the literature [11][12][13][14][15][16], although it requires soil management practices [8] and precise estimation of crop demands [17,18]. Of the various environmental and health hazards, salinity is one of the main threats of using wastewater for agriculture [19,20], particularly when deficit irrigation is adopted [21].…”

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Coupling Water Resources and Agricultural Practices for Sorghum in a Semiarid Environment

Carvalho

Montenegro

Lima

et al. 2021

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Water scarcity and changing rainfall distribution have caused uncertainties in relation to agricultural production in semiarid areas. In this context, water reuse for irrigation is a promising alternative, although requiring irrigation and agricultural management. Production of forage plants is strategic for semiarid areas due to their high tolerance to stresses and use as animal fodder. The objective of this work was to evaluate the combined performance of treated wastewater irrigation and mulching on forage sorghum and on soil attributes in Northeast Brazil. Sorghum was cropped in November 2018, three months before the beginning of the hydrologic year, and cultivated over three cycles until April 2019. The experiment was designed with five irrigation depths (60%, 80%, 100%, 120%, and 140% of crop evapotranspiration), and with four soil cover conditions (0% (witness), soil covered with native vegetation, with coconut coir, and with macerated moringa seeds), adopting four replications. Irrigation with treated wastewater promoted linear increases in forage sorghum yield at irrigation depths of up to 140% of crop evapotranspiration. Mulch promoted a 24% increase in productivity in relation to the area where conservation was not practiced, being able to control salinity while also contributing to the higher incorporation of organic matter. Irrigation with treated wastewater had no negative agronomic impacts on soil, once natural rainfall events typical of the Brazilian semiarid region allowed effective salt leaching from shallow sandy soils.

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The effect of domestic sewage effluent and planting density on growth and yield of prickly pear cactus in the semiarid region of Brazil

Cited by 16 publications

References 18 publications

Effect of endomycorrhiza (Glomus intrarradices) and organic matter on the growth of cactus pear (Opuntia albicarpa) in two soil types

Effect of endomycorrhiza (Glomus intrarradices) and organic matter on the growth of cactus pear (Opuntia albicarpa) in two soil types

How to enhance the agronomic performance of cactus-sorghum intercropped system: planting configurations, density and orientation

Coupling Water Resources and Agricultural Practices for Sorghum in a Semiarid Environment

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