Influence of using water harvesting techniques on snake melon (Cucumis melo L. var. flexuosus)‎ yield under semiarid conditions

Other Title(s)

تأثيراستخدام طرق الحصاد المائي على انتاجية الفقوس (Cucumis melo L. var. flexuosus)‎ في المناطق شبه الجافة

Author

Salamah, Ayid

Source

Hebron University Research Journal : Natural Sciences

Issue

Vol. 10, Issue - (31 Dec. 2021), pp.18-37, 20 p.

Publisher

Hebron University Deanship of Scientific Research

Publication Date

2021-12-31

Country of Publication

Palestine (West Bank)

No. of Pages

20

Main Subjects

Agriculture

Abstract EN

The majority of cultivated crops in the West Bank are rain-fed; the productivity of these crops is far below its potential.

Therefore, the objective of this study is to evaluate the impact of water harvesting techniques (contour ridge and half-moon structure) on snake melon (Cucumis melo L.

var.

flexuosus) yield under semiarid conditions.

Three treatments (contour ridge, half-moon, and control) were evaluated during 2015/2016 and 2017/2018, using randomized complete block design with three replicates.

The results showed that the yield of snake melon during a high-rainfall year was about triple (mainly for control treatment) the yield in a low-rainfall year.

The yield of snake melon in water harvesting treatments shows a significant increase that ranges from 49.3% (in a high- rainfall year) to 95% (in a low-rainfall year) compared with the control treatment, no significant difference between the contour ridge and half- moon structure.

These results show that water harvesting structures have the potential to improve the snake melon yield under semiarid conditions.

Contour ridge is simple, practicable, easy to establish, and not costly; therefore, we recommend this technique to be applied by the farmers under similar environmental conditions.

More studies are required to evaluate the impact of these water harvesting techniques on the yield of other rain-fed vegetable crops under semiarid conditions.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Salamah, Ayid. 2021. Influence of using water harvesting techniques on snake melon (Cucumis melo L. var. flexuosus) yield under semiarid conditions. Hebron University Research Journal : Natural Sciences،Vol. 10, no. -, pp.18-37.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1334475

Modern Language Association (MLA)

Salamah, Ayid. Influence of using water harvesting techniques on snake melon (Cucumis melo L. var. flexuosus) yield under semiarid conditions. Hebron University Research Journal : Natural Sciences Vol. 10 (2021), pp.18-37.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1334475

American Medical Association (AMA)

Salamah, Ayid. Influence of using water harvesting techniques on snake melon (Cucumis melo L. var. flexuosus) yield under semiarid conditions. Hebron University Research Journal : Natural Sciences. 2021. Vol. 10, no. -, pp.18-37.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1334475

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references : p. 32-37

Record ID

BIM-1334475