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dc.date.accessioned2012-01-16T12:42:36Z
dc.date.available2012-01-16T12:42:36Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.identifier.issn1612-9830
dc.identifier.uriurn:nbn:de:hebis:34-2011101139325
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/2011101139325
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherKassel University Pressger
dc.rightsUrheberrechtlich geschützt
dc.rights.urihttps://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/
dc.subjectclay pot irrigationeng
dc.subjectfertilization methodeng
dc.subjectplant populationeng
dc.subjecttomatoeng
dc.subject.ddc630
dc.titleClay pot irrigation for tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill) production in the north east semiarid region of Ethiopiaeng
dc.typeAufsatz
dcterms.abstractWater shortage is one of the major constraints for production of horticultural crops in arid and semiarid regions. A field experiment was conducted to determine irrigation water and fertilizer use efficiency, growth and yield of tomato under clay pot irrigation at the experimental site of Sekota Dryland Agricultural Research Center, Lalibela, Ethiopia in 2009/10. The experiment comprised of five treatments including furrow irrigated control and clay pot irrigation with different plant population and fertilization methods, which were arranged in Randomized Complete Block Design with three replications. The highest total and marketable fruit yields were obtained from clay pot irrigation combined with application of nitrogen fertilizer with irrigation water irrespective of difference in plant population. The clay pot irrigation had seasonal water use of up to 143.71 mm, which resulted in significantly higher water use efficiency (33.62 kg m^-3) as compared to the furrow irrigation, which had a seasonal water use of 485.50 mm, and a water use efficiency of 6.67 kg m^-3. Application of nitrogen fertilizer with irrigation water in clay pots improved fertilizer use efficiency of tomato by up to 52% than band application with furrow or clay pot irrigation. Thus, clay pot irrigation with 33,333 plants ha^-1 and nitrogen fertilizer application with irrigation water in clay pots was the best method for increasing the yield of tomato while economizing the use of water and nitrogen fertilizer in a semiarid environment.eng
dcterms.accessRightsopen access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationIn: Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics. Kassel : Kassel University Press. - Vol. 112, No. 1 (2011), S. 11-18
dcterms.creatorTesfaye, Tibebu
dcterms.creatorTesfaye, Kindie
dcterms.creatorWoldetsadik, Kebede
dc.description.everythingGedruckte Ausg. im Verlag Kassel Univ. Press (www.upress.uni-kassel.de) erschienen.ger


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