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A survey of the combined effects of waterlogging and salinity on fruit yield in the date palm groves of the Wargla basin, Algeria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 January 2011

Mustapha Daddi Bouhoun ,
Serge Marlet ,
Louhichi Brinis ,
Mohamed Lakhdar Saker ,
Jacques Rabier  and
Marc Côte
Mustapha Daddi Bouhoun
Affiliation:
Univ. Kasdi Merbah Ouargla, Lab. Prot. Ecosyst. Zones Arid. Semi-arid., BP 511, Ouargla 30000, Algérie
Serge Marlet*
Affiliation:
CIRAD-ES, UMR G-EAU, TA 73 / 09, 34398 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
Louhichi Brinis
Affiliation:
Univ. Badji Mokhtar Annaba, Lab. Biol. Vég. Environ., BP 12, Annaba 23000, Algérie
Mohamed Lakhdar Saker
Affiliation:
Univ. Kasdi Merbah Ouargla, Lab. Prot. Ecosyst. Zones Arid. Semi-arid., BP 511, Ouargla 30000, Algérie
Jacques Rabier
Affiliation:
Univ. Provence (Aix-Marseille 1), Cent. Sci. Saint-Charles, Equipe Biodivers. Environ., case 17, 3 place Victor Hugo, 13331 Marseille Cedex 3, France
Marc Côte
Affiliation:
Univ. Provence (Aix-Marseille 1), UFR Géogr. Aménag., Les Jourdans, 84240 Cabrières-d’Aigues, France
*
∗ Correspondence and reprints
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Abstract

Introduction. While researchers have paid considerable attention to the effect of soil salinity on crop yield, methodological impediments remain when salinity is combined with other growth factors, especially in farmers’ fields. A specific methodology was adapted to assess the effect of waterlogging and salinity on date palm yield (Phoenix dactylifera L. cv. Deglet Noor). Materials and methods. Date palm yield, water table depth, irrigation water, groundwater and soil salinity were measured in 167 field plots located in five irrigation sectors of the Wargla basin (Algeria). Variance analysis and a boundary line approach were combined to analyze actual and potential yields according to environmental stresses. Results and discussion. High soil salinity resulted from saline irrigation water and a shallow water table. Actual yield decreased with the increase in soil salinity, the decrease in water table depth, and the presence of a gypsum-cemented horizon within the soil profile. The significant effect of the interaction between water table depth and soil salinity showed that the crop responded to the most severe stress rather than to combinations of the individual effects. Potential yield was assessed according to classes of water table depth, soil salinity and the occurrence of a gypsum-cemented horizon. The relationship between soil salinity and potential yield was calibrated according to two models. The limiting factors in order of decreasing importance were shallow water table, high soil salinity and occurrence of a gypsum-cemented horizon for 38.3%, 16.8% and 2.4% of the field plots, respectively; there was no limiting factor for 42.5% of the field plots. In certain sectors, actual yields remained far below potential yields and the additional effect of irrigation water salinity could thus be considered.

Keywords

AlgeriaPhoenix dactyliferayieldswaterloggingsoil salinityAlgériePhoenix dactyliferarendementengorgement du solsalinité du solArgeliaPhoenix dactyliferarendimientoanegamientosalinidad del suelo
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Fruits , Volume 66 , Issue 1 , January 2011 , pp. 11 - 24
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© 2011 Cirad/EDP Sciences

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