The role of soils in the analysis of potential agricultural production: A case study in Lebanon

A. Bonfante, M.H. Sellami, M.T. Abi Saab, R. Albrizio, A. Basile, S. Fahed, P. Giorio, G. Langella, E. Monaco and J. Bouma

Agricultural Systems, 2017, vol. 156, issue C, 67-75

Abstract: Maintaining cereal production in the Bekaa valley in Lebanon presents a serious challenge. Lack of water is the driving force of agricultural research which is mainly focused on introduction of drought resistant cultivars, application of conservation tillage and supplemental irrigation. In this context forty-eight experimental plots were laid out for three years in a statistical split plot design. The statistical analyses showed that aboveground biomass and yield were significantly affected by irrigation for barley but not for the yield of durum wheat. Effects of soil tillage practices and introduction of new cultivares were not significant.

Keywords: Soil heterogeneity; Supplemental irrigation; Crop simulation models; Durum wheat; Barley; Potential agricultural production; SWAP (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2017.05.018

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