Abstract
The Northern Coastal Region of Egypt is unique in its strategic, historical and environmental background. This region includes rain fed areas located in northern part of Sinai Peninsula. In Sinai Peninsula, the average rainfall decreases from North-East to the South-West. Degradation and Desertification threaten these areas and it is necessary to adopt innovative approaches to the use and management of such fragile resources. The major constraints which threaten sustainability in this area are disappearance of crop rotation due to cereal continuous (barley) and overgrazing in range lands, inadequacy of rain-fall in quantity and distribution, poor soil fertility, low crop productivity and wind erosion. Agriculture in these areas is highly correlated with rainfall therefore; plantations and horticultural crops cover only 10 km from the sea towards the South where rainfall ranged from 150 to 250mm/yr along the Mediterranean Sea starting from Rafah in the east to the Libyan borders in the West. The next 10 km towards the desert are very poor rangelands. Agricultural Development and Crop Intensification Research Project did effort to combat desertification through innovating cropping patterns in these areas by the introduction of some new crops tolerant in nature to drought, very pertinent to the Bedouin diet and their livestock. The project program included the introduction of Cassava and Quinoa crops In Sinai. To obtain optimum recommendation package to introduce cassava and quinoa in desert lands of Egypt. Cassava trials includes varietal responses to our environment which indicated superiority of Brazilian CV 1 over Indonesian CV K2. Cassava tuber and forage yield were the highest when stakes were planted at mid of April rather than the early planting (first of April) or late planting (first of May). Nutritional field trial revealed gradual increases in cassava tuber yield up to the heaviest 46.5Kg P O and 72Kg of K O, 25 2 respectively. The data indicate that there were decreases in HCN concentration in tuber tissue with increasing phosphorus or potassium up to the heaviest. Intercropping cassava with Nigerian cowpea achieved yield advantage by 71% more than growing cassava as solid. Quinoa also proved success in desert lands. Thirteen varieties were tested under two types of land preparation (till and no-till systems). Two short day varieties under no-till system were superior. In North-West Coastal plains (Matrooh Exp. Stn.), quinoa with one supplementary irrigation yielded better than under rainfall only (rainfall rate ranged from 100-150 mm/yr). seeding on flat gave more yield than on ridges. The yield of quinoa significantly increased with diminishing plant spacing from 20 to 15cm. there were also gradual reduction in seed yield/fed with delaying time of seeding starting from mid of November till mid of February. Reduction between the first and latter date was estimated to 60%.
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Claims 11
Claim · model-written summary
Brazilian CV 1 outperformed Indonesian CV K2.
- Taxon
- Cassava
Manihot esculentae0 - Material
- Brazilian CV 1e0
- Outcome
- superioritye0
- Direction
- superioritye0
- Comparator
- Indonesian CV K2e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Cassava trials includes varietal responses to our environment which indicated superiority of Brazilian CV 1 over Indonesian CV K2”
Claim · model-written summary
Mid-April planting gave the highest cassava tuber yield.
- Taxon
- CassavaManihot esculentae0
- Treatment
- mid of Aprile0
- Outcome
- tubere0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Comparator
- early planting (first of April) or late planting (first of May)e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Cassava tuber and forage yield were the highest when stakes were planted at mid of April rather than the early planting (first of April) or late planting (first of May)”
Claim · model-written summary
Mid-April planting gave the highest cassava forage yield.
- Taxon
- CassavaManihot esculentae0
- Treatment
- mid of Aprile0
- Outcome
- forage yielde0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Comparator
- early planting (first of April) or late planting (first of May)e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Cassava tuber and forage yield were the highest when stakes were planted at mid of April rather than the early planting (first of April) or late planting (first of May)”
Claim · model-written summary
Cassava tuber yield increased with P and K dose.
- Taxon
- cassavaManihot esculentae0
- Treatment
- 46.5Kg P O and 72Kg of K O, 25 2e0
- Outcome
- tuber yielde0
- Direction
- increasese0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Nutritional field trial revealed gradual increases in cassava tuber yield up to the heaviest 46.5Kg P O and 72Kg of K O, 25 2 respectively”
Claim · model-written summary
Higher phosphorus or potassium reduced tuber HCN concentration.
Not reportedTaxonComparator
Verbatim
e0“there were decreases in HCN concentration in tuber tissue with increasing phosphorus or potassium up to the heaviest”
Claim · model-written summary
Intercropping cassava with Nigerian cowpea gave a 71% yield advantage.
- Taxon
- cassavaManihot esculentae0
- Treatment
- Intercropping cassava with Nigerian cowpeae0
- Outcome
- yield advantagee0
- Direction
- moree0
- Value
- 71%e0
- Comparator
- growing cassava as solide0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Intercropping cassava with Nigerian cowpea achieved yield advantage by 71% more than growing cassava as solid”
Claim · model-written summary
Two short-day quinoa varieties were superior under no-till.
Not reportedTaxon
Verbatim
e0“Two short day varieties under no-till system were superior”
Claim · model-written summary
Supplemental irrigation improved quinoa yield over rainfall only.
- Taxon
- quinoa
Chenopodium quinoae0 - Treatment
- one supplementary irrigatione0
- Outcome
- yieldede0
- Direction
- bettere0
- Comparator
- rainfall onlye0
Not reportedSetting
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“quinoa with one supplementary irrigation yielded better than under rainfall only (rainfall rate ranged from 100-150 mm/yr)”
Claim · model-written summary
Flat seeding produced more quinoa yield than ridge seeding.
Not reportedTaxon
Verbatim
e0“seeding on flat gave more yield than on ridges”
Claim · model-written summary
Reducing quinoa spacing from 20 to 15cm significantly increased yield.
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The yield of quinoa significantly increased with diminishing plant spacing from 20 to 15cm”
Claim · model-written summary
Delaying quinoa seeding reduced seed yield per feddan by 60% between mid-November and mid-February.
- Treatment
- delaying time of seedinge0
- Outcome
- seed yield/fede0
- Direction
- reductione0
- Value
- 60%e0
- Comparator
- mid of Novembere0
Not reportedTaxon
Verbatim
e0“there were also gradual reduction in seed yield/fed with delaying time of seeding starting from mid of November till mid of February. Reduction between the first and latter date was estimated to 60%”
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