Three different approaches for establishing guidelines for the microbiological quality of treated wastewater that is reused for agriculture are reviewed. These approaches have different objectives as their outcomes: the absence of faecal indicator organisms in the wastewater, the absence of a measurable excess of cases of enteric disease in the exposed population and a model-generated estimated...

The aim of this study was to gain insight into potential differences in risk factors for microbial contamination in greenhouse versus open field lettuce production. Information was collected on sources, testing, and monitoring and if applicable, treatment of irrigation and harvest rinsing water. These data were combined with results of analysis on the levels of Escherichia coli as a fecal indic...

This study was conducted to investigate the effects of different restricted irrigation strategies on peach trees. Sustainable and regulated deficit treatments were applied during 2018/2019 production season in a commercial plot “Bénédicte” variety located at Atlas Mountain’s region Morocco. Five tested: T1, T2 T3 with an application respectively 125% (over-irrigation), 100% (control) 75% (defic...

abstract- maize production, which is ranked after wheat and barely in fars province, iran, needs a considerable amount of irrigation water that is not available in scarce water conditions in drought situations. therefore, proper planting method can improve irrigation water management. the objectives of the present study were to investigate the effects of two planting methods, on-bed and in furr...

Fertigation is herein defined as the application of solid or liquid (fluid) mineral fertilizers via pressurized irrigation systems, thus forming nutrient containing irrigation water. Although the practice of fertigation only started commercially in the mid 20th century, there is evidence that the concept of irrigation with dissolved nutrients was well known in the past. The first reported examp...

in order to investigate of the effects of water stress on seed yield and gas exchange and to evaluate the relationship between source and sink in sunflower azargol variety, a split-plot factorial field experiment was conducted in 2008. in this experiment, water stress (no irrigation from 30 days after sowing till ripening) and irrigation (irrigation at -3 bar soil water potential) were consider...

Phenolic compounds of the skin and seeds are the principal sources of wine color and structural properties. Under semi-arid conditions, irrigation management is the most determining factor of grape and wine quality while rootstocks affect numerous physiological and vegetative parameters of the scion. In the present study, compositional changes of skin and seed phenolic compounds were studied in...

Common bean is an important crop, consumed as green-shelled in several countries. In Chile, beans are cultivated often a dry land vulnerable to drought. The objective of this study was characterize the hydric and productive responses four genotypes subjected deficit irrigation order outline production strategies face increasing water scarcity. Two experiments were evaluated: one pot experiment ...