Radwan, A., El Awady, M., Hegazy, M., Mohamed, S. (2010). DETERMINING PLANT WATER USE AND LANDSCAPE COEFFICIENTS OF SELECTED NURSERY AND LANDSCAPE PLANTS. test, 27(2), 521-529. doi: 10.21608/mjae.2010.105840
A.A. Radwan; M.N. El Awady; M.M. Hegazy; S.A. Mohamed. "DETERMINING PLANT WATER USE AND LANDSCAPE COEFFICIENTS OF SELECTED NURSERY AND LANDSCAPE PLANTS". test, 27, 2, 2010, 521-529. doi: 10.21608/mjae.2010.105840
Radwan, A., El Awady, M., Hegazy, M., Mohamed, S. (2010). 'DETERMINING PLANT WATER USE AND LANDSCAPE COEFFICIENTS OF SELECTED NURSERY AND LANDSCAPE PLANTS', test, 27(2), pp. 521-529. doi: 10.21608/mjae.2010.105840
Radwan, A., El Awady, M., Hegazy, M., Mohamed, S. DETERMINING PLANT WATER USE AND LANDSCAPE COEFFICIENTS OF SELECTED NURSERY AND LANDSCAPE PLANTS. test, 2010; 27(2): 521-529. doi: 10.21608/mjae.2010.105840

DETERMINING PLANT WATER USE AND LANDSCAPE COEFFICIENTS OF SELECTED NURSERY AND LANDSCAPE PLANTS

Misr Journal of Agricultural Engineering
Article 6, Volume 27, Issue 2, April 2010, Pages 521-529    PDF (521.71 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/mjae.2010.105840
Authors
A.A. Radwan1; M.N. El Awady2; M.M. Hegazy2; S.A. Mohamed3
1Grand. Student; of Ag. Eng., Ain-Shams Univ., Egypt.
2Prof. Emt. of Ag. Eng., Ain-Shams Univ., Egypt.
3Prof. Emt. of Ag. Horticulture, Ain-Shams Univ., Egypt.
Abstract
This study, water use, species factor, and the overall growth of ten landscape plants grown in both 1.6 liter containers (commercial nursery practice) (simulation of landscape conditions) were determined and compared. Water use per plant and species factor were influenced by species. However, this means that the water use of container-grown plants may be used to predict or estimate the water use of the same species that are grown in a landscape situation.Water use per plant, landscape coefficient and overall growth differed by species. Of the ten species tested, shrubs(Hibiscus Rosa- sinensis, Acalypha Godseffiana, Lantana Camara Adhatode Vasica ,Phyllanthus, Dodonaea, , Acalypha Margenata) ground cover( Gazania,) and trees(Ficus Nitida , Ficus Bengamena) , Water use per plant was highest and the same in Hibiscus Rosa- sinensis, Lantana Camara, and Acalypha Margenata (0.21L/day), while Dodonaea had the lowest water use(0.16L/day) for shrubs.   Likewise, the trees water use was highest in Ficus Bengamena (0.36L/day).
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