Effect of Micro Catchment Techniques on Vegetative Growth of Jatropha (Jatropha Curcas)

Azmi Elhag Aydrous; Abdel Moneim Elamin Mohamed; Abdelbagi Ahmed Abdelbagi

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Effect of Micro Catchment Techniques on Vegetative Growth of Jatropha (Jatropha Curcas)

Azmi Elhag Aydrous, Abdel Moneim Elamin Mohamed, Abdelbagi Ahmed Abdelbagi

Published in American Journal of Agriculture and Forestry (Volume 3, Issue 2)

Received: 17 March 2015 Accepted: 24 March 2015 Published: 9 April 2015

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Abstract

This study was conducted during two consecutive seasons (2011/2012 and 2012/2013) at the southern Omdurman region near Khartoum New International Airport (KNIA) to evaluate the effect of four rain water harvesting micro catchment techniques on some growth attributes of Jatropha trees. The micro catchments used were semicircular, pits, deep ditch and V-shape in addition to the control. A randomized complete block design with four replications was used to study the effect of these techniques on trees growth. The results of the study showed that plant height, stem thickness (for some cases) and number of leaves/tree for Jatropha trees were significantly increased under the micro catchment techniques as compared to the control, with higher mean obtained by V-shape.

Published in	American Journal of Agriculture and Forestry (Volume 3, Issue 2)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajaf.20150302.17
Page(s)	52-57
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Micro-Catchment Techniques, Jatropha

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Azmi Elhag Aydrous, Abdel Moneim Elamin Mohamed, Abdelbagi Ahmed Abdelbagi. (2015). Effect of Micro Catchment Techniques on Vegetative Growth of Jatropha (Jatropha Curcas). American Journal of Agriculture and Forestry, 3(2), 52-57. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ajaf.20150302.17

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Azmi Elhag Aydrous, Abdel Moneim Elamin Mohamed, Abdelbagi Ahmed Abdelbagi. Effect of Micro Catchment Techniques on Vegetative Growth of Jatropha (Jatropha Curcas). Am J Agric For. 2015;3(2):52-57. doi: 10.11648/j.ajaf.20150302.17

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Azmi Elhag Aydrous

Department of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Omdurman Islamic University, Omdurman, Sudan
Abdel Moneim Elamin Mohamed

Department of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan
Abdelbagi Ahmed Abdelbagi

Department of Crops sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Omdurman Islamic University, Omdurman, Sudan

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Azmi Elhag Aydrous, Abdel Moneim Elamin Mohamed, Abdelbagi Ahmed Abdelbagi. (2015). Effect of Micro Catchment Techniques on Vegetative Growth of Jatropha (Jatropha Curcas). American Journal of Agriculture and Forestry, 3(2), 52-57. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ajaf.20150302.17

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Azmi Elhag Aydrous; Abdel Moneim Elamin Mohamed; Abdelbagi Ahmed Abdelbagi. Effect of Micro Catchment Techniques on Vegetative Growth of Jatropha (Jatropha Curcas). Am. J. Agric. For. 2015, 3(2), 52-57. doi: 10.11648/j.ajaf.20150302.17

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Azmi Elhag Aydrous, Abdel Moneim Elamin Mohamed, Abdelbagi Ahmed Abdelbagi. Effect of Micro Catchment Techniques on Vegetative Growth of Jatropha (Jatropha Curcas). Am J Agric For. 2015;3(2):52-57. doi: 10.11648/j.ajaf.20150302.17

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