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EUBCE 2024 - Simone BERGONZOLI - Subsurface Water Retention System for Industrial Crop Sustainable Production. Results from Guayule

Subsurface Water Retention System for Industrial Crop Sustainable Production. Results from Guayule

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Environmental assessment of bioenergy and biobased systems

Subsurface Water Retention System for Industrial Crop Sustainable Production. Results from Guayule

Short Introductive summary

Agricultural activities depend heavily on irrigation in arid and semi-arid climates, which are one of the most water-limited areas, reducing agricultural productivity. As the climate changes, the lack of precipitation is expected to aggravate in these areas, requiring careful management of water use. Subsurface water retention technology (SWRT) may hold promise as a management tool to save water use and improve crop drought resistance. CREA (Research Centre for Engineering and Agro-Food Processing) has developed a machinery that creates SWRT systems in a single pass and its performance was tested for performance in sandy soil. Furthermore, a parallel experiment was performed in Spain to test the efficacy of that system on Gauyule (Parthenium argentatum) crop used for producing rubber.

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Simone BERGONZOLI

Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l'analisi dell'economia agraria, CREA-IT, ITALY

Presenter's biography

Agronomist, PhD in agricultural engineering I work since 2010 at CREA dealing with crop harvesting, biomass feedstock, energy crops and agroforestry

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Co-authors:

S. Bergonzoli, Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l'analisi dell'economia agraria, Monterotondo, ITALY
L. Pari, Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l'analisi dell'economia agraria, Monterotondo, ITALY
L. Cozzolino, Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l'analisi dell'economia agraria, Monterotondo, ITALY
S. Lazar, Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l'analisi dell'economia agraria, Monterotondo, ITALY

Session reference: 2AV.5.7