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Renewable Energy and Net House Integration forSustainable Cucumber Crop Production in theArabian Peninsula: Extending Growing Seasons and Reducing Resource Use

Renewable Energy and Net House Integration forSustainable Cucumber Crop Production in theArabian Peninsula: Extending Growing Seasons and Reducing Resource Use

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DOI	10.20900/jsr.20240038
刊名	Journal of Sustainability Research JSR
年，卷(期)	2024, 6(3)
作者	Arash Nejatian*,Muthir Al Rawahy,Abdul Aziz Niane,Amal Hassan Al Ahmadi,Vinay Nangia,Boubaker Dhehibi,
作者单位	1 Arabian Peninsula Regional Program, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas—ICARDA, Dubai 13979, United Arab Emirates; 2 Horticulture Research Section, Directorate General of Agriculture and Livestock Research, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Water Resources, Muscat 121, Oman; 3 Agricultural Research Section, Agriculture Development & Health, Ministry of Climate Change and Environment, Dubai 1509, United Arab Emirates; 4 International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas—ICARDA, Rabat, 10010, Morocco; 5 International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas—ICARDA, Tunis 2049, Tunisia
Abstract	In most desert ecosystems of the Arabian Peninsula Region (APRP), vegetable production is carried out under controlled environment structures covered with polycarbonate sheets and inbuilt evaporative cooling systems. The areas with mild winter, polycarbonate cover and evaporative cooling are not required. The former can be replaced by insect proof net and the latter with a root zone cooling system to maintain the root zone area temperature at 25 ℃ at early summer. The aim of the study was test a combination of five technologies, namely insect proof net, hydroponic closed system, root zone cooling (RZC) through fertigation chilling, ultra-low-pressure drippers, and low establishment cost of solar energy and test the potential of the system to extend the production period into the summer. The trials have been carried out in the Sultanate of Oman and UAE simultaneously on Cucumber. The results showed that by replacing the polycarbonate cover with an insect prove net and the evaporative cooling with solar energy powered ultra-low-pressure drippers, the water and energy consumption has been reduced by 85% and 90%, respectively, production period was extended to early August. Despite the implementation of these advanced techniques aimed at reducing production costs, the yield and profitability of cucumber cultivation remained limited specialty in UAE. However, the research showcased the promising potential of RZC powered by solar energy in extending the production period of net houses throughout the hot summer months.
KeyWord	solar energy; net house; root zone cooling; hydroponics; ultra-low-pressure dripper
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Arash Nejatian*,Muthir Al Rawahy,Abdul Aziz Niane,Amal Hassan Al Ahmadi,Vinay Nangia,Boubaker Dhehibi. Renewable Energy and Net House Integration forSustainable Cucumber Crop Production in theArabian Peninsula: Extending Growing Seasons and Reducing Resource Use, Journal of Sustainability Research. 2024; 6; (3). https://doi.org/10.20900/jsr.20240038.

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