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Afforestation in dry lands faces numerous challenges, particularly in regions like Darfur, Sudan, where droughts and desertification lead to forest degradation and social conflicts. This study evaluates the impact of rainwater harvesting techniques (RWHTs) on the survival and growth of Ziziphus spina-christi transplants in Nyala Agriculture Research Station Farm, South Darfur State. The experiment was conducted during March 2018 and January 2020; it tested four RWHTs: Control, Semicircular Bund, Trapezoidal Bund, and V-Shape Catchment, laid out in a 6 randomized block design with 3 replications of each technique within the block (6 blocks×4 RWHTs×3 replications=72 units, each containing one transplant). Key parameters measured included soil properties, soil moisture at various depths, transplants’ survival, and growth metrics. The soil type was clayey cambic, influenced by aridity and sand creep. Rainfall was erratic, totaling 183.2 mm, or 45.8% of the average. Mean temperature was 35.1°C; it affected transplants indirectly by lowering soil moisture storage through evaporation-transpiration. RWHTs significantly recharged soil moisture and improved transplants’ survival rates by 75%, 66.7%, 58.3%, and 25% for Trapezoidal Bund, Semicircular Bund, V-Shape Catchment, and the Control, respectively. RWHTs also increased growth metrics by following folds: 1.6 for shoot height, 1.5 for diameter, 1.9 for number of branches, 1.6 for root length, 2.3 for shoot biomass, and 1.9 for root biomass. Performance ranking of RWHTs was: Trapezoidal Bund＞Semicircular Bund=V-Shape Catchment＞Control. These findings suggest that RWHTs can support the establishment, survival, and growth of transplants in moisture-deficient dry lands, making them a reliable afforestation strategy for individuals and institutions.

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Abstract
Introduction
Materials and Methods
Study site
Materials
Experimental design, layout and data collection
Statistical analysis
Results
Soil characterization
Soil moisture content in Ziziphus spina-christi trial site
Survival rate of Ziziphus spina-christi transplants in trial site
Temporal growth parameters of Ziziphus spina-christi transplants (shoot heights, number of branches and diameters) as affected by different rainwater harvesting techniques
Assessment of some growth parameters for Ziziphus spina-christi transplants as affected by applied rainwater harvesting techniques at the end of the monitoring period
Discussion
Conclusions
Acknowledgements
References

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저자

• Daldoum Mohamed Ahmed Daldoum [ Department of Silviculture, Faculty of Forestry, University of Khartoum, Shambat, Khartoum North 13314, Sudan ] Corresponding Author
• Adam Zakria Abdalla Omer [ Department of Silviculture, Faculty of Forestry, University of Khartoum, Shambat, Khartoum North 13314, Sudan ]

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• 간행물명

  Journal of Forest and Environmental Science [산림과학연구]

• 간기

  계간

• pISSN

  2288-9744

• eISSN

  2288-9752

• 수록기간

  1981~2026

• 등재여부

  KCI 등재

• 십진분류

  KDC 526 DDC 634