Of share its situation inside the country, the area of Hodna, wilaya of M'sila, presents hot southernmost influences very interesting for an early product arboriculture. Surface occupied by this culture with passed of 3200 ha in 2001 to 6750 ha during the year 2006. Boukhmissa, is one of the most important arboriculture areas of Hodna, it contains an important collection of varieties of apricot tree, with various categories of age. Our study consists to evaluate and diagnose the situation of the culture of apricot tree in the area of Boukhmissa. A dry climate, following semi-arid bioclimatic stage with one cold winter and a very hot dry summer characterize the area of study. Being precipitations, the zone receives approximately 300 mm/an. The ground is of muddy type with alkaline pH (8.38) with an electric conductivity equalizes with 10.18 µs/cm.
Useful agricultural surface on 140 ha, being occupied by several cultures: Arboriculture 57 ha, cultivation of cereals 40 ha, market gardening 15 ha. These cultures all are led in irrigated system. Arboriculture accounts for 40.71% of the whole of the practised cultures. Among the various fruit-bearing species, which exist the apricot tree, is more dominating, with 90% of the orchards. Indeed, it has been about a speculation inherited a generation to another for several decades. Concerning the old one of the orchards, they are distributed as follows: 30% are lower than 10 years, 45% between 10 to 30 years and 25% are higher than 30 years. For the varieties, we find mainly Bullida 47%, Paviot 21%, red Louzi 17% and Tounsi 15%. As regards production, the statistics reveal strong increases passing in 4899q with 216000q, nevertheless the outputs remain weak and fluctuate one year to another according to the climatic conditions on the one hand and the ageing of the orchards and the plant health situation on the other hand.
Citation
Abdelghani ZEDAM ,
Ammar TIAIBA ,
Slimane TELLACHE ,
Mourad KHALDI ,
Abdelkader Cherief ,
Bahlouli Fayçal, Mefti mohamed, Slamani Amel, , (2008-12-31), Study of current situation of the apricot tree culture in the area of Boukhmissa, Wilaya of M’sila, Algeria., Academic Journal of Plant Sciences,
Vol:1, Issue:3, pages:37-41, Academic Journal of Plant Sciences