THE ROLE OF SOIL AMENDMENTS ON SOIL FERTILITY AND THE RESPONSE OF WHEAT GROWN IN SALINE SODIC SOIL | ||
Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research | ||
Article 3, Volume 77, Issue 1, March 1999, Pages 27-39 PDF (2.87 M) | ||
Document Type: Original Article | ||
DOI: 10.21608/ejar.1999.326141 | ||
Authors | ||
TAREK A. ABOUEL-DEFAN; ALY S. A. ABDEL-MAWGOUD; SAMER A. EL-GINDI; HOSAM E. M. EL-KHOLI | ||
Soil, water and Environment Research Institute, Agricultural Research Centre, Giza, Egypt | ||
Abstract | ||
Addition of sulfur or gypsum amendments and their effect on nitrogen, phosphours and potassium availability in saline-sodic soil as well as their contents in wheat grain were studied in Koam-Oshem area, ElFayoum Governorate. The obtained results revealed that the availability of N, P and K in soil and their content in wheat grain increased by increasing the application rates of the studied amendments. However, increasing the application rates more than 1.5 kg sulfur/plot or 7.5kg gypsum/plot decreased the relative increment of nutrient availability and content in both soil and grains. Relative wheat grain yield increased by 151% and 119% kg compared to control treatment at the application rates of 2.0 kg sulfur / plot and 10 kg gypsum/plot respectively. These results might be due to the effect of soil amendments on some factors affecting the nutrient availability in the soil. | ||
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