Effect different rates and sources of silicate fertilizers on soil fertility, sugar beet productivity and quality grown on saline soil | ||||
| Alexandria Journal of Agricultural Sciences | ||||
| Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 02 September 2025 | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/alexja.2025.399003.1155 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
Enga Mostafa Niel 1; Mohamed Ibrahim Mohaseb2; Khaled Saban Abdo3; Shimaa Mohamed Abdelaziz  4
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| 1ARC, Soil, Water and Enviro. Inst. | ||||
| 2ARC, Soil, Water and Environment Inst. | ||||
| 3ACR, Soil, Water and Environment Ins. | ||||
| 4Soil and water agriculture | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| To study the behavior of silica sources to provide more information on some saline soil properties and sugar beet productivity and quality grown under saline soil conditions, field experiment was conducted in Village El-Rowad in Sahl El-Hussinia, El-Sharkia Governorate, cultivated with sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L) on winter seasons of 2022/23 and 2023/24. Results stated that a slight decrease in soil pH was observed with higher silicate application rates of 6 mlL⁻¹, particularly with calcium silicate. Lowest EC (3.78 dS m⁻¹) value was achieved under interaction of the highest silicon rate of 6 mlL⁻¹ with calcium silicate with superior efficacy in mitigating soil salinity. Calcium silicate was significantly enhanced soil nutrients macro-or micronutrients contents compared to other silicon sources, with application rate of 6 mlL⁻¹ and the highest increases was from 9.90 to 26.09% for macro-nutrients and from 11.18 to 20.58% for Fe, Mn and 15.79% for Zn compared to control. Data revealed that nutrient contents of root as macro and micro-nutrients concentrations from calcium silicate source at rate of 6 mlL⁻¹ was at maximizing increases values from 21.03 to 42.96%, while reducing Na⁺ valued by 4.14%. Calcium silicate at 6 mlL⁻¹ gave more root length, dry matter, and sugar beet yield up to 2.36% increase compared to control, while potassium silicate enhanced root weight 17.65%. Calcium silicate at 6 mlL⁻¹ delivered the best overall parameters of sugar beet quality on highest sucrose yield 49.78%, total chlorophyll 59.61% and stress mitigation as lowest proline contents compared with control. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| silicate fertilizers; soil fertility; sugar beet productivity; quality and saline soil | ||||
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