EFFECT OF HUMIC ACID AND IRRIGATION WATER QUALITY ON FODDER BEET YIELD AND ITS COMPONENTS AS WELL AS SOME SOIL CHEMICAL PROPERTIES

Ewis, Ashraf M.G.; Ismail, Fatma S.H.; Mousa, Walaa M.E.; Hassan, Hend H.M.

doi:10.21608/zjar.2017.51324

	EFFECT OF HUMIC ACID AND IRRIGATION WATER QUALITY ON FODDER BEET YIELD AND ITS COMPONENTS AS WELL AS SOME SOIL CHEMICAL PROPERTIES
Zagazig Journal of Agricultural Research
Article 29, Volume 44, Issue 6, November 2017, Page 2445-2457 PDF (636.58 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/zjar.2017.51324
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Authors
Ashraf M.G. Ewis ¹; Fatma S.H. Ismail²; Walaa M.E. Mousa²; Hend H.M. Hassan²
¹Soil and Water Dept., Fac. Technol. and Dev., Zagazig Univ., Egypt
²Forage Crop, Res. Sec., Field Crop, Res., Inst., Agric. Res. Cent., Giza, Egypt
Abstract
To study the interaction effects of humic acid rates (HA) × irrigation water quality on productivity of fodder beet yield (Beta vulgaris L.) and its quality as well as some soil chemical properties, two field experiments were conducted in a split plot design with three replications in two different locations, El-Salam canal and Bahr Hadous drain in Sahl El-Hossinia, Sharkia Governorate, Egypt during to winter seasons (2014/2015 and 2015/2016). The studied factors were four rates of humic acid (0, 800 , 1600 and 2400 ml HA for 400 l^-1of irrigation water i.e., 0,2, 4 and 6 ml HA l^-1, respectively) and two types of irrigation water (El-Salam canal water 1.75 dSm^-1 and Bahr Hadous drain water 3.31 dSm^-1). The results indicated that using each of irrigation water and humic acid rate gave the best values of all the studied characters in El-Salam canal region compared to that obtained from Bahr Hadous drain region. Concerning the interaction effect (El-Salam canal irrigation water × HA 6 ml l^-1 rate) recorded the maximum values for all studied characters: growth attributes (root length, root diameter, fresh weight (FW), dry weight (DW), fresh yield (FY), dry yield (DY), total fresh yield (TFY) and Total dry yield (TDY) and total chlorophyll), yield quality crude protein (CP), digestible crude protein (DCP), CF, ash, fat (%) in different organs and prolinein top organs of fodder beet plants) and chemical composition (N, P, K, Fe, Mn and Zn concentrations and uptake) of fodder beet yield as well as some soil chemical properties (pH, EC, CEC, macro and micronutrients contents).
Keywords
Humic acid; irrigation water quality; fodder beet (Beta vulgaris L.)


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