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Effect of nanomaterials on Soil Quality and Yield of Canola (Brassica napus) Grown in Heavy Clayey Soils Asmaa El-shahawy a,

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Soil fertility and plant nutrition

Abstract

Nanotechnology in agriculture is an exciting strategy to enhance soil fertility and increase crop yields in heavy clay soils. Thus, the purpose of this research was to evaluate the effect of nanomaterials such as nano-biochar (nB) and nano-water treatment residues (nWTR) at 50, 100, 250 mg kg-1 rates in pots, on improving soil biological activity, soil aggregate stability, soil consistency and yield of canola (Brassica napus) cultivated in a heavy clay soil. The treatments used were conducted in a completely randomized experimental design with 5 replicates. The results indicated that the addition of the studied nanomaterials significantly improved soil consistency including organic matter (OM), cation exchange capacity (CEC) microbial biomass carbon (MBC), and soil fertility which played a major role in increasing biological activity and aggregate stability, thus increasing canola yield. The study observed an increase in aggregate stability in soil treated with nB and nWTR synchronized with their greater content of OM, CEC, nutrients and clay. The addition of nB100 gave the highest grain yield by 160 % compared to the control. The results of the pot experiment indicated that nWTR and nB could be used as a promising strategy to enhance the yield of canola and increase recycled efficiency WTR and rice straw on soil structure, biological activity and soil fertility in heavy clay soils.

DOI

10.21608/ejss.2022.152942.1522

Keywords

aggregate stability, Nano-biochar, Biological Activity, Canola yield

Authors

First Name

Esawy

Last Name

Mahmoud

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Affiliation

Department of Soil and Water, Faculty of Agriculture, Tanta University, Tanta Egypt

Email

esawy.rezk@agr.tanta.edu.eg

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0000-0002-1006-779X

Volume

62

Article Issue

4

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37427

Issue Date

2022-12-01

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2022-07-28

Publish Date

2022-12-01

Page Start

361

Page End

371

Print ISSN

0302-6701

Online ISSN

2357-0369

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https://ejss.journals.ekb.eg/article_261279.html

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19

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Egyptian Journal of Soil Science

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https://ejss.journals.ekb.eg/

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Effect of nanomaterials on Soil Quality and Yield of Canola (Brassica napus) Grown in Heavy Clayey Soils Asmaa El-shahawy a,

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22 Jan 2023