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Integrated Approaches towards Ameliorating A Saline Sodic Soil and Increasing The Dry Weight of Barley Plants Grown Thereon

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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Soil salinization and water scarcity are among the major threats affecting crop productivity in Egypt. To ameliorate a saline-sodic soil (EC= 8.2 dSm-1 and ESP=22.9%) under no-leaching conditions, a greenhouse experiment was conducted, including three factors [1: Arthrospira platensis bio-inoculant with two treatments (non-inoculated and inoculated seeds), 2: phosphogypsum with three rates (non; 50% of the gypsum requirements (GR) and 100% of GR) and 3: compost with three rates (none, 7.5g kg-1 and 15 g kg-1)]. The outcome evaluations of this experiment focused on evaluating efficiencies of the used treatments in increasing barley plants grown on such a soil, on one hand, and monitoring soil deterioration in terms of soil EC and ESP., on the other hand. After 75 days of incubation, Arthrospira platensis increased significantly the EC values, while decreased soil ESP. This inoculant also increased P and K uptake by plants but had no significant effect on barley dry weight. For soils treated with compost and phosphogypsum, their highest rates decreased significantly soil ESP and, at the same time, caused a significant increase in barley dry weights. Furthermore, these two amendments increased significantly NPK availability and uptake by plants. Generally, phosphogypsum seemed to be more efficient in minimizing the negative implications of soil salinity and sodicity than compost. Moreover, the outcomes of dual and triple application of the chosen amendments seemed to be more promising on both soils and plants than the single ones.

DOI

10.21608/jenvbs.2020.12912.1086

Keywords

Saline-sodic soil, Arthrospira platensis, phosphogypsum, compost, Barley plants

Authors

First Name

Ihab

Last Name

Farid

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Soils and Water Department, Faculty of Agric., Benha University

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ihabsamie2005@yahoo.com

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First Name

AboEl-Nasr

Last Name

Hashem

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Affiliation

Soils and Water department,Benha University, Egypt

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aboelnasr.abdelhamid@fagr.bu.edu.eg

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First Name

Esraa

Last Name

Abd El-Aty

MiddleName

A.M.

Affiliation

Soils and Water department, Faculty of Agric., Benha University

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esraaabdelaty58@gmail.com

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First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Abbas

MiddleName

HH

Affiliation

Soils and Water department, faculty of Agriculture, Benha University, Egypt

Email

mohamed.abbas@fagr.bu.edu.eg

City

Benha

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First Name

Maha

Last Name

Ali

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Affiliation

Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Benha University, Egypt

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maha.ali@fagr.bu.edu.eg

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Volume

4

Article Issue

Issue 2020

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10617

Issue Date

2020-02-01

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2020-03-21

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2020-02-01

Page Start

31

Page End

46

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2536-9415

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2536-9423

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363

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Environment, Biodiversity and Soil Security

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https://jenvbs.journals.ekb.eg/

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Integrated Approaches towards Ameliorating A Saline Sodic Soil and Increasing The Dry Weight of Barley Plants Grown Thereon

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22 Jan 2023