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Water Stress on Cotton Plants as Affected by Potassium and Nano Chitosan-NPK Fertilizer

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Soils and water

Abstract

The present work was aimed to investigate using of potassium fertilizer as well as nano chitosan-NPK to alleviate the negative effect of water stress and its effect on cotton plant and some water relations. Two field experiments were conducted to study the possibility of using potassium fertilizer and nano chitosan-NPK to eliminate the negative impacts of water stress. The design of the experiment was split design plot, where number of irrigation treatments (6 and 9) were arranged in main plots, while potassium fertilization, i.e., K1= 96 kg K/ha as potassium sulphate, K2= 96 kg K/ha + twice foliar application of 2% potassium sulphate, K3= 96 kg K/ha + twice foliar application with 2% nano chitosan-NPK, K4= four times of  foliar application with 2% potassium sulphate, and K5= four times of foliar application with 2% nano chitosan-NPK.  The results obtained indicated that K3 followed by K2 which achieved the favourable values of plant height, first fruiting node, number of fruiting branches/plant, number of open bolls/plant, boll weight, seed index, lint percentage, seed cotton yield. Neither potassium  fertilization nor irrigation number altered fiber properties. The data of the interaction showed the combined 96 kg K/ha as potassium sulphate + twice foliar application with 2% nano chitosan-NPK can diminish the negative effect of drought stress under deficit conditions, with higher seed cotton yield nearly equal to those obtained under full irrigation. It could be concluded that potassium fertilization and nano chitosan-NPK can improve cotton plant tolerance to water stress and enhance cotton productivity.

DOI

10.21608/sjas.2021.86571.1132

Keywords

Cotton, potassium, irrigation number, nano chitosan-NPK, foliar application

Authors

First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Sarhan

MiddleName

G. R.

Affiliation

Soil, Water and Environment Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center

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gmohamed78@yahoo.com

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First Name

Samah

Last Name

Bashanday

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Affiliation

Department of soil and water, Faculty of Agriculture, Minia University

Email

samah.nasr@mu.edu.eg

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First Name

S.

Last Name

Abd El-Gayed

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Affiliation

Cotton Res. Inst., Agricultural Research Center, Egypt

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sabrfrgly76@gmail.com

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Volume

3

Article Issue

2

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29080

Issue Date

2021-12-01

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2021-07-15

Publish Date

2021-12-01

Page Start

236

Page End

250

Print ISSN

2535-1796

Online ISSN

2535-180X

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https://sjas.journals.ekb.eg/article_192011.html

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https://sjas.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=192011

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916

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Publication Title

Scientific Journal of Agricultural Sciences

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https://sjas.journals.ekb.eg/

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Water Stress on Cotton Plants as Affected by Potassium and Nano Chitosan-NPK Fertilizer

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Created At

22 Jan 2023