ABCTRACT
The experiment was conducted on pots filled with sandy soil
affected by salts, the soil concentration of salts was 8.15 dSm-1 and the
EC of irrigation water was 7.02 dSm-1. The experiment was conducted
in the Agricultural Research Center in Giza, Egypt. Garlic (Allium
sativum L., var. sids 41) was grown during winter seasons of 2019-2020
and 2020-2021. The untraditional materials as pomegranate peels,
diatoms powder, banana peels and orange peels were grinded with a
kitchen mill and investigated by Transmission Electron Microscope
(TEM). Thirteen treatments from pomegranate peels, diatoms powder,
banana peels and orange peels at nanoscale in three doses of 0.15, 0.3
and 0.6(g) and control treatment were applied. The research was amid to
study the effect of some untraditional materials at the nanoscale to
mitigate salt stress on garlic plants at vegetative growth stage grown in
sandy soils. The data showed that addition of diatoms nanopowder with
dose of 0.6(g pot -1) was the superior treatment for mitigating salt stress
on garlic plants at vegetative growth stage under salt stress grown in
sandy soils compared to other materials at different doses used and
control treatment.