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Effect of nitrogen and sulphur on growth, yield and chemical composition of maize grown under saline soil conditions

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Last updated: 23 Jan 2023

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Field experiment was carried out during May-September, 2015 to study the effect of nitrogen and sulphur application on growth, yield and chemical composition of maize (Zea mays,L) Individual hybrid K 130 cultivar grown under saline soil conditions. The area of each plot was 10.50 m2 (3.5 m length x 3 m width), with 5 ridges 60 cm apart and 25 cm between hills. The experiment included 20 treatments which were a combination of four nitrogen rates (0, 30, 60 and 90 kg N/fed) as urea, and five sulphur rates (0, 50, 100, 200 and 300 kg S/fed). The recommended doses of phosphorus (36 kg P2O5) as triple superphosphate fertilizer was applied to the soil in a single dose during land preparation. The results showed that the grain yield was increased by relative values of 22.77, 48.38, 75.35 and 104.74% over the control (without S). Also, S application increased significantly the contents of N, P, K and S in leaves of maize. Also nitrogen fertilization significantly affected the grain yield and N, P, K and S contents in leaves of maize.  The highest values of grain yield and nutrients content in leaves were produced at 300 kg S /fed with 90 kg N /fed. on the other hand, the application of S or N decreased the soil pH especially at the highest doses of S or N. in the same time, the available sulphur in soil was increased with increasing the rates of S or N application.

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10.21608/jalexu.2016.237267

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Grain yield, nitrogen, sulphur, salts, Maize

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Meky

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Saleh

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Mohamed

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Soil and Agricultural Chemistry Dept., Faculty of Agriculture Saba Basha, Alexandria University, EGYPT

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Magda

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Hussein

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AbouElMagd

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Soil and Agricultural Chemistry Dept., Faculty of Agriculture Saba Basha, Alexandria University, EGYPT

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Hoda

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Mahmoud

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AbdElfattah

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Soil and Agricultural Chemistry Dept., Faculty of Agriculture Saba Basha, Alexandria University, EGYPT

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21

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3

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26003

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2016-09-01

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2016-05-23

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2016-10-01

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460

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471

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1110-5585

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2785-9525

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1,789

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Journal of the Advances in Agricultural Researches

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23 Jan 2023