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THE BIOPOLYMER, AGAR AGAR, AS A SOIL CONDITIONER Part I : Greenhouse Experiments

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The biopolymer Agar Agar, derived from red algea belonging to Rhodophaceae, was tried as a gel soil conditioner. Four greenhouse ex-periments were conducted for this purpose during the period from 1992 to 1994. Results obtained in this study show that seed soaking method could have a promising effect, as: 1: Soaking wheat seeds in Agar solution of 0.2 % significantly in-creased dry weight of plants grown on sandy soils by about 73 % over that obtained from control. A significant considerable enhancement ef-fect for its combination with the three microelements Fe, Mn and Zn at 0.2% of each in chelated form was obtained (129% over control), while the response to these nutrients alone was little. However, there was a relatively slight response to either Agar, micronutrients or their combina-tion in clayey soil. 2: Soaking cotton seeds in Agar solution of 0.2 % significantly in-creased the response of seed cotton yield to N fertilizer in clayey soil. 3: Soaking wheat seeds in Agar solution of 0.1% increased the ef-ficiency of the biofertilizer Cerealin with wheat plants grown on sandy and calcareous soils, as their dry weight increased by 18% and 25% re-spectively over that obtained from Cerealin alone. On the other hand, application of Agar solution to a calcareous soil as anticrusting agent at the rate equivalent to 0.025 % of soil weight, slightly improved the yield of sudan grass. Increasing such rate to 0.05% depressed the yield, indicating that these rates were much higher than that should be used with Agar, a result of economical importance.

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10.21608/ejar.2002.299084

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Biopolymer, soil health, greenhouse

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EGLAL M.

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El-AGGORY

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Soil, Water and Environment Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt

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SHABAN M.

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ABD EL-RASOUL

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Soil, Water and Environment Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt

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80

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41273

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2002-03-01

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2023-05-14

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2002-03-01

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12

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1110-6336

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2812-4936

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Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research

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THE BIOPOLYMER, AGAR AGAR, AS A SOIL CONDITIONER Part I : Greenhouse Experiments

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