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Radish plant growth as affected by irrigation and biochar application in sandy soil under water stress conditions

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Last updated: 05 Jan 2025

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Soil fertility

Abstract

The point of this study was to find out how two types of biochar—hard and soft—made from locally made corncob waste (by slowly breaking it down at 500°C with little oxygen) improved sandy soil and helped radishes grow. We added biochar to the sandy soil in rates of 0, 1, 3, and 5% (w/w). It was incubated for one month at room temperature (25±2 °C) and rewetted every seven days to field capacity. The soil mixture was saved to cultivate the seeds into the pots, then collected the mature plants. The samples were washed, cut into pieces, and prepared to be subjected to analysis. The biochar experiment was conducted as a split-split plot in Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD), with three replications in the open greenhouse of the Faculty of Agriculture, Saba Basha, Alexandria. The irrigation schedule consisted of five treatments (20, 40, 60, 80, and 100% of potential evapotranspiration), which was the primary factor in the experiment.

DOI

10.21608/ajsws.2024.327167.1019

Keywords

Biochar, soil-biochar mixture, radish plant, Soil fertility

Authors

First Name

George

Last Name

Morcoss Gerges

MiddleName

Wahba

Affiliation

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

Email

khwaga57@gmail.com

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First Name

Gamal

Last Name

Khalil

MiddleName

Abdel-Nasser

Affiliation

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

Email

nasserga@gmail.com

City

Alexandria

Orcid

0000-0002-1078-2398

First Name

Adel

Last Name

Ahmed Hussein

MiddleName

H

Affiliation

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

Email

ahahmed_61@yahoo.com

City

Alexandria

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-

Volume

9

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

50869

Issue Date

2025-01-01

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2024-10-10

Publish Date

2025-01-01

Page Start

36

Page End

55

Print ISSN

2357-0598

Online ISSN

2785-9959

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395,274

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Research papers

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2,302

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Publication Title

Alexandria Journal of Soil and Water Sciences

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https://ajsws.journals.ekb.eg/

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Radish plant growth as affected by irrigation and biochar application in sandy soil under water stress conditions

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Created At

29 Dec 2024