426694

Ameliorative effects of water deficit in rice by foliar application of Ascobien and Potassium Silicate

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Last updated: 11 May 2025

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Soil fertility and plant nutrition

Abstract

Greenhouse experiment was maintained at the Rice Research and Training Center (RRTC), Sakha, Kafr El-Sheikh, Egypt, during the 2021 and 2022 rice seasons to explore the influence of the foliar application treatment on the behavior of the Sakha 108 Egyptian rice genotype as well as to study the role of this foliar treatment in ameliorating the harmful impacts of water deficit in rice. Irrigation water treatments include water deficit and normal irrigation conditions.. The foliar application treatments were: 1- control, 2- Ascobien, 3- potassium silicate, 4- lithovit, 5- ascobien + potassium silicate, 6- potassium silicate + Lithovit. Water stress depressed all-growth traits, grain yield, and its components, as well as grain quality and NPK content in rice grain. Combining potassium silicate + Lithovit foliar application gave the highest leaf area index, chlorophyll A and B, number of panicles/hill, full grains/panicle, unfilled grains/panicle, and 1000-grain weight, grain yield, hulling, milling and head, N, P, K, Zn, Fe and Mn content in milled rice grain compared to control under water deficit and normal irrigation conditions. Foliar application of potassium silicate + Lithovit improves plant physiological processes. Potassium silicate enhances carbohydrate synthesis, translocation, transformation, storage, and compartmentation by the plant, enhancing plant stress tolerance. Lithovit improves CO2 statuses inside the leaf intercellular, enhancing photosynthesis, nutrient uptake, and abiotic stress tolerance.

DOI

10.21608/ejss.2025.363252.2018

Keywords

ascobien, Lithovit, potassium silicate, Water deficit, rice

Authors

First Name

Hany

Last Name

Gharib

MiddleName

Sobhy

Affiliation

Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Kafrelsheikh University, 33516, Kafr El-Sheikh

Email

hanysony@agr.kfs.edu.eg

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First Name

Tamer

Last Name

Metwally

MiddleName

Farouk

Affiliation

Rice Research and Training Center, Sakha, Field Crops Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center.

Email

tamerrtc@gmail.com

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First Name

Saad

Last Name

Aboukhadrah

MiddleName

Hassan

Affiliation

Agronomy Department, Agriculture Faculty, Kafrelshiekh University, Egypt.

Email

drkhadrah@yahoo.com

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First Name

Nada

Last Name

Elsanafawy

MiddleName

Mohamed

Affiliation

Agronomy Department, Agriculture Faculty, Kafrelshiekh University, Egypt.

Email

nada.e2567@gmail.com

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Orcid

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First Name

Abdelfatah

Last Name

Gharieb

MiddleName

Sobhy

Affiliation

Rice Research and Training Center, Sakha, Field Crops Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center.

Email

abdelfatah_sobhy@yahoo.com

City

Kafrelshikh

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Volume

65

Article Issue

2

Related Issue

51050

Issue Date

2025-06-01

Receive Date

2025-02-24

Publish Date

2025-06-01

Print ISSN

0302-6701

Online ISSN

2357-0369

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426,694

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19

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Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Soil Science

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https://ejss.journals.ekb.eg/

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Ameliorative effects of water deficit in rice by foliar application of Ascobien and Potassium Silicate

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11 May 2025