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Sarhad Journal of Agriculture

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Egyptian Journal of Soil Science

A RESEARCH field experiment was carried out to study the effect of soaking wheat seeds before sow... more A RESEARCH field experiment was carried out to study the effect of soaking wheat seeds before sowing in aqueous solutions of gibberellic acid GA3 (2 g L-1), Salicylic acid SA, humic acid HA and potassium humate K-H (6 g L-1 each) on wheat productivity under sandy soil conditions. Wheat yield (t ha-1) increased maximally by 4.57% for GA3 treatment while decreased by 7.65% for the HA treatment compared with the control. Seed yield (t ha-1) increased by 8.01% for K-H but decreased by 3.77% for HA. Shelling (%) increased significantly by 6.29% for K-H only, while decreased by 3.73% for GA3. Treatments significantly affected soil available Si and its uptake by growing plants. Available Si in soil (mg kg-1) decreased significantly (as %) in a descending order GA3 (23.39%) > HA (20.71%) > K-H (13.4%) > SA (7.55%), which may be due to significant consumption of Si from soil as uptake by plant. Total Si content (g kg-1) in wheat seeds increased significantly (as %) in the order GA3 (700%) > SA (672.73%) > HA (386.36%) but decreased by 22.73% for K-H for which Si-uptake decreased significantly by 16.54%. The studied plant growth regulators (PGRs) perhaaps affect the soaked wheat seeds physiologically and disrupt nutrient uptake from soil including N, P, K and Si. Presoaking in K-H can be recommended and preferable more than GA3, HA, and SA for health aspects and to avoid luxury consumption of Si by plant.

Asian Soil Research Journal

Aims: Two field experiments have been carried out to study the effect of different irrigation per... more Aims: Two field experiments have been carried out to study the effect of different irrigation periods in the presence of compost as an organic amendment on the yield and quality of lupine (Lupinus termis L.) under the sandy soil conditions. Study Design: Split-plot design. Place and Duration of Study: The successive winter seasons of 2016/2017 and 2017/2018 at the Ismailia Agricultural Research Station, (30°35'30" N 32°14'50" E elevation 3 m), Agricultural Research Center (ARC), Egypt. Methodology: Compost has been applied at the rates of 11.90, 23.81 and 35.71 ton/ha before planting. Three irrigation intervals were assigned after planting by 3, 6, and 9 days; the applied water volume for each was 4761.91 m3/ha. Results: After harvesting, some parameters were estimated. As the compost rates increased, the soil EC significantly decreased while the available N, P, K, and Fe were significantly increased by 9.51, 12.79, 5.17, and 5.8%, respectively. For same compost r...

Journal of Soil Sciences and Agricultural Engineering

Soil salinity is one of the important factors affecting new reclaimed Sahl El-Tina soil at North ... more Soil salinity is one of the important factors affecting new reclaimed Sahl El-Tina soil at North Sinai. To face this problem, two field experiments were carried out during the two summer growing seasons of 2011 and 2012 to investigate the effect of foliar application of salicylic acid (SA) (50-100 mg L-1), Gibberllic acid (GA3) (100-200 mg L-1) and potassium silicate (Si) (50-100 mg L-1) on the straw, grain yields and the mineral contents of maize (Zea maize L. CV. single hybrid 10) grown in a salt affected soil. Plants were sprayed by the each of the three afore materials at 30, 45 and 60 days from sowing. It was found that the application of the three materials increased both the straw and grain yields significantly. Na + concentration in leaves and grains was inhibited while N, Mg, Fe, Mn and Cu were stimulated. The chlorophyll pigmented (a and b) and carotenoid contents were significantly increased due to application of SA, Si and GA3. These results suggested that SA, GA3 and Si can be used as potential growth regulators to improve salinity stress resistance.

Egyptian Journal of Soil Science

T WO FIELD experiments were carried at the Ismailia Agricultural Research Station during the summ... more T WO FIELD experiments were carried at the Ismailia Agricultural Research Station during the summer seasons of 2018 and 2019 to study some characteristics of sandy soil treated by three types of additives and cultivated by maize. Additives mixed with soil were the dried water hyacinth, straw of faba beanand compost each is loaded by 25, 50, and 100% of the recommended dose of nitrogen N and phosphorous P mineral fertilizers. Different treatments including control were distributed in a complete randomized block design with three replicates. Water holding capacity (%), field capacity (%), electrical conductivity (dSm-1), bulk density (g cm-3), cation exchange capacity (cmol c kg-1) and organic matter (%) content of soil before cultivation and after harvesting were estimated. Maize yield (kg ha-1) and some yield components were also calculated for different treatments. Results indicated that after harvesting, waterholding capacity increased significantly by 20% using dried water hyacinth, non-significantly by 10 and 5% using bean straw and compost, respectively, compared to control at 100% NP application rate. Field capacity increased by 37.5% using dried water hyacinth and bean straw and by 12.5% using compost compared to the control. Non-significant change was observed in soil EC (dSm-1) before planting and after harvesting. The application rate 100% NP showed the least bulk density values significantly decreased by 7.78% for compost, 4.44% for dried water hyacinth, and by 2.78% for beanstraw compared to the control. At application rates 50 and 100% NP, compost treatments provided the maximum available P and K in soil followed by dried water hyacinth then bean straw. At application rate 100% NP, yield of maize dry matter (kg ha-1) significantly increased by 120.34, 116.96 and 27.44% for dried water hyacinth, bean straw, compost, respectively. Seed yield (kg ha-1) increased significantly by 136.3, 135.85, and 33.63% for bean straw, dried water hyacinth, and compost, respectively.

SAINS TANAH - Journal of Soil Science and Agroclimatology

The solubility and availability of Si from the feldspar, silica, and zeolite as Si-bearing minera... more The solubility and availability of Si from the feldspar, silica, and zeolite as Si-bearing minerals were studied in a sandy soil. Silicon uptake by the soybean (Glycine max L.) plant was discussed. The minerals used were applied before planting in two separate rates; rate 1 ≈ 595.2 and rate 2 ≈ 1190.5 kg ha-1 accompanied by a ≈ 4.8 kg ha-1 constant rate of the K-humate sprayed as a solution on soil after planting in a complete randomized block design. The dissolved Si from the different minerals at rate 2 followed an opposite direction to their SiO2 percentage that may be due to the structural differences: silica (1.46 mg kg-1 - SiO2 =98.4%) < zeolite (1.71 mg…

Annals of Agricultural Sciences, 2014

A comparison study between the foliar application effects of the gibberellic acid (GA3), salicyli... more A comparison study between the foliar application effects of the gibberellic acid (GA3), salicylic acid (SA) and silicon on the nutritional content of the maize plant leaves (Zea mays L. CV.) has been carried out through a pot experiment using an irrigation saline water. Chlorophyll, macroand micro-nutrients contents of the plant leaves were estimated for the untreated and the treated plants by a 100 mg L À1 solution of GA3, SA or Si. GA3 was found to be the most effective for resisting the severe salinity effects on the leaves' chlorophyll followed by the Si then the SA. In almost the same order, the Fe, Zn and Si toxicity due to the salinity effects on the leaves could be reduced. Cu and Mn deficiency might be controlled but to a limited extent by SA then by GA3. Silicon ions may compete for the Na + ions and hence reduce their absorption by the maize plants.

A study on the adsorption behavior and removal of an organophosphorous pesticide, malathion, from... more A study on the adsorption behavior and removal of an organophosphorous pesticide, malathion, from aqueous solution was carried out using batch method. The activated charcoal and bentonite clay were selected as commonly used adsorbents to be compared to a less commonly used kaolinite clay. Two thermally treated kaolinite samples were prepared at different temperatures. The samples were investigated by means of X-ray powder diffraction and thermogravimetric analysis. In aqueous medium, the thermally treated clay samples displayed higher adsorption capacities (q e = 356.06 and 362.37 lmol g À1 , for kaolinite, and 282.32 lmol g À1 , for bentonite) relative to that of the untreated one (q e = 311.87 lmol g À1 , for kaolinite, and 188.13 lmol g À1 , for bentonite). In addition, the thermally treated kaolinite samples exhibited faster adsorption rates (k 1 = 3.03 Â 10 À3 and 2.77 Â 10 À3 min À1 ) compared with that of the untreated one (k 1 = 1.84 Â 10 À3 min À1 ). Desorption of malathion from the loaded samples was also carried out for regeneration purposes. The adsorption/ desorption cycle of malathion on the kaolinite samples was repeated several times and the removal efficiency of the regenerated kaolinite sample was noticed to decrease after the 3rd cycle.

A poly[(acrylic acid)-co-acrylamide] hydrogel was prepared in the laboratory through polymerizati... more A poly[(acrylic acid)-co-acrylamide] hydrogel was prepared in the laboratory through polymerization of partially neutralized acrylic acid (AA) in the presence of N,N′-methylene bisacrylamide (MBA) as a crosslinker. The polymer was prepared without an additive (H1) or with 5% (w/w) kaolinite clay mineral added during the polymerization (H2). The swelling of the hydrogel in distilled water as well as within the soil matrix was studied. Some hydro-physical properties of two different soil samples amended with the hydrogel were also studied. The S1 soil was sandy and non-saline; and the S2 soil was sandy clay loam and slightly saline. The swelling degrees (S) in distilled water were 97.8 and 282.8 g/g of the hydrogel dried at 70°C, for the non-modified H1 and kaolinite-modified H2 hydrogels, respectively. The S values of H1 and H2 hydrogels, within the S1 soil were 85.45 and 81.25 g/g, respectively. While within the S2 soil, the S values of H1 and H2 hydrogels were 31.17 and 16.32 g/g, respectively. The change in the studied hydro-physical properties of soil treated by the hydrogel was more dependent on the soil texture and salinity and the hydrogel concentration in soil than on the swelling degree of the hydrogel. The change in the bulk density values of the soilhydrogel mixture was in the range 90.1%-71.43% relative to the soil sample free of hydrogel. While the change in the total porosity values were in the range of 98.83%-132.64%. The effect of presence of the hydrogel on the hydraulic conductivity of the soil samples was discussed.

A clay-polymer chelating resin was prepared through copolymerization of glycidyl methacrylate (GM... more A clay-polymer chelating resin was prepared through copolymerization of glycidyl methacrylate (GMA) with N,N'-methylene bis-acrylamide (MBA) as a cross-linker in the presence of 5% kaolinite mineral. The resin obtained was chemically modified through the reaction with tetraethylenepentamine (TEP). A comparison study was held between the modified clay-containing resin and a clay-free one. The prepared resins were characterized by FT-IR, XRF, TGA, BET-surface area and SEM techniques. The adsorption behavior of both resins towards Cu (II) and Hg (II) at different conditions was studied. Kinetics, isotherms and thermodynamic parameters of the adsorption process were also investigated. The clay-containing resin exhibited a higher thermal stability, greater surface area and higher uptake values than the clay-free one. Uptake values up to 2.38 mmol/g (479.57 mg/g) for Hg (II) and 1.95 mmol/g (124.02 mg/g) for Cu (II) were reported on the clay-containing resin. The adsorption process of both metal ions followed Langmuir and Freundlich isotherms and is dominated by enthalpic rather than entropic changes. The regeneration of the loaded resin was carried out using KI and HCl for elution of Hg (II) and Cu (II), respectively.

Two thermally treated kaolinite samples were prepared at different temperatures. The samples were... more Two thermally treated kaolinite samples were prepared at different temperatures. The samples were investigated by means of X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) and thermo-gravimetric analysis (TGA). The adsorption behavior of malathion on untreated and thermally treated kaolinite samples was studied using batch method. The type of the medium of adsorption played an effective role in the nature of the adsorbent-adsorbate interaction and the uptake capacity. In aqueous medium, the thermally treated samples displayed higher uptake capacities (q e ¼ 356.06 and 362.37 mmol/g) relative to that of the untreated one (q e ¼ 311.87 mmol/g). In addition, the thermally treated samples exhibited faster adsorption rates (k 1 ¼ 3.03 Â 10 À3 and 2.77 Â 10 À3 min À1 ) compared with that of the untreated one (k 1 ¼ 1.84 Â 10 À3 min À1 ). Desorption of malathion from the loaded samples was also carried out for regeneration purposes. The adsorption/desorption cycle of malathion on the kaolinite samples was repeated several times and the removal efficiency of the regenerated kaolinite sample was noticed to decrease after the 3rd cycle.

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Hydrogels of poly [(acrylic acid)-co-acrylamide], with N,NN-methylene bisacrylamide (MBA) crossli... more Hydrogels of poly [(acrylic acid)-co-acrylamide], with N,NN-methylene bisacrylamide (MBA) crosslinker and different compositional ratios of kaolinite were prepared and investigated. The swelling characteristics of the hydrogels were investigated in distilled water as a function of clay content. The clay-hydrogel composite of 5.3% clay percentage showed a higher swelling property in distilled water relative to clay-free hydrogel. The swelling ratio was found to be affected by the change in contact time, pH, salt solution and temperature. The adsorption properties of the hydrogels towards Mn(II), Cu(II) and Zn(II) in aqueous solutions were also studied at different conditions. The rate of adsorption followed the pseudo-second-order kinetics. Elution behavior of loaded hydrogel (P3) was also studied in EDTA solution.

Rice straw is a renewable natural resource was recycled as an agricultural waste containing some ... more Rice straw is a renewable natural resource was recycled as an agricultural waste containing some natural biopolymers. The study aims to evaluate the rice straw (RS) as well as straw ash (RA), Cellulose, Silica and Lignin extracted from the straw as environment friendly agricultural sandy soil conditioners. Some properties of these polymers are expected to affect some properties of soil as well as the macro-nutrient uptake by plant. The mentioned materials were extracted from RS then mixed with two soil samples different in their properties selected for the study and some of their properties were estimated. Soya bean and maize were germinated in different soil/conditioner mixtures and their nutritional content, NPK total content was estimated and the data were statistically analyzed. For the non-calcareous soil sample, the BD showed a relative decrease in the range 3.46% -12.64% while the TP increased in the range 4.97 -18.06% and the relative decrease in HC was in the range 5.63 and 91.82%. The accumulation of soluble salts, available and total NPK concentrations had been affected. The chemical structure of the studied biopolymers possessing functional groups (-NH, -OH, -COOH) and partial solubility of silica may offer chemical bonding and/or some other interaction with the different nutritional ions and adsorption sites affecting their solubility and availability within soil. The remediation effect is strongly dependent on the soil texture and salinity levels denoting to the chemical equilibria of the soil solution, accumulation of the soluble salts, nutrients in soil and the nutrient uptake by plants.

Sarhad Journal of Agriculture

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Egyptian Journal of Soil Science

Asian Soil Research Journal

Journal of Soil Sciences and Agricultural Engineering

Egyptian Journal of Soil Science

SAINS TANAH - Journal of Soil Science and Agroclimatology

Annals of Agricultural Sciences, 2014