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Asian journal of soil science and plant nutrition, Jun 30, 2023

This study aims to assess the soil quality under different land uses by utilizing technique for o... more This study aims to assess the soil quality under different land uses by utilizing technique for order preference by similarity to the ideal solution method (TOPSIS) and geostatistical Technique in the Northern part of Sohag Governorate, Egypt. Various soil parameters such as sand, silt, clay content, CEC, ESP OC, ECe, pH, and CaCO3 were determined. Afterward, the geostatistics approach using ordinary kriging interpolation and semivariogram was applied to produce a spatialized and detailed map for each soil parameter. Spherical, Exponential, Gaussian, and J-Bessel geostatistical models were used to define the spatial variability of soil properties based on RMS, MSE, and RMSSE. Based on the TOPSIS method, the soil quality index (SQI) and its ranking under land use types in the study area were calculated. The results of SQI ranged from 38.75% to 55.82% and 27.53% to 52.72%, and 5.75% to 26.73% for old cultivated, new cultivated, and desert soil, respectively. The SQI was classified into three regions. The first has a fair quality index and covers 56.48% (403.91 km 2 ) of the total geographical area (TGA). The soils of this region ). These soils have low values of favorable studied indicators, leading to negative effects on the SQI that are defined as poor. The third region is very poor quality, covers about 15.77% (112.78 km 2 ) of TGA, and is located mainly in desert soils with low beneficial and high non-beneficial studied indicators. Finally, the results indicate that the integration of TOPSIS and geostatistical technique allow for an accurate and practical assessment of the SQI.

مجلة سوهاج لشباب الباحثين, Apr 1, 2022

A 2-year field experiment was conducted at Research Farm of Faculty of Agriculture, Sohag Univers... more A 2-year field experiment was conducted at Research Farm of Faculty of Agriculture, Sohag University, Egypt to study the effect of filter mud rates (0, 3, and 6 ton /feddan, fed = 0.42 ha) and NPK fertilizer levels (0. 50, 75 and 100 % of recommended rate) on wheat productivity, NPK uptake, and chemical soil properties. The results showed that levels of NPK had a significant effect on grain number/spike, 1000-grain weight, biological yield, grain yield, grain protein %, NPK uptake, residual NPK , and organic matter in the soil after harvest. Application of 100 % NPK fertilizer level produced the highest quantity and quality of wheat grain and straw yields, in addition to its good effects on soil properties. The used filter mud as organic fertilizer improved the quality of wheat grains and soil properties with no effective increases in wheat yields. The integrated use of filter mud and NPK fertilizer was better than using each fertilizer separately.

Journal of Sohag Agriscience (JSAS)/Journal of Sohag Agriscience (JSAS), Jun 1, 2023

A pot experiment was conducted in sandy soil to assess the effect of Nano Nitrogen loaded on modi... more A pot experiment was conducted in sandy soil to assess the effect of Nano Nitrogen loaded on modified zeolite and traditional fertilizers on lettuce. treatments of 100, 75, 50 and 25% of the recommended dose of common N fertilizer and 100, 75, 50 and 25 ml of 1000 ppm Nano N solution were added alone or in combination with the traditional fertilizers to lettuce plants. Vegetative growth and yield characters were recorded. The obtained results indicated that the application of N-Nano resulted in significantly higher vegetation growth parameters such as plant fresh weight (PFW), shoot fresh weight (SFW), plant length (PL), leaf area (LA) and plant dry weight. The partial replacement of common N fertilizers by additional of Nano fertilizers to lettuce plants production could be a useful way to save the amount of common N fertilizers and enhancement of plant growth and increasing nutrients uptake by plants and to avoid nitrate leaching especially under sandy soils and consequently reducing pollution problems.

Journal of Soil Sciences and Agricultural Engineering (Print), Aug 1, 2016

A filed experiment was carried out to study the effect of addition pressmud (PM) as organic waste... more A filed experiment was carried out to study the effect of addition pressmud (PM) as organic wastesunder saline irrigation water on some soilproperties, Tuta Absuluta Damage and plant growth. PM was applied at rates of 0, 5 and 10 ton/fed. The soil was cultivated with tomato (Genotype: Alissa) under salinity irrigation whichapplied having 0, 25 and 50 mM NaCl.Untreated soil was used as a control (CTRL). At the end of the experiment, soil samples and plants were taken from each treatment. The results showed that the application of PM significantly decreased the soil bulk density, soil pH, while, under saline irrigation water increased them compared with PM. On the other hand, PM increased each of ECe, cations such as Ca +2 + Mg +2 , Na + and K + while these parameters were increased with increasing salinity levels compared with CTRL. In addition, data showed also that the parametersplant growth were significantly positively affected by the application of PM addition rates compared with control or salinity stress. Na + was accumulated into plant tissues with increasing level NaCl. The Ca 2+ + Mg 2+ and K + contents reduced under saline irrigation water compared as control or PM addition rates. On the other hand, plants growing under 10 ton/fed of PM and freshwater had lower number of miners/leaf and infested fruits/plant compared with plants growing under 5 ton/fed of PM or control treatment. High level of salinity had a good effect on T. absluta damage than control treatment. These results support the hypothesis that plants growing under a good level of organic fertilizer and salt-stress are better defended againstT. absluta.

SVU-International Journal of Agricultural Sciences (Print), Apr 1, 2023

One of the most popular indicators for delivering accurate information about soil quality is the ... more One of the most popular indicators for delivering accurate information about soil quality is the soil quality index (SQI) that commonly calculated using principal component analysis (PCA). The purpose of this work is to evaluate a SQI using a PCA using additive and weights approaches presuming that different soil uses have varied effects on different soil attributes. Principal component analysis has been used to select a minimal dataset (MDS) from soils with various uses (old cultivated, new cultivated and barren soils) to construct SQI from nine soil indicators. The weights for each indicator were assigned by PCA to the SQI integrated by weights (SQI-W) from the MDS. While, the additive SQI (SQI-A) based on the MDS determined by PCA was finally generated. The results demonstrated that the SQI computed from the PCA using the weights and additive integration PCA could clearly distinguish between the three land uses. As a result, the two techniques were sensitive and capable to distinguish between the soils of the three land uses.

Journal of Sohag Agriscience (JSAS) (Print), Dec 1, 2022

International Journal of Plant and Soil Science, Jan 10, 2016

Journal of Soil Sciences and Agricultural Engineering (Print), Jul 8, 2023

Soil, as a natural and nonrenewable resource become the most fragile ecosystem due to long-term c... more Soil, as a natural and nonrenewable resource become the most fragile ecosystem due to long-term cultivation by human being. The knowledge and understanding the parameters that determine the quality of agricultural soils can improve their management of soil resources. Geo-informatics techniques have emerged for the assessment, mapping and modelling of various soil resources. Hence, an attempt has made to study the soils of Sohag Governorate and generate fertility capability classification (FCC) map using geo-informatics. Different remote sensing data such as Landsat 9 imageries and ASTER sensor integrated. Consequently, representative soil profiles chosen and samples collected for analyzing. The results indicated that the main landforms observed were Nile Alluvium (NA), Low recent river terraces (LR), High recent river terraces (HR) and Wadi Bottom (WB). Soil fertility limitations and condition modifiers characterizing different units were identified. The fertility of the NA and LR soils was good with fewer limitations. Whereas, both HR and WB soils have many limitations that render them under either poor or very poor fertility capability. Generally, this information is valuable for decision-makers and land managers to make informed decisions about soil conservation and management.

Journal of Sohag Agriscience (JSAS) (Print), Dec 1, 2021

This study was conducted on a private farm located at Southeast of Sohag Governorate, during two ... more This study was conducted on a private farm located at Southeast of Sohag Governorate, during two successive seasons of 2017/2018 and 2018/2019. Experiment were carried out to examine the capability of two varieties different kinds, Relatively Salt-tolerant, sorghum variety (Gia113) and. relatively Salt-sensitive, sorghum variety (Dorado) as a summer crop in the studied soil under stress condition. application different amelioration techniques with organic amendments,(mixture1and mixture 2) as well as Bio-organic treatments (soil, foliar spray and soil + foliar application) Results showed that increased fresh, dry weight and water content of both shoot and root, as well as increased plant length of shoot. Results also showed that different amelioration techniques with organic amendment under two varieties differed in salt tolerant, at 60th) as expected, associated with a marked improvement in the Na content and Na uptake status for both shoots and roots. Comparing the studied three methods of bioorganic amelioration (s, f and s + f) showed that application (s + f) significant effect application together, compared with the other with respect to varietal responses to salinity, reported that tolerant plants were associated with greater net transport of Na+ from roots to shoots.

Journal of Soil Sciences and Agricultural Engineering (Print), Nov 1, 2021

This study was conducted at was conducted on a private farm located at Southeast of Sohag Governo... more This study was conducted at was conducted on a private farm located at Southeast of Sohag Governorate, during two successive seasons of 2017/2018 and 2018/2019.Experiment were carried out to examine the capability of two varieties different kinds, Relatively Salt-tolerant, wheat variety (Sids1) and. relatively Salt-sensitive, wheat variety (Giza 168) as a winter crop. in the studied soil under stress condition. Use application different amelioration techniques with organic amendment,(mixture1and mixture 2) as well as Bio-organic treatments (soil, foliar spray and soil+ foliar application) Results showed that increased fresh, dry and water content for both shoot and root, while increased plant length of shoot. Show that different amelioration techniques with organic amendment under tow varieties differed in respectively salt tolerant, at 80 th) in the media was, as expected, associated with a marked improvement in the Na content and Na uptake status for both shoots and roots. Comparing the studied three methods of bioorganic amelioration (s, f and s + f) showed that application (s + f) significant effect application together, compared with the other with respect to varietal responses to salinity, reported that tolerant plants were associated with greater net transport of Na + from roots to shoots.

Alexandria Science Exchange, Jun 30, 2021

The present study aims to assess groundwater quality for agriculture purposes using water quality... more The present study aims to assess groundwater quality for agriculture purposes using water quality index (WQI) in some agricultural Expansion areas at Sohag Governorate in Egypt. Forty seven (47) water samples were collected from different wells and analyzed. The parameters that define the water quality were recognized using Principal Component Analysis and Factor Analysis (PCA/FA). Hence electrical conductivity (EC), soluble sodium (Na +), soluble chloride (Cl-), and sodium adsorption ratio (SAR) were determined. Based on the obtained results, the WQI values ranged between 10.36 and 97.19. About 53.2% of the samples were unsuitable for irrigation. However, 12.8% of samples may be suitable for the irrigation of soils without salinization problems. The remaining samples (34%) showed an average of WQI values were 8.51, 6.38 and 19.15 within the low, moderate, and high restriction classes, respectively. WQI may be successfully used as a guideline for the decision-makers.

Archives of Agriculture Sciences Journal, Apr 1, 2018

This study was carried out to assess and map some trace elements in raw buffalo's milk and some h... more This study was carried out to assess and map some trace elements in raw buffalo's milk and some housemade dairy products collected from some villages of Sohag, Egypt. The representative villages named as Nza El-hesh, Enibes, Bnawett, Basona, Abar El-waqf, El-hwaweash, Arab El-sabha, Awlad Salem, El-mgabra and Mzata. Cadmium and lead were measured in More than 180 samples of fresh raw buffalo's milk and housemade rural milk products including, Laban Rayeb, Cream, Samna, Kareish cheese and Mish cheese. The spatial variability maps were generated using GIS.

In recent years, the use of remotely sensed data and GIS applications have been found increasing ... more In recent years, the use of remotely sensed data and GIS applications have been found increasing in a wide range of resources inventory, mapping, analysis and environmental management. Remote sensing data provides an opportunity for better observation and systematic analysis of terrain conditions following the synoptic and multispectral and multidate coverage. The present study deals with identification, categorisation and mapping of degraded lands in Kheragarh tehsil of Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India using remotely sensed data (IRS-P6 LISS III) of three dates viz., February, May and October, 2009. The objectives were (i) to assess different types of degraded lands in the study area using remote sensing techniques, (ii) to evaluate land suitability for various agricultural land use options and (iii) to suggest plausible management plan for mitigation land degradation to enhance land productivity. Along with remote sensing data, three remote sensing derived indices have been used namely Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Normalized Difference Water Index (NDWI) and Soil Brightness Index (SBI) for identifying vegetation, waterlogged area and salt affected land respectively. Decision Tree Classifier (DTC) has incorporated these derived indices for delineating and mapping different types of degradation. Results revealed that about 41.24% of area is non agricultural land in which four categories of degradation could be identified i.e. degraded hill (4.05%), degraded forest (3.46%), wetland (6.26%) and ravinous land (3.26%). The remaining (58.76%) is agricultural land out of which 75.08% is normal land and (24.92%) suffers from two types of degradation viz., chemical (salinity) and physical deterioration (waterlogged). An attempt was made to ensure the efficiency of DTC by comparing it with supervised classification approach .The values of the Kappa statistics were used to compare the performance of the classifiers and it was found to be higher (0.95) for the DTC than supervised classification (0.75). The Z statistics was computed for comparing Kappa coefficients obtained from the error matrices of two above mentioned classifications. Z value was found to be 21.08 which implied that there was a significant difference between Kappa coefficients in both approaches. Land evaluation procedure given by FAO (1976) for soil site suitability for various land utilization types has been used to assess the land suitability for different crops and for generating cropping pattern for kharif (summer) and rabi (winter) seasons. The database on soil, land use/land cover was generated from data derived from IRS -P6 remote sensing satellite and soil survey to perform an integrated analysis in the geographic information system environment. Agricultural and non-agricultural lands were delineated using DTC and non-agricultural areas were masked for removal from future analysis. Different soil chemical parameters and physical parameters were evaluated for different crops. Subsequently all of them were integrated using a multi criteria decision making and GIS to generate the land suitability maps for various crops. Kharif and rabi season cropping patterns maps were developed by integrating crop suitability maps for the winter and summer seasons separately. Results of land suitability evaluation indicated that about 55 % is highly suitable (S1) for sugarcane and 60%, 54% and 48 % of the area are moderately suitable (S2) for cultivation pearl millet, mustard and rice respectively. Fifty percent of the area is found to be marginally suitable (S3) for growing maize. It was also found that better land use options could be implemented in different land units as the conventional land evaluation methods suffer from limitation of spatial analysis for the suitability of various crops. Further, investigations were carried out to characterize and classify the soils of the study area. Nine representative pedons were chosen. All pedons were moderate to deep in depth, well to poor drained, slightly to strongly alkaline in soil reaction (7.73-9.75), slightly to highly saline (0.811.0 dS m -1 ), low to medium in organic matter (0.05-0.67%), CEC medium to high (17.91-30-35 cmol (p+) kg -1 ), Calcium Carbonates ranged from (0-2.5%) in all samples of the soils except in the ravinous land where the content was very high (11-20%). Regarding nutrients, the soils were low to medium in available N (37.0-364.00 kg ha -1 ), low to high in available P (0.1-86.20 kg ha -1 ), medium to high in available K (134.0-459.0 kg ha -1 ). Further, the soils were adequate in available Fe and Mn but low to high available Zn and Cu. All soils belong to Inceptisol order and Aquept, Ustept suborder. Six soil families were identified in the selected profiles. The actual productivity class of P6 was excellent and the remaining profiles were good except in P4, it was average. There is a scope to improve the productivity of all pedons as indicated by their respective…

Current Chemistry Letters, 2022

Field experiments were carried out for two consecutive seasons at the Experimental Shandaweel Agr... more Field experiments were carried out for two consecutive seasons at the Experimental Shandaweel Agricultural Research Station, Sohag Governorate, Upper Egypt, during the growing seasons of 2013 and 2014, to study the Effect of Irrigation intervals and foliar spray of zinc and silicon treatments on Maize growth and yield components of maize. Results indicated that, scheduling at every 10 days produced the highest plant height, Flag Leaf area (cm²), Cob length (cm), Weight of 100-grains (g), Biological yield (T/fad.) and Grain yield (ard./fed.) followed by irrigation at 15 and 20 days interval, in contrast irrigation at 25 days interval produced the lowest values and foliar spray of zinc and silicon treatments produced the highest plant height-improved yield and yield components of maize crop. The best yield was obtained from zinc + silicon treatments followed by zinc, silicon treatments. In contrast, untreated treatments produced the lowest values. It can be concluded that the scheduling at every 10 days and application of foliar spray of zinc + silicon treatments as the effective one could be recommended for scheduling irrigation at every 10 days with application of foliar spray of zinc + silicon treatments of maize crop at Shandaweel Agricultural Research Station, Sohag Governorate, Upper Egypt to obtained the best results from maize grain yield.

Journal of Soil Sciences and Agricultural Engineering (Print), Dec 1, 2015

egyptian journal of agronomy, 2021

Egyptian Journal of Agronomy http://agro.journals.ekb.eg/ 13 T HE PRESENT investigation was carri... more Egyptian Journal of Agronomy http://agro.journals.ekb.eg/ 13 T HE PRESENT investigation was carried out to evaluate the effect of salinity and saline water magnetization on physiological and agronomic traits of 32 bread wheat genotypes and to determine the changes in soil properties. These genotypes were grown in pot experiments under greenhouse conditions during the winter growing seasons of 2017/2018 and 2018/2019 at Faculty of Agriculture, Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt and subjected to tap water (control), salinity levels (2,500 and 5,000ppm) and magnetically treated (2,500 and 5,000ppm) saline water. Results showed that values of soil soluble cations and anions were significantly lower under treated magnetic water (TMW). Moreover, magnetic saline water had a positive effect on relative water content by 7.84 and 7.10%, chlorophyll concentration by 6.03 and 9.92% and attributed to decrease the canopy temperature by 7.98 and 10.23% respectively in contrast with 2500 and 5000ppm saline water. Also, it increased plant height to 6.66 and 13.10%, 4.39 and 4.27% for number of spikes/plant, 5.18 and 8.18% for spike length, 5.13 and 10.57%, for biological yield/plant and 6.89 and 7.94% for grain yield/plant compared to irrigation saline water. Indeed, more studies are required to declare the impacts of magnetic water on the growth, yield and quality of other different crops. Stress Susceptibility Index (SSI) revealed that lines 9, 16, 3 recorded the lowest values of 0.57, 0.75 and 0.76, respectively, this showing relatively salt tolerant lines compared to other wheat genotypess and introducing new genetic sources for salt tolerance into breeding programs.

Environmental Earth Sciences, 2016

In this study, selected heavy metals were estimated in surface soil samples of Sohag, Egypt, with... more In this study, selected heavy metals were estimated in surface soil samples of Sohag, Egypt, with the aim to characterize their accumulation patterns. Median

Zemdirbyste-Agriculture, 2021

Composting chicken manure causes negative impacts on environmental ecosystem by increasing ammoni... more Composting chicken manure causes negative impacts on environmental ecosystem by increasing ammonia (NH 3) emissions. Split addition of maize straw-derived biochar (Bi) during composting of chicken manure may promote the composting process, increase the quality of produced compost and reduce NH 3 volatilization. To build composting piles, fresh chicken manure and maize straw were mixed (2:1 w/w). Biochar (10% w/w) was applied to the compost piles in different addition modes: one-time applied biochar (OTABi), 10% at the beginning of the trial, and split-applied biochar (SABi), 2.5% at 0, 3, 7 and 15 days of the composting. In addition to the control (without biochar) treatment, measurements of NH 3 emissions were performed in a bench-scale composting experiment. To evaluate the phytotoxicity and maturity of the compost, germination tests were performed in Petri dishes. Compared with the control and OTABi treatments, SABi had a great positive effect (by 40% and 33%) on the final general characteristics of the compost and reduced the cumulative NH 3 emissions. Although OTABi treatment had faster degradation during composting, it did not enhance humification. In the mature compost, the humic substances of SABi treatment were 17% and 40% higher than control and OTABi treatments. In addition, in SABi, the values of humic acid carbon (HAC) and humification index (HI) were significantly higher than in other treatments. By the end of composting, both biochar application modes exhibited low water-extractable organic carbon and high seed germination index compared with the control treatment. This study suggests that during chicken manure composting split application of biochar is a crucial practice for reducing N loss, mitigating NH 3 emissions and enhancing humification.

STRUCTURED barley population of 103 wild barley accession ……and 19 spring barley cultivars was us... more STRUCTURED barley population of 103 wild barley accession ……and 19 spring barley cultivars was used to identify quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for salt tolerance traits by means of an association mapping approach using 660 DArT markers. In this investigation barley accession and spring barley cultivars were employed in a two-year greenhouse project having a completely randomized design involving four irrigation water treatments having different salinities and twice replicated. Measurement parameters included grain yield per plant, straw weight, relative water content, chlorophyll content, Na + , K + and salt tolerance %. Several statistical models were compared, the K-model was less spurious background associations, in this model 61 QTLs were detected under both of control and salt stress conditions (1000, 3000 and 5000 ppm NaCl of water irrigation) over whole barley genome for yield, straw weight, relative water content, chlorophyll content , Na + , K + and salt tolerance %. Among of these QTLs, 21 detected under control, phenotypic variations explained by these QTLs, were ranged from 8.02 in N+ to 25.67% of the total variation in K +. 40 QTLs were identified under saline conditions and the phenotypic variation explained by each main effect QTLs (M-QTL) ranged from 4.65 % in chlorophyll content at 3000 ppm condition to 28.13 % in ST at 5000 ppm condition. The genomic regions that harbor QTLs for Na + , salt tolerance and related traits on chromosome 1H, 2H and 7H in our study can be used for targeting candidate gene (s) for salt tolerance of barley.

Asian journal of soil science and plant nutrition, Jun 30, 2023

مجلة سوهاج لشباب الباحثين, Apr 1, 2022

Journal of Sohag Agriscience (JSAS)/Journal of Sohag Agriscience (JSAS), Jun 1, 2023