EFFECTIVENESS OF GYPSUM APPLICATION AND PLOWING IN IMPROVING SEVERELY DETERIORATED CLAY SOIL CHARCTERISTICS AND WHEAT GROWTH AT QAROUN LAKE SHORE LINE, FAYOUM GOVERNORATE | ||
| Fayoum Journal of Agricultural Research and Development | ||
| Article 2, Volume 32, Issue 1, January 2018, Pages 19-30 PDF (491.44 K) | ||
| Document Type: Research articles. | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/fjard.2018.191039 | ||
| Author | ||
| Abdel-Nasser Amin Ahmed Abdel-Hafeez | ||
| Soil and Water Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Fayoum University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Wide areas of severely deteriorated lands at Quaroun Lake shoreline have been left bare since a long time , although many attempts were made to cultivate some parts but all failed. A field experiment was carried out in a private field during the season 2014-2015 at the north of Fayoum Governorate (about 200 m from Quaroun Lake, Sinours District).Nine treatments were tested including the control, shallow and deep plowing ( 20 and 60 cm ), application of 50% and 100 % of estimated gypsum requirements and their combinations. Remarkable decreases were found in the values of soil bulk density, ECe values, soluble cations and anions, soil paste pH and removal sodium efficiency ( RSE). Values of total porosity, hydraulic conductivity, field capacity, permanent wilting point, available water increased with soil deep plowing and gypsum application. Also, grain and straw yields of grown wheat crop < br />were enhanced with soil deep plowing together with gypsum application and leaching with required amounts of water in comparison with those of the control treatment . Deep plowing with the application of 100 % of estimated gypsum requirements resulted in the best improvement of both soil characteristics and plant growth among all other treatments. Results of the present experiment that was conducted in a private farm has actually encouraged farmers of the studied area to start land reclamation and cultivation of their lands that were left bare since a long time. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Salt-affected soils; Saline- sodic soil; gypsum; deep plowing; clay pan; wheat crop | ||
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