EVALUATION OF GEOTEXTILES APPLICATION ON SOIL PROPERTIES AND PRODUCTIVITY | ||
| Menoufia Journal of Soil Science | ||
| Article 2, Volume 7, Issue 3, May 2022, Pages 55-65 PDF (225.01 K) | ||
| Document Type: original papers | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/mjss.2022.242472 | ||
| Authors | ||
| E. A. Abou Hussien1; W. M. Oman2 | ||
| 1Prof. of Soil Chemistry, Fac. of Agric., Menoufia Univ. | ||
| 2Associate prof. of Soil Physics, Fac. of Agric., Menoufia Univ. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This study aims to:evaluate of the effect of geotextile, of natural and artificial origin on particular physical and chemical properties of sandy and clay soils, compared to compost. choose the best additive method of each amendment type of geotextile under different irrigation application rates. quantify the productivity of sorghum plants grown in sandy and clay soils for different treatments. To achieve this aim, cotton, polyester and compost plus the control treatment and layer or mix application method under 50, 75 and 100% of FC were used in a pot experiment, conducted at experimental farm of Faculty of Agriculture, Menoufia University, during growing winter season of 2019 using sorghum (Panicoideae, cultivar) plants. Furthermore, cumulative and rate of infiltration was measured, with double ring, in the open field at Quesna (representing sandy soil) and Shebin El Kom (representing clay soil). The curves and regression equations were computed using Microsoft Excel program.After 70 days of planting, the plants of each pot (eight plants) were harvested at the soil surface. Fresh and dry weights of the harvested plants were recorded. Also, the plants contents of N, P and K were determined. After plant harvesting soil sample of surface 5 cm was taken separately from each pot and analyzed for it’s pH, EC, CEC and content of OM. Rapid infiltration rate was expected in such kind texture of soil. The treatments of polyester in both layer and mixed addition and cotton for mixed addition caused more increase in infiltration rate which is not preferred in sandy soil. In general, in the both soils treated with the tested three additives in two application methods, sorghum plants contents of N, P and K were increased with increasing irrigation level from 50 to 100% FC. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Geotextile; Compost; Soil chemical properties; Sorghum Productivity; Sandy and Clay Soils | ||
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