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COMMUNICATIONS IN SOIL SCIENCE AND PLANT ANALYSIS
Taylor and Francis
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54
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The current research was carried out to evaluate the impact of treating wheat
(Triticum aestivum c.v Sakha 93) seeds and irrigation water magnetically in
combination with different sources and rates of nitrogen on wheat productivity and grain quality under saline soil conditions. Two feld experiments
were carried out during the winter seasons 2018–2019 and 2019–2020 in
a split split randomized complete block design with four replicates at ElRabaa village, Bir Al-Abd, North Sinai Governorate, Egypt. Main plots were
assigned to N-sources, urea, and compost; sub-plots were N-rates 0, 119, 179,
and 238 Mg N ha−1, while magnetic treatment of irrigation water and wheat
grains was in sub-subplots. The highest chlorophyll and carbohydrate contents (3.12 mg g−1 f.w. and 783 g kg−1, respectively) were observed due to
compost, N4+ (MS + MW) treatment representing an increasing percentage
of 189% and 220%, respectively. The maximum plant height, spike length,
No. spike plant−1, and spike weight values were 82.0 cm, 15.1 cm, 13.9, and
24.9 g plant−1. The results were due to the addition of compost at a rate of
238 kg N ha−1 in combination with magnetized seeds and water treatment
with 224, 643, 546, and 845% over the untreated treatment. The maximum
straw and grain yields (11.7 and 7.29 Mg ha−1, respectively) were achieved
due to the application of compost at a rate of N3 + (MS + MW), and the
corresponding increments over the non-treatment plants were 718 and
846%, respectively. However, treatment of compost (179 Mg N ha−1 + magnetized seeds and water) resulted in the maximum increases in the No. grains
spike−1, grains weight, 1000-grains weight, protein content, N, P, K, Fe, Mn,
and Zn-uptake by grains. Soil pH and EC values were decreased, especially for
plants treated with compost (238 kg N ha−1 + magnetized seeds and water
treatment).
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