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Effect of Manure and Differing Sand Amendments on the Soil Chemical Properties of the Oases in Tunisia

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Three types of sands were mixed with manure and used as a soil amendment in oasis systems to compare their effect on the chemical properties (e.g. C, N, P and K content). Two of these sands were no-gypsum sands (NGS1, NGS2) while the other type was typical gypsum sand (GS). The results showed that all sands combined with manure improved soil C, N, P, and K compared to unamended control (U). However, NGS1 and NGS2 sands were found to be more effective than GS because, in the latter, soluble gypsum particles lead to a more rapid irrigation loss of OM and other nutrients. The positive effects of both no-gypsum amendments lasted for 3 years.

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  1. Institute of Arid Regions, Route du Djorf km 22.5, Mednine, Tunisia

    Nissaf Karbout, Mohamed Moussa & Habib Lamoro

  2. Institut National Agronomique de Tunisie, 43 Avenue Charles Nicolle 1082, Tunis, Tunisia

    Nissaf Karbout & Habib Bousnina

  3. Institute of Bio- and Geosciences, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Agrosphere (IBG-3), Jülich, Germany

    Roland Bol & Rawan Mlih

  4. Faculty of Sciences of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, 2092 El Manar II, Tunis, Tunisia

    Nadhem brahim

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  1. High Institute of Biotechnology, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia

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  3. University of Calabria, Rende, Cosenza, Italy

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  5. Università degli Studi di Roma, Roma, Roma, Italy

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  6. University of Naples, Naples, Italy

    Giulia Guerriero

  7. High Institute of Biotechnology, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia

    Olfa Hentati

  8. Faculty of Engineering, Water and Water Structure Engineering Department, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt

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  9. University of Geneva, Genève, Geneve, Switzerland

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  10. ECT Oekotoxikologie GmbH, Flörsheim am Main, Hessen, Germany

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  11. Centre for Environmental+Marine Studies, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

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  21. Sfax National School of Engineering, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia

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  22. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland

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Karbout, N. et al. (2021). Effect of Manure and Differing Sand Amendments on the Soil Chemical Properties of the Oases in Tunisia. In: Ksibi, M., et al. Recent Advances in Environmental Science from the Euro-Mediterranean and Surrounding Regions (2nd Edition). EMCEI 2019. Environmental Science and Engineering(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51210-1_201

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