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Effect of nano-zinc application combined with sulfur and compost on saline-sodic soil characteristics and faba bean productivity

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Salinity considers a restricting agent for plant production in arid and semiarid regions of the world. A lysimeter experiment was carried out in the 2018–2019 growing season for faba bean in saline-sodic soil, to study the effects of different levels of nano-ZnO as a foliar application under the addition of sulfur (S) alone or combined with rice straw compost (C) on the chemical properties of the saline-sodic soil and faba bean (Vicia faba L.) productivity. The results indicated that the application of S alone or combined with C significantly increased removal sodium efficiency (RSE), exchangeable Ca, availability of nutrients (NPK), organic matter (OM), and faba bean yield as compared to control. A total yield of faba bean was increased by about 39.7% in the plots treated with the nano-ZnO foliar application at 2% as compared with the control. The decrease in soil ESP and EC under the S+C with nano-ZnO at 2 g·L−1 was 44.95% and 22.13% greater than the control treatment. The mixtures of S+C with nano-ZnO foliar application gave better results in increasing the plant height and total yield, especially the rate of 2% of nano-ZnO as compared to adding them individually. The experimental results concluded that the integration effect of nano-ZnO as a foliar application with organic fertilizer and sulfur as amendments to reclaim saline-sodic soil can be used as a promising strategy to improve its properties and increase the bean yield.

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The authors would like to thank the Laboratory of Soil, Water and Plant Analysis (ISO 17025), Faculty of Agriculture, Tanta University, Egypt, for their assistance during this work.

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    Mahmoud El-Sharkawy

  2. Soil, Water and Environment Department, Sakha Agricultural Research Center, Sakha, Egypt

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El-Sharkawy, M., EL-Aziz, M.A. & Khalifa, T. Effect of nano-zinc application combined with sulfur and compost on saline-sodic soil characteristics and faba bean productivity. Arab J Geosci 14, 1178 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-021-07564-8

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