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Recycling of beet sugar byproducts and wastes enhances sugar beet productivity and salt redistribution in saline soils

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Soil salinity adversely affects the growth, yield, and quality parameters of sugar beet, leading to a reduction in root and sugar yields. Improving the physical and chemical properties of salt-affected soils is essential for sustainable cultivation and sugar beet production. A field experiment was conducted at the Delta Sugar Company Research Farm, El-Hamool, Kafr El-Sheikh, Egypt, to evaluate the response of sugar beet to the application of beet sugar filter cake treated with sulfuric and phosphoric acid-treated, phosphogypsum (PG), desaline, humic acid, and molasses under saline soil conditions. The application of treated filter cake enhanced root length, diameter, and leaf area. The application of molasses enhanced root length, diameter, and leaf area as well. Application of molasses increased sugar content and root yield. The application of either treated filter cake or molasses produced the highest recoverable sugar yield. Linear regression analysis revealed that the root yield, quality index, and recoverable sugar yield increased in response to the increased availability of either Ca2+ or K content in the soil which increases in response to the application of soil amendments and molasses. The application of treated beet sugar filter cake and molasses increased the calcium, magnesium, and potassium availability in the soil. Treated filter cake is a promising organic soil amendment that enhanced the yield by 29% and yield-related traits of sugar beet by improving the physical and chemical properties of the soil.

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Acknowledgements

The authors gratefully acknowledge the staff of the Delta Sugar Company Research Farm, Kafr El-Sheikh, Egypt, for excellent technical assistance. The authors deeply thank Dr. Imad Eujayl, USDA-ARS-NWISRL, Kimberly, ID, USA, for his critical revision and language editing.

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  1. Department of Biology, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, 21955, Saudi Arabia

    Maha Aljabri

  2. Research Laboratories Centre, Faculty of Applied Science, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, 21955, Saudi Arabia

    Maha Aljabri

  3. King Abdul-Aziz City for Science and Technology, Riyadh, 11442, Saudi Arabia

    Saif Alharbi

  4. Biology Department, College of Sciences, King Khalid University, Abha, 61421, Saudi Arabia

    Rahmah N. Al-Qthanin

  5. Prince Sultan Bin-Abdul-Aziz Center for Environmental and Tourism Studies and Research, King Khalid University, Abha, 61421, Saudi Arabia

    Rahmah N. Al-Qthanin

  6. Delta Sugar Company, El-Hamool, Kafr El-Sheikh, Egypt

    Fekry M. Ismaeil

  7. Crop and Environment Research Center, College of Agronomy, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, China

    Jiana Chen

  8. Agronomy Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Assiut, 71526, Egypt

    Salah Fatouh Abou-Elwafa

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SFA conceived the study, analyzed the data, and wrote the manuscript. FMI performed the experiment and collected the data. MA, SA, RNA, and JC helped in data analysis and presentation. All authors read and approved the final version of the manuscript.

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Aljabri, M., Alharbi, S., Al-Qthanin, R.N. et al. Recycling of beet sugar byproducts and wastes enhances sugar beet productivity and salt redistribution in saline soils. Environ Sci Pollut Res 28, 45745–45755 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-13860-3

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