This study was conducted in a rice-based cropping scheme to investigate the impact of green manuring on soil health, considering physicochemical properties and sustainable crop production. A field experiment started 2 November 2015 completed 15 April 2018 under rice–berseem (Trifolium alexandrinum) system calcareous soil. Two patterns, rice–wheat–sesbania (rostrata), were compared with commonly...

in order to effects of sulfur and manure on grain yield, yield components, and some physiological traits of corn hybrid ksc 704 in calcareous soils of kermanshah province, a factorial experiment was carried out based on a randomized complete block design with three replications. sulfur fertilizer in four levels 0, 250, 500 and 750 kg ha-1 and manure in four levels 0, 4, 8 and 12 t ha-1 were app...

abstract zinc (zn) is an essential plant nutrient. knowledge about distribution of zn between its different chemical forms is useful in understanding the chemistry of this element in soil and also in development of soil testing procedures. the present study was conducted to obtain such information about distribution of zinc forms in 20 soil samples of lorestan province by the use of a sequentia...

Previous biofortification studies have established that the residual effect of added selenium (Se) fertilisers on second-season crops is minimal. To explore fate exogenous Se in soil, chemical and biological methods were employed to assess change bioavailability with time. Eight soils varying physicochemical properties spiked sodium selenate (0.5 mg kg?1 Se) incubated at 25 °C for different per...

the potential risk of metal accumulation in periurban agricultural areas is a matter for concern.the climate characteristics and carbonate content of calcareous agricultural mediterranean soils typical inthese areas favour metal accumulation at the surface level; however there is also a risk of potential metalmobility. our study focuses on the soil properties affecting metal mobility in these s...

European cultivars of white lupin (Lupinus albus L.) grow poorly in limed or calcareous soils. However, Egyptian genotypes are grown successfully in highly calcareous soil and show no stress symptoms. To examine their physiological responses to alkaline soil and develop potential screens for tolerance, three experiments were conducted in limed and non-limed (neutral pH) soil. Measurements inclu...