Effects of Magnetized Water on Soil Chemical Components underneath Trickle Irrigation

Abstract

AbstractMagnetized water has been studied by many researchers. However, to date, there is no study about the effects of magnetized water on soil chemical characteristics such as cations and anions in trickle irrigation. This study was performed at Gorgan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Center, Gorgan Province, Iran, to investigate soil chemical characteristics under trickle irrigation using magnetized water. Two main treatments of magnetic and nonmagnetized water, and three subtreatments of irrigation water salts, including well water as control and addition of 1 or 2 meq/L calcium carbonate (CaCO3) to irrigation water, were used. The experiment was laid out with a completely randomized block design with three replications. The results showed that mean soil cations (such as calcium, sodium, and magnesium) and anions (such as bicarbonate, chloride, and sulfate) at soil depths of 0–20, 20–40, and 40–60 cm below the emitter for magnetized irrigation water treatment were lower than those with non...