Response of Wheat Plants to Seaweed Extracts and Fluvic Acid under Irrigation with Drainage Water

Gomaa A,A Gharib,E Kandi

doi:10.21608/eajbsh.2019.44518

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Abstract

Two field experiments were conducted at the Rosetta region, El_Behira Governorate, Egypt, during 2017/2018 and 2018/2019 growing seasons to study the effect of water quality, fulvic acid and seaweed extracts on the yield, its components and quality characters of wheat plant (Giza 168), in split-split plot design with three replications. The main plots included irrigation water quality (Nile water and Agricultural drainage water), while seaweed extracts (control, 50 and 100 g SW/fed) was arranged in the subplot. While fulvic acid application (control, 1, 2 kg FA/fed) occupied the sub-subplot. The results concluded that application of water quality, seaweed extracts and their interaction affected significantly wheat yield and its components, where yield and its components of wheat crop increased with using Nile water (high quality water), or drainage water with foliar application of seaweed extracts (SWE) at the rate of 100 g/fed and soil application of fulvic acid at the rate of 2 kg/fed

Highlights

Wheat is the first important and strategic cereal crop for the majority of the world’s populations as well as Egypt
The obtained results showed a significant effect of water quality, seaweed extracts, fulvic acid and their interaction on wheat yield and its components during both seasons (Tables 3 and 4)
The increase in grain yield owing to Nile water was the logical result of the achieved increase in components

Summary

INTRODUCTION

Wheat is the first important and strategic cereal crop for the majority of the world’s populations as well as Egypt. Using low-quality water in agriculture has bad impacts on soil properties and sowing crop by either increasing their contents of heavy metals or increasing salinity levels, whereas increasing water salinity level reduced wheat production (Mostafa, 2001b). Seaweed concentrate improved seedlings growth of okra under nutrient deficiency It can overawe nutrients stress in crop plants and minimizing the use of expensive chemical fertilizers (Papenfus et al, 2013). The present study was carried out to study the effect of water quality, seaweed extracts and fulvic acid on the productivity and quality characters of wheat plants

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