EZZ, T., ALY, M., NASSEM, M., ABOU TALEB, S., FARAG, M. (2017). ALLEVIATION OF SALINITY EFFECT IN IRRIGATION WATER AND SOIL ON MANFALOUTY POMEGRANATE TREES USING MAGNETIC WATER, BIO-FERTILIZER AND SOME SOIL AMENDMENTS. Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research, 95(2), 805-820. doi: 10.21608/ejar.2017.148778
THANAA M. EZZ; MAHMOUD A. ALY; MAHER G. NASSEM; SAFIA A. ABOU TALEB; MOHAMED E. FARAG. "ALLEVIATION OF SALINITY EFFECT IN IRRIGATION WATER AND SOIL ON MANFALOUTY POMEGRANATE TREES USING MAGNETIC WATER, BIO-FERTILIZER AND SOME SOIL AMENDMENTS". Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research, 95, 2, 2017, 805-820. doi: 10.21608/ejar.2017.148778
EZZ, T., ALY, M., NASSEM, M., ABOU TALEB, S., FARAG, M. (2017). 'ALLEVIATION OF SALINITY EFFECT IN IRRIGATION WATER AND SOIL ON MANFALOUTY POMEGRANATE TREES USING MAGNETIC WATER, BIO-FERTILIZER AND SOME SOIL AMENDMENTS', Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research, 95(2), pp. 805-820. doi: 10.21608/ejar.2017.148778
EZZ, T., ALY, M., NASSEM, M., ABOU TALEB, S., FARAG, M. ALLEVIATION OF SALINITY EFFECT IN IRRIGATION WATER AND SOIL ON MANFALOUTY POMEGRANATE TREES USING MAGNETIC WATER, BIO-FERTILIZER AND SOME SOIL AMENDMENTS. Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research, 2017; 95(2): 805-820. doi: 10.21608/ejar.2017.148778
ALLEVIATION OF SALINITY EFFECT IN IRRIGATION WATER AND SOIL ON MANFALOUTY POMEGRANATE TREES USING MAGNETIC WATER, BIO-FERTILIZER AND SOME SOIL AMENDMENTS
1Plant Production Dept., Faculty of Agriculture (Saba Basha), Alexandria Univ., Egypt.
2Soil and Water Dep. Faculty of Agriculture (Saba Basha), Alexandria Univ., Egypt.
3Horticulture Research Institute, Agriculture Research Center, Giza, Egypt.
Abstract
an experiment was carried out in a private orchard located at Wadi El-Natroon district, El-Beheira Governorate, Egypt, during two successive seasons of 2014 and 2015. The aim was to test the influence of magnetizing irrigation water, bio-fertilizer inoculation [Effective Microorganisms (EM) – Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) – Phosphorine (Bacillus megaterium)] and some soil amendments (agriculture sulphur – gypsummagnetic iron oxide) on yield and fruit nutrients content of Manfalouty pomegranate. Generally, the analysis of variance proved that, average of fruit weight (gm) and total yield (Kg/tree) were positively affected by magnetic water treatments than all other non-magnetic ones and the control. It can be seen that, in the 1st season magnetic water + PGPR gave the highest average of fruit weight (341.68 gm.) whereas, in the 2nd season the same previously mentioned treatment and magnetic water + gypsum recorded the highest values (325.00 and 326.00 gm). Magnetic water produced the maximum fruit yield (10.60 and 20.78 kg/tree) when supplemented with PGPR. All magnetic water treatments (especially when inoculated with PGPR or EM) caused more effective increasing of fruit yield compared with non-magnetic treatments and the control. As for fruit nutrients content (N, P, K, Mg, Ca, Fe, Cu, Zn and Mn), all magnetic treatments surpassed the other non-magnetic treatments\ and the control. However, fruit sodium content took the other way around whereas; the control and non-magnetic treatments led to marked increases in both parameters.