THE EFFECT OF AIR AND SOIL POLLUTION ON THE CONTENT OF CERTAIN NUTRIENTS

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Soil and Water Research Institute, Agricultural Research Centre, Giza, Egypt

Abstract

A field study was carried out to investigate the effect of K and Na hydroxides emission from oil and soap factories into air and soil as sources of pollution on the macro and micronutrients of clover plants along with some chemical properies of polluted soils. Obtained results show that the macro and micronutrient con­tents in the soil and in clover plants increased with the increasing dis­tance from the source of pollution. An opposite trend was obtained for K and Na concentrations as well as pH values of the soil