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: Received: 22 December 2023 / Approved: 25 December 2023 / Online: 26 December 2023 (02:35:37 CET)
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Abdel- Kader, N.; Elbagory, M.; Ahmed, M.E.; Saber, E.; Omara, A.E.; Khalifa, T.H. Interactive Effect of Nano Chitosan and Soil Mulching on Salt Affected Soil Characteristics and Phaseolus vulgaris L. Productivity. Preprints2023, 2023121845. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202312.1845.v1
Abdel- Kader, N.; Elbagory, M.; Ahmed, M.E.; Saber, E.; Omara, A.E.; Khalifa, T.H. Interactive Effect of Nano Chitosan and Soil Mulching on Salt Affected Soil Characteristics and Phaseolus vulgaris L. Productivity. Preprints 2023, 2023121845. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202312.1845.v1
Abdel- Kader, N.; Elbagory, M.; Ahmed, M.E.; Saber, E.; Omara, A.E.; Khalifa, T.H. Interactive Effect of Nano Chitosan and Soil Mulching on Salt Affected Soil Characteristics and Phaseolus vulgaris L. Productivity. Preprints2023, 2023121845. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202312.1845.v1
APA Style
Abdel- Kader, N., Elbagory, M., Ahmed, M.E., Saber, E., Omara, A.E., & Khalifa, T.H. (2023). Interactive Effect of Nano Chitosan and Soil Mulching on Salt Affected Soil Characteristics and <em>Phaseolus vulgaris</em> L. Productivity. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202312.1845.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Abdel- Kader, N., Alaa El-Dein Omara and Tamer H. Khalifa. 2023 "Interactive Effect of Nano Chitosan and Soil Mulching on Salt Affected Soil Characteristics and <em>Phaseolus vulgaris</em> L. Productivity" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202312.1845.v1
Abstract
Soil salinity is seen as a major restriction for crop production, and with water scarcity this problem becomes more complicated. Mulching is crucial to salinity dynamics management by decreasing evaporation with improving the soil’s characteristics. Using chitosan as an eco-friendly biostimulant can enhance plant defense genes during different abiotic stresses. Recently, agricultural research has recognized nanoparticles as a pioneer material due to their distinctive physicochemical features. Therefore, a lysimeter experiment was conducted to investigate the interactive effects of mulching (UNM: un-mulched, WPM: white plastic, RSM: rice straw and SDM: sawdust) and chitosan foliar application (Ch0: control, Ch1: 250 mg chitosan L-1, Ch2: 125 mg nano chitosan L-1, and Ch3: 62.5 mg nano chitosan L-1) on the biochemical soil characteristics and common beans productivity under salt affected soil conditions. Organic mulching (RSM and SDM) treatments significantly improved the soil's organic carbon, available nutrient content, and total count of bacteria. WPM treatment lowered soil EC to 6.63 dS m-1 and increased soil water content to 34.13%. The application of Ch3 caused considerable increases in the plant height, shoot dry weight, root dry weight, grain yield, and nutrient content in the seed. The total fungi count in the soil and Na% in the seed was significantly decreased due to chitosan foliar applications. Moreover, the interactive effect of different mulch materials plus foliar by chitosan applications gave a statistically similar seed yield in both seasons. Overall, this study revealed the potential of the mulching treatments and foliar application of nano chitosan in improved biochemical soil characteristics and common bean productivity under saline soil conditions.
Keywords
Biochemical soil characteristics; Common bean; Mulching; Nano Chitosan; Salt affected soil
Subject
Environmental and Earth Sciences, Soil Science
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