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                 Effect of amendments followed by saline water on properties and productivity of a highly alkali soils
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                 تأثير إضافة المحسنات الأرضية والرى بمياه ملحية على خواص وإنتاجية الأراضى مرتفعة القلوية
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			| Abstract | 
               Sodicity is likely a more important problem to mange in the areas prolonged to the north coast of Nile Delta, Egypt. However, a field experiment was conducted at El-Riad province close to El-Burouls lake, Kafr El-Shiekh governorate. The main target of this work is to evaluate the effect of amendments viz. gypsum (50% of gypsum requirements), lime (10.2 t/fed., equivalent to gypsum), farmyard manure (FYM) 20 m3/fed.), gypsum+FYM, FYM+lime and a control with saline (ECiw 4 dS/m) and non-saline (0.82 dS/m) irrigation water on some soil properties and yields of rice and wheat in a highly alkali soil (pH >8.5 and ESP 80).
Application of amendments enhanced the yield of both crops significantly irrespective of the quality of irrigation water used. The soil and crop improvement followed the order: gypsum+FYM > lime+FYM > gypsum > lime > FYM > control. The reused drainage water (saline water) resulted in significantly higher yield of both crops as compared to non-saline water. Decrease in soil pH and exchangeable sodium percentage (ESP) and increase in Ca+Mg and infiltration rate values were more after rice than wheat crop in rotation, particularly, when non-saline water was used.
This study reveals to the magnitude of reused drainage water as a resource to meet crop water demands applied for supplemental irrigation as well as to accelerate the improvement process in a highly alkali soil and maximizing its productivity. 
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			| Publication year | 
               2005
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			| Pages | 
               ص258-268
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			| Organization Name | 
            
               
            
           Soil, Water and Environment Research Institute (SWERI)
            
             
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			| Country | 
            Egypt 
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			| City | 
            Zagazig 
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                The Egyptian Society of Applied Sciences
                 
                
                
                 
                
                
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			| serial title  | 
            Egyptian Journal of Applied Sciences(Egypt)
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			| ISSN | 
            1110-1571
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			| Volume | 
            20
                . 11
                
                
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			| Department | 
            Field Drainage Research
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			| Agris Categories | 
            FertilizingIrrigation
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			AGROVOC TERMS | 
            
                Farmyard manure.
                
                Gypsum.
                
                Irrigation water.
                
                Liming materials.
                
                Sodic soils.
                
                Soil conditioners.
                
                Triticum aestivum.
                
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			| Proposed Agrovoc | 
               Drainage water reuse;
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               Journal
                
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