Aims: Two field experiments have been carried out to study the effect of different irrigation periods in the presence of compost as an organic amendment on the yield and quality of lupine (Lupinus termis L.) under the sandy soil conditions. Study Design: Split-plot design.  Place and Duration of Study: The successive winter seasons of 2016/2017 and 2017/2018 at the Ismailia Agricultural Research Station, (30°35'30" N 32°14'50" E elevation 3 m), Agricultural Research Center (ARC), Egypt. Methodology: Compost has been applied at the rates of 11.90, 23.81 and 35.71 ton/ha before planting. Three irrigation intervals were assigned after planting by 3, 6, and 9 days; the applied water volume for each was 4761.91 m3/ha. Results: After harvesting, some parameters were estimated. As the compost rates increased, the soil EC significantly decreased while the available N, P, K, and Fe were significantly increased by 9.51, 12.79, 5.17, and 5.8%, respectively. For same compost rate, the irrigation intervals (3, 6, and 9 days) significantly decreased the available N relatively by 2.88, 5.16, and 6.96%, respectively and the available K by 3.45, 5.06, and 4.37%, respectively. The 6 days interval showed that most significant increase in the seeds' content of nutrients at different compost rates and the seed yield has increased by 19.59, 22.31, and 21.88% for the compost rates of 11.90, 23.81, and 35.71 ton/ha, respectively. The relative increase was by 20.48, 7.63, 4.49, 10.89, and 14.92% for the crude protein, crude lipids, total ash, TSS and the amino acids, respectively. The effect of treatments on the relative shoot moisture (%) and the field water use efficiency (F.W.U.E.) (kg/m3) was discussed. Conclusion: The 6 days irrigation interval along with a compost application rate of 23.81 ton/ha can be recommended for lupine grown in sandy soil as they showed the most significant increase in the nutrients content of seeds by 22.31%.

Two field experiments were carried out at El-Road village, Sahl El-Hossinia, El-Sharkia Governorate, Egypt, during two winter growing seasons: 2017/18 and 2018/2019 to study the effect of different calcium sources (calcium sulphate, calcium phosphate and calcium nitrate) at different rates (0, 100, 200 and 300 kg/fed) on some soil properties and garlic plants productivity under saline soil conditions. The experiment was laid out in a split plot design with three replicates. The results showed that applications of different calcium sources at high rates decreased soil salinity and increased available macro and micronutrients contents in soil. The plant height (cm), No. of leaves/plant, No. of cloves / bulb and bulb diameter (cm) were increased with increasing calcium sources rates due to more reduction in soil salinity. While the application of the three calcium sources significantly increased fresh and dry weight of garlic bulb /plant (g) of the two growing seasons, the weight of garlic clover /plant (g) and bulb yield (ton/fed) significantly increased with increasing application rates of each calcium source in the second season. The interaction between calcium sources and rates showed significant increases in N, P and K concentration of bulb plants and significant decreases in Na + concentration at both seasons. Calcium sulphate application reduced proline content, while chlorophyll contents were increased. Calcium nitrate application increased the protein contents (%) of garlic plants. These results cleared that calcium sulphate, calcium phosphate and calcium nitrate can be used at a rate of 300 kg/fed to improve soil properties and to increase yield and yield components of garlic plant grown under saline soil condition.

Two field experiments were conducted at El-Rod village at Sahl El-Houssinia, El-Sharkia governorate, (32°15' 00" N 30°50' 00" E), Egypt. The study investigated evaluations of different nitrogen fertilizers sources (calcium nitrate, ammonium sulphate and urea fertilizers) and rates (0, 47.6, 71.4 and 107 kg N/ha) alone or combined with bio-fertilizer (using bio-fertilization with Rhiobium radiobacter sp strain on improve nutrients available and contents in cowpea productivity and quality in newly reclaimed saline soil conditions during two summer seasons 2017 and 2018.  The studies treatments were disturbed among the experimental pelts in split design with six replicates. The obtained results cleared that the used ammonium sulphate fertilizer was increase effect with increasing rate in EC, pH, and available N, P, K , Fe, Mn and Zn content in soil. Moreover data recorded the applied 71.4 kg N /ha was increase of plant height, weight of 100 seeds, weight of pods (g/plant) , weight of seeds (g)/plant and seeds yield (ton ha-1) have been affected by inoculation with bio-fertilizer combined with nitrogen sources fertilizers  and different rates than other treatments. The highest values of N, P , K, Fe, Mn and Zn concentrations and uptake in seeds treated with ammonium sulphate at rate 71.4 kg N/ha than other treatments. The decrease of the soil salinity to increased content of cowpea plant of chlorophyll and protein, but increased salinity of the soil led to increase the content of the plant of proline. The application of ammonium sulphat at 30 kg N/fed combined with bio-fertilizer was improve soil properties and cowpea productivity and quality under saline soils conditions.