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PA proved to be a better P source than DAP for improving P content and achieving higher yield and recovery of applied P by wheat grown in alkaline calcareous soils. © 2016 Society of Chemical Industry.

Groundwater is the major source of drinking, domestic, agricultural, and industrial purposes in the arid and semi-arid areas and its quality is important factor determining its suitability. Our objectives were to evaluate the groundwater quality and its suitability for drinking and irrigation, spatial distribution, and homogeneity or heterogeneity levels between the physicochemical parameters. Standards methods were used to analyze the groundwater samples. The result reveals that sodium (Na + ) and chloride (Cl − ) are the most dominant cation and anions. According to hydro-chemical facies, the majority samples water types are Na-Cl, Na-HCO 3 − . Wilcox diagram was used to evaluate the groundwater quality, and 60% of samples fall in (C3-S2, C4-S2, and C3-S3) water quality class. Highly significant correlation was observed between Cl − and SO 2 4with Na + and positive correlation between the pH and CO 2 3 − . The cluster analyses indicate that Cl − very close similarities with TDS. The 84% of groundwater samples are unsuitable for the potable use as per WHO guidelines. The findings of this study are playing a crucial role in groundwater management. ARTICLE HISTORY

Water scarcity is one of the leading crop limiting factor in the modern world of farming. Improving water use efficiency is one of the most serious challenge for agricultural scientists and water management experts. To evaluate the influence of sowing methods and mulch on wheat water productivity under deficit irrigation, experiments were conducted over a period of two years (

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