A lysimeter experiment was carried out at Agricultural Research Station, Sakha, Kafr El-Sheikh governorate, during the growth season of 2013/2014 to study the effectiveness of potassium humate on improving the tolerance of wheat plants to saline conditions and its effect on some metabolic products. Irrigation of wheat plants with diluted sea water i.e. EC 6, 9 and 12 dS/m decreased chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b & carotenoids contents and total protein contents but increased total carbohydrate and proline contents. Soil addition of potassium humate at (4 & 8 kg/feddan) increased the metabolic products of wheat plants under unsalinized conditions; the low rate of potassium humate gave better increments than the higher one. Additionally, this material ameliorated the depressive effect of salinity on wheat plants.
A lysimeter experiment was carried out at Sakha Agricultural Research Station, Kafr El-Sheikh governorate, during the growth season of 2013-2014 to investigate the effect of potassium humate, potassium silicate and/or their interaction on improving growth parameters and yield components of wheat plants grown under salinity stress. Irrigation of wheat plants with diluted sea water i.e. EC 6, 9 and 12 dS/m reduced growth parameters and yield components, these reductions were gradually increased with increasing the concentrations of diluted sea water. Addition of potassium humate at (4 & 8 kg/fed.) to soil and foliar application of potassium silicate at (500 & 1000 ppm) alone or together increased growth parameters and yield components of wheat plants grown under salinity stress, the duality treatments of potassium humate and potassium silicate were the most effective treatments especially at low concentration in amelioration the depressive effect of salinity on growth and yield of wheat plants.
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