Maximizing crop water productivity from the water unit

Abstract

Egypt is currently suffering from the vast increase in population that is increasing water consumption whether for domestic use or by other sectors especially, the agricultural one, which consumed more than 80 % of the water income. Experiment was conducted under drip irrigation system in the sandy soils of the experimental Farm of the National Research Centre, El-Nubaria, El-Behera governorate. The aim of this work is to study the effect of the N (0, 25; 50 kg/fed) and P (0, 10, 20, 30) fertilizers at different rates on the growth, yield parameters and crop water productivity (CWP) of peanut plant. Resulted data showed that application of N and P at the rates of and kg/fed, respectively on peanut crop to increase yield and enhance quality. CWP increased in the current experiments in the following order of 60>80>100 % ETo despite the reduction in crop yield. The quality attributes of oil and protein contents significantly improved by irrigation levels, N and/or P fertilizers application rates and their interactions.

The Physiological Role of Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles in Alleviating the Effect of Salinity Stress on Faba Bean Plants

“…Many complex reactions affecting plant growth and metabolism can be induced by salt. It has been documented that the physiological characteristics of faba bean and its growth performance was negatively affected by salt stress (Abdelhamid et al, 2010;Assimakopoulou et al, 2015;Eldardiry et al, 2017). Plant growth may be retarded by inhibition of certain growth metabolic processes, or by loss of cell turgor, which impairs cell division and expansion (Farooq et al, 2012;Ludwiczak et al, 2021).…”